Ropehaven (EN) / Hawnlovan (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
St Austell Bay
Hundred: 
Powder
Elements: 

hawn

Meaning: 
haven

lovan

Meaning: 
rope
Elements notes: 
EMF: The first element could simply be OWS<rēp> ‘rope’, however, is OWS<rúh> ‘rough’ a possibility? The second element is OWS<hæfen> ‘harbour, haven’ or the form <hawn> as borrowed into Cornish.ECF: <hawn> ‘haven’ + <lovan> ‘rope’
Historic forms: 
Ropehaven 1626 Roope Haven 1645 Ropehaven 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Rope Haven 1856 (OS 1856) Ropehaven 1884 (Symons, 1884) (Bond, 2009) Ropehorn [settlement] 1888 (OS 1888) Ropehorn Roads 1888 (OS 1888) Ropehaven 1974 (OS 1:50,000 First Series, 1974) Ropehaven 2014 (OS 2014)