Torpoint (EN) / Penntorr (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Antony
Hundred: 
East Wivelshire
Elements: 

penn

Meaning: 
head, end, top

torr

Meaning: 
protrusion, eminence
Elements notes: 
penn 'head, end, top' + torr 'tor'
Historic forms: 
Stertpoynt 1610. The Torr, Tor parke 1617 (fields), Tar Point 1736, Tor-point 1746, Torr Point (hamlet)1748