Trefinnick (EN) / Trefinek (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
South Hill
Hundred: 
East Wivelshire
Notes: 
Interpreted as <finek> ‘fine’. Considering the parish boundary between South Hill and Linkinhorne, it may refer to ‘final’ or ‘end’.
Elements: 

finek

Meaning: 
fine

tre

Meaning: 
farmstead, settlement
Elements notes: 
tre 'farmstead, settlement' + finek 'fine'
Historic forms: 
Finnycke lane 1601. Trefenick 1748.