Trelower (EN) / Trelewydh (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
St Mewan
Hundred: 
Powder
Notes: 
There is a nearby farm ‘Treloweth’, also found as “Trelowth”, thought to have the same meaning.
Elements: 

Lewydh

This refers to the name of a person: 
name

tre

Meaning: 
farmstead, settlement
Elements notes: 
tre 'farmstead, settlement' + lewydh 'steersman, leader'
Historic forms: 
Trelwi 1086, Treluwi 1086, Trelewyth 1284, 1399, Trelewith 1302, 1428, Trelewyd 1303, Trelewythwoeles 1356, Trelewith in Seynt Mewen 1398, Trellowyth 1333.