Trengweath (EN) / Trengwydh (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Redruth
Hundred: 
Kerrier
Elements: 

an

Meaning: 
the

gwydh

Meaning: 
trees

tre

Meaning: 
farmstead, settlement
Elements notes: 
<tre> ‘farmstead, homestead’ + <an> ‘the’ + <gwydh> ‘trees’
Historic forms: 
Trengwith c1460 (Gover, 1948) Trengweath 1729 (CRO, AD388/12, 1729) Trengweath House 1884 (Symons, 1884) Trengweath Villa 1884 (Symons, 1884) Trengweath House ?1895 (Tangye, A Victorian Cross, Trengweath, Redruth, 1996) Trengweath Place ?1895 (Tangye, A Victorian Cross, Trengweath, Redruth, 1996)