Trestrail aka Freewater (EN) / Trestrel (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Probus
Hundred: 
Powder
Notes: 
Shown on maps as Freewater
Elements: 

strel

Meaning: 
mat, tapestry

tre

Meaning: 
farmstead, settlement
Elements notes: 
<tre> ‘farmstead, settlement’ + <strel '?tapestry, mat'
Historic forms: 
Trestrael 1278 (Gover, 1948) Trestrael 1314 (Gover, 1948) Trestrael 1341 (Gover, 1948) Trestrael 1373 (Gover, 1948) Trestrael Woles 1447 (Gover, 1948) Trestele Wartha c1510 (Gover, 1948) Trestrell Woles c1550 (Gover, 1948) Trestrayle Wollas alias Freewater 1733 (Gover, 1948) Higher Trestrail 1884 (farm, 69 acres)(Symons, 1884) Lower Trestrail 1884 (farm, 43 acres)(Symons, 1884)