Tretoil (EN) / Reshwil (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Lanivet
Hundred: 
Pydarshire
Elements: 

res

Meaning: 
ford

hwil

Meaning: 
beetle
Elements notes: 
<res> 'ford' + <hwil> 'beetles'
Historic forms: 
Redwhyl 1301 (Gover, 1948) Retwill 1362 (Gover, 1948) Tretwyll 1421 (Gover, 1948) Tretwyle 1546 (Gover, 1948) ?Turloile 1707-8 (N.A. – CN/784/1) ?Turloile common 1707-8 (N.A. – CN/784/1) Tretoil Chapel 1839 (TA1478) Tretoil 1851 (Census 1851) Tretoil 1888 (OS 1888) Tretoil Mine (Tin, Disused) 1888 (OS 1888) Tretoil 2014 (OS 2014) Tretoil Mine 2014 (OS 2014)