Meaning:
the
Turnavore (EN) / Tonn an Dhiw Fordh (KW)
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Notes:
Name is given to an engine house on the site of Polberro mine. This is the only engine house still with a roof.
Elements notes:
<tonn> 'pastureland' + <an> 'the' + <diw> 'two' + <fordh> 'road'
Historic forms:
?Tonandefore 1522 (CRO/GP/577)
Turnafore alias Turnaford 1692-1745 (CRO/GP/646)
Turnavore fields 1713 (CRO/GP/296)
Turnavore Bounds 1778 (Vivian)
Turnavore Craft 1778 (Vivian)
Turnavore meadow 1778 (Vivian)
Turnavore Stamps 1821 (CRO/BRA/1026/17)
Turnavore mine 1848 (CRO/SHM/1392/1)
Turnavore Tin Bounds 1852 (Tablet in Camborne)
Twenavore 1853 – St Agnes, tin bounds (*RIC, HP/18/10, 1853)
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