Un-named Well near Goldherring (EN) / Fenten Stenek (KW)

Type: 
Infrastructure
Parish: 
Sancreed
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

fenten

Meaning: 
spring, well, source

sten

Meaning: 
tin

-ek

Meaning: 
abounding in [suffix]
Elements notes: 
<fenten> 'spring, well' + <sten> 'tin' + <-ek> adjectival suffix
Historic forms: 
Well 1888 (OS, 1888) Well 1908 (OS, 1908) Stennack c.1840 (TA, c.1840)