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Upton
(EN)
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An Dre Wartha
(KW)
Type:
Settlement
Parish:
Gwinear-Gwithian
Hundred:
Penwith
Notes:
The "site of Upton Barton" is marked on recent OS editions; the settlement was drowned by sands circa 1650 and has now been built over
Elements:
an
Meaning:
the
tre
Meaning:
farmstead, settlement
wartha
Meaning:
higher
Elements notes:
<an> 'the' + <tre> 'farmstead' + <wartha> 'higher'
Historic forms:
Andrewartha 1586, Upton Parkes 1659.