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Wheal Sparnon
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Hwel Spernen
(KW)
Type:
Historic Site
Parish:
Redruth
Hundred:
Kerrier
Elements:
hwel
Meaning:
works, mine
spernen
Meaning:
thorn tree
Elements notes:
Etymology: <hwel> 'mine, workings' + <spernen> ‘thorn tree’
Historic forms:
Wheal Sparnon 1767 (Gover, 1948) Wheal Sparnon 1809 (Robert Dawson Map, 1809) Wheal Sparnon 1841 (tenement)(CRO, TA/197, 1841)