Wheal Tehidy (EN) / Hwel Tihydin (KW)

Type: 
Historic Site
Parish: 
Illogan
Hundred: 
Kerrier
Notes: 
Wheal Tehidy opened in 1834 and included Great South Tolgus and later, East Pool and Agar. It was not a very successful affair.
Elements: 

hwel

Meaning: 
works, mine

Hydin

This refers to the name of a person: 
name

ti

Meaning: 
house
Elements notes: 
<hwel> 'mine, workings' + <ti> ‘house’ + <Hydin> Personal Name
Historic forms: 
Wheal Tehidy 1839 (Illogan and Redruth)(mine, George Jeffery, surgeon of Camborne, adventurer)(*CRO, STA/693c/3, 1839) Wheal Tehidy 1845 (Samuel Harvey of Kenwyn, purser, John Charles Lanyon of Redruth, adventurer)(*CRO, STA/693c/142, 1845)