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Wheal Wentworth
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Hwel Wentworth
(KW)
Type:
Historic Site
Parish:
Redruth
Hundred:
Kerrier
Notes:
Wheal Clyjah and Wentworth later known as Wheal Perseverance and shown on maps under this name
Elements:
hwel
Meaning:
works, mine
Wentworth
This refers to the name of a person:
name
Elements notes:
ECF: <hwel> ‘mine, workings’ + Eng.<Wentworth> Family Name
Historic forms:
Wheal Wentworth 1841 (tenement)(CRO, TA/197, 1841)