Wherry Mine (EN) / Hwel Hweri (KW)

Type: 
Historic Site
Parish: 
Penzance
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

hwel

Meaning: 
works, mine

hweri

Meaning: 
a type of rowing boat
Elements notes: 
EMF: <wherry> ‘type of boat’ + <tun> ‘homestead’ECF: <hwel> 'mine, works' + Eng.<hweri> ‘wherry’ respelt in SWF
Historic forms: 
Huel Wherry 1796 (Hatchett, 1796) Wherry Mine 1838 (Gilbert, 1838) Wherry Mine 1974 (Pool, The History of the Town and Borough of Penzance, 1974, p. 74)