Polstean (EN) / Pollsten (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Kenwyn
Hundred: 
Powder
Notes: 
Shown as Polstein Farm on OS map
Elements: 

poll

Meaning: 
pool

sten

Meaning: 
tin
Elements notes: 
<poll> 'pit' + <sten> 'tin'
Historic forms: 
Polstene 1517 (*CRO, AD208/1/1, 1517) Polstean 1884 (farm)(Symons, 1884)