Trelean (EN) / Trevlien (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
St Erth
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

lien

Meaning: 
cloth

trev

Meaning: 
farmstead
Elements notes: 
trev 'farmstead, settlement' + lien 'cloth'
Historic forms: 
Trevelien 1363, Trevellean 1522, Trevelyan 1545, Trevelyan alias Trelyan 1566.