nal lordships and manors) to their different possessors or occupiers."[1]
In Illustration of what is here said by Polwhele, I give the following:—Carminow, the little rock; Carnsew, the black rock; Killigarth, the high grove; Linkinhorne, the iron church or enclosure; Mulfra, the bare hill; Nancarrow, the deer's valley; Pengelley, the head of the grove; Penhale, the head of the moor; Polglase, the green pool; Trefry, the dwelling on a hill; Tregonning, the dwelling on the downs; Trewinnick, the dwelling on the marsh; Trewoofe, the place frequented by blackbirds; Tresize, the place for corn.
In another part of his work Polwhele[2] says the names of the most ancient families of Cornwall were taken from their seats, as the names of such places existed long before the appropriation of surnames. And in time the surname adopted from the place of residence became an appropriated name. Thus, the descendants of Drogo de Polwhele were afterwards called by the name of Polwhele.
Carew[3] tells us that John, the son of Thomas, living at
- ↑ The Post-Office Directory for Cornwall says, "The whole of East Cornwall is full of English names [local?—R. S. C.], and nearly the whole of the people are English, though some of the places have the prefix tre. In West Cornwall the places have mostly Cornish names, and the people are chiefly of British origin, although much mixed with English. There are 800 varieties of local names with the prefix tre; but the whole number of places beginning with tre is much greater, for some of the names are used very frequently. Pen is given 150 times, and Pol about 70. In East Cornwall, Tre, Pen, and Pol are often applied with English and Norman names, and constitute the chief vestige of Cornish connexion."
- ↑ Vol. ii. p. 43, note.
- ↑ Survey of Cornwall, 1602, p. 55.
