KERNOW. See Curnoe.
KERWAN. From car-ban, the high rock, or the rocky hill; or car-vean, the little rock or castle.
KESKEYES. From chy-skêz, the house in the shady place. Pryce renders Skewys in Cury "the shady place."
KESTAL, KESTEL, KESTELL, KESTLE. From Kestle in Ladock, or Kestle Wartha in Manaccan; said to have been named from a British camp or fortification formerly upon the lands, or near the sea-coast; from kastal, kestell, a fort or castle. The arms of this family are Argent, three falcons Proper; also Or, three castles turreted, Gules. There are other places in Cornwall with the adjunct Kestell, and the surnames Kastell and Kistle are etymologically the same name.
KEVEAR. From ke-veor, the great hedge; or kea-veor, the great enclosure.
KEVEREL. From keverel, cheverel, a kid or little goat. Scawen translates Keverel, "a he-goat or he-goats, that creature taking most delight, as it is observed, in the cliffs thereabout."
KEVERN, KEVERNE. Hals says of the local name St. Keverne, "as for the modern name, whether it be derived from the Sax. geferon, geforan, geuoran, synonymous words, signifying a fraternity, seers, equals, fellows, inspectors, with reference to the six, eight, or twelve men of this parish who, as body politic, corporation, or fraternity, govern the same in joint or equal manner; or from the Brit. keveren, a schism, separation, or division in church matters or religion (see Lluyd upon Schisma); or from Kieran, a famous bishop among the Britons about the fifth
