A Handbook of Cornish SurnamesAn alphabetical list of original Cornish surnames and their meeting. |
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Altarnun Bodilly Bodmin Bodmin Gospels Breage breakaway from place Breock Budock Buryan Camborne Cleer Columb Constantine Cornish form Cornish names Cornish surnames Crowan Davidstow Derivation obscure Derivation uncertain distributed throughout Cornwall dwelling Enoder Erth ford Found in Mid Found in Mid-West Found in North Found in S.E. Found in West Found Mid Found West Gorran grove Gwennap Gwinear gwyn heath hence homestead Illogan Kenwyn Keverne Lanivet Lanlivery Lansallos Ludgvan Mabe Madron Mawgan in Meneage Menheniot Mewan Mid and Mid Mid and North Mid and S.E. Mid and West Mid Cornwall Mid West Cornwall moor Mylor Name found Name now found Newlyn East North Cornwall Origin obscure Otterham parish name St Pawley Place name pool Possibly from personal Probably personal name Probus Roche Rosevear Rowse S. E. & North S.E. and North S.E. Cornwall Sancreed spelt Stithians Towednack TRENEAR Treveal Trewen valley Welsh Wendron West of Truro