A Handbook of Cornish SurnamesAn alphabetical list of original Cornish surnames and their meeting. |
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A. L. Rowse Altarnun Bodmin Bodmin Gospels Breage breakaway from place Breock Budock Buryan Camborne Cleer Columb Minor 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 Gluvias 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 Newlyn East North Cornwall Origin obscure Otterham parish name St Place name pool Possibly from personal Probably personal name Probus Roche Rowse S. E. & North S. E. and North S. E. Cornwall Sancreed spelt Stithians TRENEAR Treveal Trewen valley vyhan Welsh Wendron