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we have Stanton (Stone-town), Milton (either Mill, Middle, or 

 Michael's- town), Padstow (St. Petroc's-place), Millbrook, Alverton 

 (the tun or enclosure of Alnuard, tenant at the time of Domesday), 

 "Wadebridge (where formerly there was a ford). Burnt-house (a 

 very common name for villages where formerly there were tin 

 smelting-houses), Highway, Northill, Southill; while those of 

 Celtic origin, as a rule, have the generic term first, followed by 

 the specific, or qualifying, or adjectival term, intended, as is the 

 Teutonic prefix, to distinguish one town, brook, bridge, valley, 

 headland, estate, field, church, &c. from others by some descriptive 

 term, pointing out some noticeable peculiarity, such as size, situa- 

 tion, colour, age; or its productions; or having a personal name 

 attached, — that of a person who has been connected with it, as its 

 builder, owner, occupier, &c. Thus we have Trewartha, higher 

 {wartha) town ; Trewolla, lower (wollach) town ; Trenhale, the 

 dwelling by the {a'n) moor (Jial) ; Tresare, the carpenter's (saer) 

 dwelling; Trengove, the smith's {an gof) town; Choon and Chy- 

 woon, house {chj) on the down [gwon) ; Chynals, house on the 

 cliff {an ah) ; Chyandowe, house by the water {an dour) ; Cheg- 

 widden, white {gwydn) house; Tywardreath, house {ti) on {war) the 

 sand {traith)', Bodwin, white (gwyn) house (hod)) Boswallock, 

 lower {gwalloch) house {hos) ; Bohurra, higher {warra) house ; 

 Busvargus, the kite's {hargus) house ; Ponsnooth, new {nowedh) 

 bridge {pons)] Ponsandane, the man {an den) i. e.^ foot bridge; 

 Melangoose, wood {cus) mill {meltn); Yellanoweth, new mill; 

 Pensignance, head of the dry {sech) valley {nans); Penventon, 

 spring {fenten) head ; Penpons, bridge head or end ; Penhale, head 

 of the moor {}ial)\ Penhallow, moors {hallow) head; Peninnis, 

 head of the island (enys) ; Pengelly, head of the grove {celli) ; 

 Pengover, head of the brook {gover)\ Borlase, green {glas) summit 

 {lor); Vounder Yor, sea {mor) lane {hounder); Crowz an wragh, 

 witch's (gwrach — Welsh) cross {crows); Crowsanvean, the {an) 

 little {hihan) cross; Kellycoff, the smith's {gof) grove {celli); 

 Kelligog, cuckoo's {gog) grove ; JN'anceavallen, apple-tree (avallen) 

 valley; Nansagollen, hazle-tree (collen) valley; Hallaze, green 

 {glas) moor {hal); Hallenbeagle, the (an) shepherd's {higal) moor; 

 Egloshayle, church (eglos) on the river (hayl), or of St. Heli ; 

 Egloskerry, the church of St. Keri; Heglosenuder (Domesday), 

 the church of St. Enoder; Goonlaze, green (glas) down {gwon); 

 Woon Bellas, pillas or huskless-oat down ; Woondrea, home {tre) 



