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wideford Oct 7, 2004 10:44:22

Replying to Kammer

What a happy coincidence that I just now looked in "The Origin of English Place Names" and under Cornwall it says "characteristic place-names...Those compounded with trev/tre 'homestead, village, town' very often... contain a personal name" but in a section on Celtic elements confirms Tremenheere as" trev.. by the menhir or long stone".

moss Oct 7, 2004 12:19:11

Replying to wideford

and, thanks to fourwind, because I did print off the Etymology of British Place names;
Tre(Cymric) a village, a house;egTrefriw, treton.
Tri " three; eg. Tryfan (three-headed), Truro
Tuaim (gaelic) a tumulus, Tuam, toome, Tomgrany. It also says see Tom but I am not going to type the whole dictionary, its on the net.......