Pull, The (the pool'), a fishing-ground in the Bay, off Saint
Ives.

Purfle's Plot, i.e., Purefoy's Plot, a piece of land at Saint Ives.
Rabal, a field in Saint Ives.

Rějárn, a hamlet in Lelant. Tre-dzharn (the habitation in a garden).'

River Cove, in Towednack.

Riviere, a tenement in Lelant; also called Rovier.

Rocky Downs, a hill in Lelant.

Rose-an-growz ('the cross heath '), in Lelant.

Rose-an-hale, properly Rôz-an-hêl (the river heath '), on the Zennor coast.

Rosemèrgy (the g hard), a hamlet in Zennor. In old deeds Rose

margay.

Rosewall, Rôz-whal ('the high heath'), a high hill and a hamlet at

its foot, in Towednack.

so called Previous Its later

Saint Ives, the westernmost borough town in England; after Saint Ia, who introduced Christianity here. to her arrival the place was called Pendinas. Cornish name was Porth Ia. Saint Ies became Saint Ives temp. Elizabeth.

Scavel-an-gow (the smith's bench,' Welsh ysgafell y gôf), a field in

Saint Ives. Curiously, these words were used as an exclamation of incredulity: Scavel-an-gow' ('a pack of lies!), gow meaning a lie, as well as a smith.

Scuddy Men, a deep-water fishing-ground for bait, half a mile north of Saint Ives Head.

Shoaler Stone, The, a rock near Saint Ives.

Skidden Hill, the steep hill leading from Tregenna down into the town of Saint Ives.

Skillywàdn (Welsh ysgil y wadn the nook at the base' of the hill), a hamlet in Towednack.

Skil-vean ('the little nook'), a fishing-ground to the east of Carrack Gladn, in Saint Ives Bay. Its other name is

Lebmas.

Spaniard, The, a fishing-ground in the Bay, off Saint Ives. Probably so called because some Spanish vessel was lost there. Splat-an-redden ('the fern splot'), in Lelant. A splot is a small piece of land in a flat region.

Stennack, The ('the tin-bearing place'), a hill just west of Saint
Ives town. Here is the mine called St. Ives Consols.
Street-an-bollar, a street in Saint Ives town. (Tregenna Rent

Roll.)

Street-an-garrow ('rough street '), Saint Ives town.

Street-an-pol ( pool street'). Saint Ives town.

Street Petite (little street'), a name given by the French or Breton fishermen to what is now called Bailey's Lane, in Saint Ives town.

Talavòna, a creek at the east end of Porthmeor, near the Island, Saint Ives.

Tàllănd, a dwelling-house on an ancient site at Porthminster Hill, Saint Ives.

Three Brothers, The, rocks on the western shore of the Island, Saint Ives.

Three Humps of Meg, The, hills west of Zennor, a landmark to the fishermen.

Tom May's Rock, on the eastern shore of Saint Ives Head. So called after a man who used to sit on it to fish.

Tonkin's Stone, a rock between Gurnard's Head and the Western Carrack.

Tors, The, rocks at sea a quarter of a mile west of Saint Ives Head.

Towèdnock, a church-town and parish west of Saint Ives, between

the latter parish and Lelant on the east, and Zennor on the west. Named after Saint Wennoc, or Gwynog.

Trědreath (the dwelling by the sands'), a tenement in this district, named in a deed of 1751.

Tregàrthen, or Tregerthen ('the habitation in the enclosure'), a hamlet in Towednack.

Tregenna (the dwelling at the mouth or entrance'), an ancient residence a mile south-east of Saint Ives.

Tregoos, Tregôz ('the habitation in the wood'), a field at Chyangweal in Lelant.

Trehidy Downs, on the boundary between Towednack and Zennor.

Treloyhăn, a village in Saint Ives, a mile east from the town.

('the habitation in the grove'; Welsh tre llwyn). The village is now corruptly called Trelyon,' Trelion,' and even Treline.' Trembethow (the habitation by the graves'; Welsh, tre beddau), probably in allusion to some prehistoric place of sepulture. Tremeddar, or Tremeddo, a hamlet in Zennor.

Tremellyn (the mill-dwelling'), a tenement in the manor of Dinas Eia and Porth Ia.

Trenerom, in old writings Trecrobben' ('the crooked, concave habitation'), a hamlet and high hill in Lelant.

Trendraen, pronounced 'Tendrine' ('the habitation of thorntrees'; so in Welsh), a hamlet and high hill in Towednack. Trendreath (the habitation by the sands '), a tenement in Lelant.

Trenoweth (Welsh, Trenewydd, 'Newtown '), a hamlet in Lelant. Trènwith (the habitation by the trees'; Tre-an-guŷdh), a homestead in Saint Ives, the residence of an ancient family which took its name from this place. The early form of the name was Treunwyth.'

Treryn Dinas (the habitation on the fortified headland'; the Cornish name for Gurnard's Head), a promontory in Zennor.

Trěrynk Hill, a hamlet and high hill in Lelant. The name was originally 'Trefrenk' and 'Trefrynk' ('the Frank's habitation'), which was softened into 'Trerynk' and 'Trink.' Trèvă (Welsh, trigfa, ' a place of habitation '), a hamlet in Zennor. The name is now pronounced 'Trewey.'

Trevalgen (the g hard; now usually written 'Trevalgan'), a hamlet and hill in Saint Ives. The most probable meaning is 'Maelgwyn's or Malkin's dwelling.'

Trevarrack, a village in Lelant. If we are warranted in regarding this name as a variant of 'Tregarrack,' the meaning is 'the habitation by the rock,' in allusion to the huge boulder in the highroad by the stream. But perhaps it is Tre-war-ic' ('the habitation on the brook').

Treveal, or Trevail, Trev-hêl (the habitation by the river'), a hamlet in Towednack, on a stream near the sea. This derivation assumes that the pronunciation incorrect.

Treveel' is

TrèvèthŎ (Welsh, Trefedw, 'the habitation by the birch-tree'), the

ancient seat of the Praed family, in Lelant.

Trevorrow (the habitation by the roads '), a hamlet in Lelant. Trewanack, a hamlet in Lelant.

Trewartha (the upper town '), a hamlet in Lelant.

Trowan, in old documents 'Trewoen,' 'Trevowen,' and 'Trewoon' (Welsh, tre yr waun, the habitation in the meadow '), a village in Saint Ives.

Try Moor, in Zennor parish.

Two Guns, The, a rock on which they formerly stood, on the western slope of the Island, Saint Ives.

Věnàyr, a tenement in Saint Ives.

Venton Dovey ('St. Dovey's or David's Well '), a spring at Saint

Ives town. Welsh, Ffynon Dewi.

Venton Eia, or Venton Ia ('the Well of St. Ia'), a spring at Saint Ives.

Venton Uny, pronounced "Venton Oony,' corruptly 'Venton Loony' and 'Venton Looly' ('the Well of St. Euinus '), a spring in Lelant.

Venton Vigean (corruptly 'Venton Vision'), a spring at Ayr, Saint Ives. The name occurs in a deed of 1808, but is now forgotten.

Venven, a hamlet in Lelant.

Vinny Gonner, a field at Carninny in Lelant.

Vorvas (or Worvas) Hill, that which is now called Knill's
Steeple,' from the monument which stands on it, on the
boundary between Saint Ives and Lelant.
Vorvas, and Vorvas Vean, hamlets in Lelant.

Worvas, being a feminine noun, becomes 'An Vorvas' with the definite article, and imposes a corresponding initial mutation on the adjectiveBean.'

Vow Cot (the cave cottage'), a house near the shore at Porthminster, Saint Ives.

Westaway (the western way'; cf. Norway,' ante), a hamlet in Lelant.

Western Carrack, The (another name for Carrack Du '), a big rock on the north coast of Saint Ives.

Wheal Ayr, a disused tin-mine at Ayr in Saint Ives.

Wheal Dream, a spot on the east shore of the Island, Saint Ives. The words huel, a 'mine,' and gwêl, a 'field,' are both now 'wheal.'

Wheal Reeth (the red mine '), in Lelant.

Wheal Snuff, an ancient adit at the east end of Porthmeor, Saint Ives.

Wheal Sperris (the spirit mine, the haunted mine'), on the boundary between Towednack and Zennor.

Wheal Widn (the white field '), at Chyangweal, Lelant. White Rock, The (anciently 'Carrack Widn'), a picturesque, ivygrown carn on Porthminster Hill, Saint Ives.

Wicka, or Wicca (the village'), in Towednack. The house socalled, situate near Wicka Pool on the coast, is now in ruins. It was the old home of a family called Quick, who perhaps took their name from this tenement.

Windypark, a place on Barnoon Hill, Saint Ives town.

Withen (an wethen, the tree'; from guethen), a hamlet in Lelant. Zawn-abadden, a cave under Penmester Point, Saint Ives.

now better known as Couch's Cove (q.v.). A'zawn' is a little cove, or opening in the cliffs, usually with a cavern. Zawn-avilia, a cove just west of Hor Point in Saint Ives. Zennor, a parish and church-town bounding Towednack on the west. So called after St. Sinara, the patron. This name is the last on the alphabetical list of the parishes of the United Kingdom.

RICHARD BOSSOWSAKE of Saint Ives figures as a landowner in the Subsidy of 1520-the only mention of such a surname in these Rolls.

According to the Visitation of 1620, Ralph Bosawsack of that ilk married a Westmoreland gentlewoman wch was an inherytrix & had a part of the Bartyn called Tregenha nere St Ives.' Their son, Richard Bosawsack, married a Westmoreland heiress, who brought him part of Tremedo' and Boswednock in Zennor. (By 'Westmoreland' is meant the parishes of Towednack and Zennor.)

Bottrell.

One of the most powerful and widely-established of the baronial houses founded by the followers of the Conqueror was the family of the Boterels, who, soon after leaving their original home in Brittany, became possessed of the estate and seat named after them, Bottreaux, on the north coast of Cornwall.

In the fortieth year of the reign of Henry III., William and Reginald de Botriaux were registered as owning fifteen libratæ of land, or more, in Cornwall; and, under Edward William J., de Boteraus and Reginald de Bottreaus held land or rents to the total of twenty librate, or over (Rolls transcribed in Carew's Survey ').

In our chapter on the Manors and Lordships we have seen that the manor of Lelant and Trevetho belonged to this family, and that in 1295 William Bottreaux was the lord of that manor.

On March 1, 1395, Bishop Stafford, of Exeter, granted a license to Elizabeth Bottreaux, ' mulieri,' to have Mass celebrated in her private chapel of St. Mary Magdalen at Boswithguy. This license was renewed July 20, 1398, the chapel being described as