Newlyn Street and Place Names Print E-mail
Tuesday, 01 November 2005

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Adit Lane adit, a tunnel draining water from a mine by gravity. The only lasting function of Wheal Elizabeth was to supply water from its adit to the shoot in Adit Lane.

Bowgey from Cornish bugh, chy (cow-house)

Carn Carn (rock pile)

Chypons Chy pons (house by a bridge)

Chywoone Chy + gun (house on a down)

Faugan may include fow, cave

Fradgan forth ojyon (ox road)

Gwavas Gwavas (winter homestead) from gwaf (winter)

Jack Lane in 1278 Jackford recorded at Newlyn, possibly earlier name for present day Jack Lane. (forth, way)

Keel Alley now a grassy playground for children Keel Alley was, before it was filled in, tidal, with the road supported on piles and many small boats on moorings on the landward side. The name ‘keel-alley’ is traditionally recorded as a dialect term for a place for playing skittles. In this instance the name is more likely to refer to the keel of a boat.

Lane Reddin Terrace Lyn reden (fern/bracken stitch) This terrace was built on land that probably carrying this field name. Stitch is often found as a measurement of land, normally a field of half an acre or less.

Roskilly Ros (a heath or spur of land) with skylyow (nooks, recesses)

Street-an-Nowan Stret an oghen (street of the oxen)

Tolcarne Tal carn (brow of a rock-pile)

Tredavoe Tre (farm) + ? (in earliest records Trewordavo with variations on spelling. Recorded as Tredavow in 1624.

Trereife Tre + ? Pronounced ‘Treeve’.

Treneglos Tref eglos, church farm

Trewarveneth Tre war veneth (farm on a hill)

Trungle Tre + mengleth (stone quarry)

Wheal Whel (originally ‘work’ but has come to mean ‘mine’. The early mines were known as works). Usually followed by the name of the mine, as in Wheal Betsy (Elizabeth) on Chywoone Hill.

Margaret E. Perry

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written by lisa, May 15, 2009
Hi
I live at eden gardens do these houses date back to late 18th century like ebenezer terrace? were these built to replace the slum clearance or did they stay?
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written by ed, May 01, 2009
Hi,
My Nans Granddad lived at 1 CHAPEL ROAD NEWLYN aprox 1880. Was Chapel ROAD knocked down in the slum clearance? If so could you tell me where it was please.
Kind regards
Ed
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written by Margaret Perry, March 16, 2009
The houses in Chapel Street appear to date from the first half of the 19th century although there are two houses which seem to be older, possibly late 1700s which were substantially altered when the two rows of cottages were built. I have no records of artists ever living in these cottages but you could try looking at the census returns, available from 1841 onwards (every ten years). If you do not live locally these can be accessed on the internet.

With regard to the cobbles I understand that every effort is being made to preserve these. There used to be a lot of cobbled paths and courtyards but they have gradually disappeared mainly because of the problems involved in accessing underground pipes, drains, sewers, etc. If the pebbles have to be taken up there is considerable expense involved in relaying them. There are also health and safety issues as they tend to be uneven and slippery in wet weather.
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written by ED lewis, March 13, 2009
After any information ref Chapel St Newlyn..
Many thanks
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written by Lin Newland, July 07, 2008
Did any of the spaniards from the Armada settle in Newlyn? and i have heard that my surname is Cornish could it have originated at Newlyn?
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written by Margaret Perry, January 20, 2008
Boase Street in the upper part of Newlyn (Newlyn Town) has houses dating back, at least in part, to the early 18th century and, in a few instances, possibly earlier. It is one of the oldest streets in the village. 19th and early 20th century houses here possibly replaced older properties. Ebeneezer Terrace is a row of early to mid 19th century cottages in the same area. Unfortunately I am in the process of moving house and my books and maps are in storage or I could probably be more exact in dating Rbeneezer Terrace.
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written by Tony Randall, December 26, 2007
My Family lived in Ebeneezer Terrace in 1881 and other members of the Whites lived in Boase St. Any idea when these were built?

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