Higher Bussow (EN) / Bosow Wartha (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Towednack
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

bosow

Meaning: 
dwellings

gwartha

Meaning: 
higher
Elements notes: 
<bosow> 'dwellings' + <gwartha> 'higher'
Historic forms: 
Higher Bussow 1842 (CRO, TA/226, 1842) Higher Bussow 1938 (farm)(OS, 6”, 1938) Higher Bussow 1971 (site of prehistoric hut circles)(Russell, 1971, p54)