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From: "Mr Parnell" <>
Subject: Re: Piperville? near Camborne
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 11:30:20 +0100


With reference to 'Piperville'....We know it's a bit further up the line but
has Pipers Pool been considered? It's not near Camborne but by some
standards 50 miles is not that far!!! It's on Bodmin Moor, west of
Launceston, near Trewen.
Also we suggest 'Kernkief' might be 'Carnkie' (pronounced Carne Kaye). There
are two Carnkies, one just outside Redruth and the other near Stithians.
Peter & Christine
-----Original Message-----
From: D. Annear <>
To: <>
Date: 15 April 1998 08:04
Subject: Re: Piperville? near Camborne

>John Coles wrote:
>>
>> Christine wrote:
>>
>> > I have quite a few PIPERs from the Camborne area, and my mom remembers
a
>> > place called Piperville near Camborne. Does anyone know of such a
place?
>> > I don't have detailed maps of the area yet--hope to order some this
week.
>> >
>> >
>> > Christine Piper
>> > Indianapolis, Indiana
>> ***************************************
>> Hi Christine,
>> Once again, you've got us puzzled with a name. Your 'Chengweeth' doesn't
>> fit with anything we can think of, and doesn't sound Cornish... can
anyone
>> else on the list think what or where this may be? Our map scanning has
failed
>> to come up with a match.
>
>I don't know where it might be, John, but I'm surprised that you think
>Chengweeth doesn't look Cornish! It looks *very* Cornish to me, and I think
>its most likely meaning is "chy + an + gwydh": the house of the trees (ie.
the
>house amongst some trees).
>
>Gorhemmynnadow,
>
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>> Now to 'Piperville' which - once again, sounds American, but certainly
not
>> Cornish... I'm not aware of any "... ville's" in Cornwall, and in fact,
very few in
>> the United Kingdom (Coalville, in Leicestershire, being the only one that
>> springs to mind at the moment).
>>
>> I've searched the whole area around Camborne / Redruth for any Piper
>> name, but without success, and I've searched the Troon area (where there
>> now lives a Piper on a farm) but again, without success.
>>
>> The name may be a house name, not shown on the large scale map, or
>> (again) someone else on the list may know... Any takers???
>>
>> Regards, John.
>> John & Anna at Kernow Sound audio magazine
>> "The Sounds of Cornwall"
>> email:
>> > Researching the PIPER, EDWARDS, GRAY, PASCOE, MITCHELL, GLASSON, HALL,
and
>> > HARVEY families.
>> > Locations include Gogebic and Ontonagon counties in Michigan, and
Camborne,
>> > Gwinear, St. Day, Breage, Madron, and Gwennap in Cornwall.
>> >
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