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From: "Pat Banks" <>
Subject: Re: [CON] Taroveor Lane
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 09:40:10 +0800
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Hullo Sandra

Many thanks for the info regarding Vounderveor Lane - just below the
Wesleyan chapel from memory? That was the route we took after chapel when
going for the required 'promenade' on the Promenade on Sunday nights! Must
have known something!

Cheers

Pat

Pat Banks
Perth, Western Australia

CFHS 03548
OPC St Levan
OPC Mullion

Researching:
Osborne - St Levan
Cock - Mullion
Polglase - Breage & St Erth
George - Illogan & Crowan
----- Original Message -----
From: George Pritchard <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 12:39 AM
Subject: Re: [CON] Taroveor Lane


> Hi Jim. Pat et al
>
> Studying a screen when I should have gone to bye,byes is always bad
policy.
> I misread the spelling although I was persuaded it was Vor, mutated from
Forth rather than Veor.
>
> Tarowvyr : [pronounced Tarow veor/veer] means, according to Morton Nance,
"Bullfight".
> It might refer to the lane leading to a bull baiting ground that was
situated near the old cattle market.
>
> The corruption to Bull's Lane omitted the "fight" bit and substituted the
" veor,vur/meor,mur = great :
> This was probably when Bull Baiting was outlawed and slipped from living
memory.
> The remnants of the Cornish language were then spoken rather than written.
> The new main road from Penzance to Newlyn, by-passing the dock area, went
from Chapel St through Regent Square to the Promenade. It's original name
in 185o's was"Vounder Veor ": Vounder = Lane and Veor = main or major or
greater:
> Today the nameplates announce "Vounderveor Lane" but the 'Lane'
addition is superfluous.
>
> In view of its location and historical setting I am inclined to think
Taroveor was originally Tarowvyr Vor = Bullfight Lane
> but I am open to other suggestions
>
> Regards
> Sandra P
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:
>
> Hi Sandra, Pat and all,
>
> Following my previous post re: veor = lane. I have come up with the
following info, as I said earlier, veor is middle Cornish meor with soft
lenition and meor = big.
>
> However and this more than likely applies to Taroveor, although I would
have to look at earlier spellings circa 1300-1600 to be certain. forth =
lane or more specifically forth = road, and forth mutates to vor in
placenames, such as Trevor. Furthermore if more than one road is involved it
becomes vorrow as in Trevorrow.
>
> Perhaps an earlier spelling is Tarovor?
>
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> Reference the recent correspondence re Taroveor / Bulls lane and the
site
> of the Bible Christian Chapel in Penzance
> I have discovered that Taroveor is Cornish for Bull's Lane :
Tarow =
> Bull : Veor =Lane.
> I never knew that!!!!
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