The adventures of an 18th century imagination, located in Northern Europe formerly ruled over by joint rulers Duke Karl Frederick and Duchess Liv.Not to mention the American colony of Ny Tradgardland the 17th century Colony of New Tradgardstadt and the newly restored territory of the Shetland Isles.
Featuring a supporting bill of gaming in a diversity of times,places and scales.Hopefully something to interest all who pop by...
Monday, 11 August 2025
Uxbridge Cornish Dictionary
Readers are invited to submit suggestions for Station names to be added to my garden railway in the future. Names of course must be in Cornish like the rest of the station or halt names.
If I may be so bold as to suggest... "Golerewy" meaning "Field of feast." (It is the Cornish word/phrase from which my family name might be derived. I'm a "Goldsworthy" which I'm told is a Cornish name. It makes some sense since I was born in a coal mining area of Pennsylvania and the Cornish were often miners.)
Still a few Goldsworthys around in the Duchy (Cornwall) such as this fine traditional hardware store in Liskeard http://www.hegoldsworthy.co.uk/ and a past historical one, pioneer of steam waggons and inventor Goldsworthy Gurney of the Castle in Bude. We could have had early to Mid Victorian army steam cars if it had worked! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldsworthy_Gurney
And “by the Tre Pol and Pen shall ye know your Cornish men” these three giving you many Cornish placenames Tre for settlement or homestead, pol for pool, lake and pen for hill for hill or headland. Lots of these names around in Cornwall (and Wales). Squire Trelawney, Poldark … Add in nans or nance for valley, carn for hill, crag or cairn and other words, porth for harbour, bay and cove, along with wheal or bal for a mine …
I'm not too au fait with Cornish, though Polkinfun sprang to mind, or Treypenibitt? Perhaps not...
ReplyDeleteJustrestyn? Pol y Putkettlon? Trefellas?☺
ReplyDeleteNeil
Pol y Putkettlon 😂
DeleteNot sure where it came from, but I like Trebormint..
ReplyDeleteI can't think of any suitable station names, but Petroc Trelawny would be ideal for a Station Master!
ReplyDeleteIf I may be so bold as to suggest... "Golerewy" meaning "Field of feast." (It is the Cornish word/phrase from which my family name might be derived. I'm a "Goldsworthy" which I'm told is a Cornish name. It makes some sense since I was born in a coal mining area of Pennsylvania and the Cornish were often miners.)
ReplyDeleteStill a few Goldsworthys around in the Duchy (Cornwall) such as this fine traditional hardware store in Liskeard
Deletehttp://www.hegoldsworthy.co.uk/
and a past historical one, pioneer of steam waggons and inventor Goldsworthy Gurney of the Castle in Bude. We could have had early to Mid Victorian army steam cars if it had worked!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldsworthy_Gurney
Some suggestions from the Duchy will be with you Dreckly …
ReplyDeleteAnd “by the Tre Pol and Pen shall ye know your Cornish men” these three giving you many Cornish placenames Tre for settlement or homestead, pol for pool, lake and pen for hill for hill or headland. Lots of these names around in Cornwall (and Wales).
DeleteSquire Trelawney, Poldark …
Add in nans or nance for valley, carn for hill, crag or cairn and other words, porth for harbour, bay and cove, along with wheal or bal for a mine …
Is your train called a Pen - y - Chew - Choo?
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