Andrewartha
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Andrewartha and Trewartha are Cornish
family name
s.
"Cornish Names" says:
The book mentions "Trewartha
" (p.25), and "Andrewartha" (p.60).
The "Handbook of Cornish Names" states: "Trewartha" is a Cornish name meaning "Upper Farm" or "Upper Homestead".
Cornish people
The Cornish are a people associated with Cornwall, a county and Duchy in the south-west of the United Kingdom that is seen in some respects as distinct from England, having more in common with the other Celtic parts of the United Kingdom such as Wales, as well as with other Celtic nations in Europe...
family name
Family name
A family name is a type of surname and part of a person's name indicating the family to which the person belongs. The use of family names is widespread in cultures around the world...
s.
"Cornish Names" says:
- Nouns:
- "tre" a "town", feminine, maybe a hamlet or house
- "tref : village, town", BrythonicBrythonic languagesThe Brythonic or Brittonic languages form one of the two branches of the Insular Celtic language family, the other being Goidelic. The name Brythonic was derived by Welsh Celticist John Rhys from the Welsh word Brython, meaning an indigenous Briton as opposed to an Anglo-Saxon or Gael...
Celt Welsh about 4-500AD
- Adjectives:
- "Wartha" : "upper" (maybe higher or greater or on a hill)
- cf. "Wollas" : "lower" (maybe smaller or lesser or in a valley, of the two).
- "Wartha" : "upper" (maybe higher or greater or on a hill)
- Definite Article:
- "An" used as : "of the", "in the", "on the", "at the", in place names. Brythonic Celt Cornish languageCornish languageCornish is a Brythonic Celtic language and a recognised minority language of the United Kingdom. Along with Welsh and Breton, it is directly descended from the ancient British language spoken throughout much of Britain before the English language came to dominate...
(p18).
- "An" used as : "of the", "in the", "on the", "at the", in place names. Brythonic Celt Cornish language
The book mentions "Trewartha
Trewartha
Trewartha and Andrewartha is a Cornish family name .According to the Handbook of Cornish Names by G Pawsley White, "Trewartha" is a Cornish name meaning "Upper Farm" or "Upper Homestead".CORNISH NAMES by Dr T. F. G...
" (p.25), and "Andrewartha" (p.60).
The "Handbook of Cornish Names" states: "Trewartha" is a Cornish name meaning "Upper Farm" or "Upper Homestead".
People
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(born 1952), Australian actress - Roy Andrewartha, English snooker player, finalist at the 1977, 1978, 1979 & 1984 World Snooker Championships