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Gwairnick Surname Definition:
GWAIRNICK, GWARNACK: Hals says, "Gwarn-ike (in St Allen), i. e. lake, river, or leate, summons, notice, or warning, so called from Gwarnike Castle, a treble intrenchment or fortification lately extant on the woody lands thereof, is the voke lands of the manor and barton of Gwarnike, the old inheritance and dwellinge of the once rich and famous family of the Bevils for many generations"! Tonkin: "Partly in this parish is the great lordship of Gwairnick, id est, the Hay river; a name not unsuitable to the circumstances of the place, for a pleasant river passeth through most fertile meadows beneath the house.
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GWAIRNICK, GWARNACK: Hals says, "Gwarn-ike (in St Allen), i. e. lake, river, or leate, summons, notice, or warning, so called from Gwarnike Castle, a treble intrenchment or fortification lately extant on the woody lands thereof, is the voke lands of the manor and barton of Gwarnike, the old inheritance and dwellinge of the once rich and famous family of the Bevils for many generations"! Tonkin: "Partly in this parish is the great lordship of Gwairnick, id est, the Hay river; a name not unsuitable to the circumstances of the place, for a pleasant river passeth through most fertile meadows beneath the house." Leland writes the local name Gwernak. Pryce renders guernick u marshy, moorish, hence Guarnick or Gwarnick in St. Allen, &c." There is a place called Gwnarick in Kenwyn, and Gurnick in Crowan.
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