Trewartha


Trewartha and Andrewartha are Cornish family names. There are places called Trewartha in the parishes of Merther, St Agnes, St Neot and Veryan.
According to the Handbook of Cornish Names by G. Pawley White, "Trewartha" is a Cornish name meaning "Upper Farm" or "Upper Homestead".
Cornish Names by Dr T. F. G. Dexter : Royal Institution of Cornwall : publ. 1926 Longmans Green: reprinted 1968 Bradford Barton : says on p. 15 -
Nouns: "tre" a "town", feminine,. Adjectives: "Wartha" : "upper" cf. "Wollas" : "lower".
"Trewartha" page 25. "Andrewartha" page 60.
Definite Article: "An", p18, is used as : of the, in the, on the, at the, in place names.
Tre = Above, Upper - - Wartha = Farm, Homestead
As An is Cornish for The, and Dre is mutated from the Cornish "Tre" Andrewartha means "The Upper Farm" or "The Upper Homestead" and it is generally accepted that both names have the same meaning.