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man that superintends tin-bounds; "so called," says Polwhele, "because bounds are terminated by holes (tol, a hole) cut in the earth, which must be renewed and visited once in a year, or because he receives the tolls or dues of the lord of the soil." Toler may be the same name.

TOLLERVEY, TALLERVEY. From toll-ar-vy, the hole by the river or water; or tal-ar-vy, the high place upon the river.

TOLMAN. From Tolvan in Constantine; from toll-van, the high stone; or toll-maen, the stone with a hole. Cf. the names Toleman, Dolman, Dollman.

TOLMIE, TOLME. From toll-vy, the hole by the river.

TOLPUTT. From toll-bod, the dwelling by the hole.

TOLVERNE. From Tolvern in Philleigh. Pryce renders Tolvorne, the foreigner's hole or high place; and Tolforn, the oven's mouth or hole (forn).

TOWAN. From Towan in Illogan; also the appellation of other places. The name means heaps of sand, or sand-banks; sometimes simply a hillock; and, according to Gwavas, also a plain, a green or level place.

TRAER. See Trehair.

TRAGO. Same as Treago, q. v.

TRAHAIR. See Trehair.

TRAHERN, TRAHERNE. See Trehern.

TRAIN. See Trehane.

TRAINOR, TRAYNOR. From tre-noer, the valley famous for land; or tren-our, the golden valley.

TRANMER. From tra'n-mêr, the dwelling upon the sea (coast), or by the lake or water; or perhaps another orthography of Tremear, q. v.