Blair Collection > Surnames & place-names of the Isle of Man

286 M^nx ^lace-iaantES.
(this) in Cornadale.'* Also in Cornama (ob.)
(Korn-hammarr), ' Corn Crag,' now corrupted into
CoRDEMAN. There have been corn-mills on the
CoRNAY stream from time immemorial. [Kornsa,
Iceland ; Cornabus, Islay ; Cornquoy, Orkney ;
Cornaig, Tyree.]
Esja (F), 'clay;' in Eschedalr (ob.) (Esju-dalr), ' Clay
Dale.' Godred II. is said to have given Esche-
DALA to the Priory of St. Bees. This name be-
came obsolete at an early date, as in 151 1 it is
called Crawdall, in 1794 Crowdale, and now
Groudle ; also in Escheness {Esjii-nes), ' Clay
Ness,' now called Clay Head, which is in the
same district. [Esjuberg, Iceland.]
Jorfi (M), ' gravel;' possibly in Jurby, formerly Joraby
(/orfa-byr), ' Gravel Farm.' This long promontory
is a mixture of gravel and sand.
Grjot (N), 'gravel, pebbles;' in Gryseth (Grjuta-setr),
' Stones' Pasture.' This farm consists of rocky
upland pasture.
Mol (F) (gen. malar), ' pebbles ;' in Malar Logh (ob.
after 1673), now called Logh Mollo, ' Pebbles'
Lake.' This lake, having been drained, is now a
farm in the parish of Lezayre.
Sandy (M), ' sand ;' in Sandall {Sand-dalr), ' Sand
Dale ;' in Sandwick (Sand-vik), ' Sand Creek ;' in
Sandwich Boe {Sand-vik-hoe), ' Sand Creek Cow,'
an islet in Castletown Bay (see Boe) ; and in
Santwat (ob.) {Sand-va'^S), ' Sand Ford,' where an
internecine struggle between the North and South
* Reading and translation of inscription by Mr. P. M. C.
Kermode.