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Delabole ((コーンウォール語:Delyow Boll)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=List of Place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel )〕) is a large village in north Cornwall, England, UK. It is situated approximately two miles (3 km) west of Camelford.〔Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin'' ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5〕 The village of Delabole came into existence in the early 20th century; it is named after the Delabole Quarry. Three hamlets: Pengelly, Meadrose (pronounced "médroze") and Rockhead, and the hamlet of Delabole south of the quarry are shown on the earliest one-inch Ordnance Survey map of 1813.〔''Camelford and Hartland Point (sheet number 89): reprint of the first edition of the one-inch Ordnance Survey of England and Wales''. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1969〕 When the railway arrived, the station was named Delabole after the quarry, and the three hamlets were absorbed into Delabole. It is said to be the third highest village in Cornwall. Treligga military airfield and HMS Vulture II, an aerial bombing and gunnery range, were situated west of the village. Delabole lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park. ==Toponymy== The name Delabole derives from the Cornish language, as do the names of the hamlets of Pengelly and Medrose which comprise today's village. Delabole comes from the Cornish ''Delyowboll''. The name "delyow" is the historic name for a local stream, and the word ''boll'' could come from two places. It could be a soft-mutation of the Cornish word ''poll'' (pool), however, it could be an incorrect mutation of ''toll'' (hole), which should mutate to ''doll''. Therefore, the meaning could be extracted as 'pool on the delyow stream' or 'pit by the delyow stream'. As the name originally designated the quarry, either name would make sense, given the collection of water at the bottom of the quarry or the crater created. The names Pengelly and Medrose also come from the Cornish language. The original Cornish name of Pengelly is ''Penn-an-gelli''. This construction uses the base words ''penn'' (head or end) and ''kelli'' (grove). As with many words in Cornish, when a preposition is added the initial letter is mutated. Therefore, ''kelli'' would become ''an gelli'' (the grove), giving the meaning 'end of the grove'. The name Medrose is also a descriptive name coming from ''medhros'' meaning 'middle of the heath'. The local names "Deli" (grid ref. SX 079,840), "Delinuth" and "Delamere" are also related to "delyow" which has the meaning "place of leaves" according to Craig Weatherhill. Delinuth and Delamere mean "new Deli" and "great Deli" respectively.〔Weatherhill, Craig (2009) ''A Concise Dictionary of Cornish Place-names''. Westport, Co. Mayo: Evertype; p. 34〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Delabole」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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