Water-Ma-Trout is a road and an industrial estate on the northern edge of Helston in west Cornwall, England.

Theories about its name are:

  • That its name started as Cornish dialect English for "wet my throat",[1] here used as a name for a dry field.[2]
  • Earlier: that this name is a corruption of "waterman route", due to it being near the water supply towards one of the sources of the River Cober.
  • That the name derives from a corruption of Welter-ma (from "wheal" and "man") and "Trout", the name of the miner.[3]

Industry

A range of industries are based around the estate, such as the scuba gear factory AP Diving and Helston Gunsmiths.

References

  1. ↑ Holmes, Julyan (1983). 1000 Cornish place names explained. Redruth: Truran. p. 50. ISBN 0-907566-76-6. OCLC 12445807.
  2. ↑ Weatherhill, Craig (1995). Cornish place names & language. Wilmslow: Sigma Leisure. ISBN 1-85058-462-1. OCLC 34320007.
  3. ↑ Matthews, Martin, Local Helston historian

Google Earth view

50°06′46″N 5°16′12″W / 50.1129°N 5.2701°W / 50.1129; -5.2701

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