Nomenclature of Castle
The castle and manor took the name of its first feudal tenants, the Cantilupe family, which name itself probably derived from the Normandy manor of Canteloup (the modern French cartographic spelling) 10 m. E. of Caen. The spelling universally used by modern historians is "Cantilupe", which is followed here. The name was spelt variously in ancient times as Canteloupe, Cantlow etc., Latinised as Cantilupo, Cantelo etc. The manor is likely originally to have been named "Cantilupe's-ton", signifying Village/Settlement of the Cantilupe's. ("Tun" in Old English/Saxon/Norse: Village). The Welsh version was Tregantlow, (Tre(f)-G(C)antlow) "Tref/Tre" in Welsh being the equivalent of Ton/Tun in English. It occurs as Cantelowstowne(1596) and Cantloston(c.1635)
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