| Summary: | drung n He [Henry Southwood] first records Sille Cove, now Winterton, a name transferred, it seems, either from the Scilly Islands or form a Cornish place name mentioned by Quiller-Couch in his history of Polperro together with the term found in Newfoundland for a 'narrow path or lane' (Devine): "We have a scoop in the clift called Scilly Cove and Scilly Cove drang." also SEARY 72 The above quotation is not in OED, drang. It is not Southwood, but Jonathan Couch. W.K. PRINTED ITEM [background info.] DNE-cit G. M. Story JAN 1970 JH 1/70 1870 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used '1870' is written next to citation.
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