East and West Peek
Early-attested site in the Parish of Luffincott
Historical Forms
- Pech 1086 DB t.Ed1 Launceston
- Westpyk t.Ed1 Launceston
- Estpyke 1330 SR 1418 IpmR
- Pyk 1333 SR
- Pike 1481 Cl
Etymology
The early forms of this name offer difficulties. One would, apart from the forms in pyke , pike , explain it in the same way as Peek infra 285, from OE pēac .That word should not give a series of forms pyke , pike , but as they are comparatively late and not without parallel in the Peek which certainly comes from pēac , we should not perhaps lay too much stress on the irregularity. Cf. further Cowley Peak (Gl)somet de Pik de Covele 1316 St Peter Gl.