English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Lake

Other OS name in the Parish of Meavy

Historical Forms

  • Lak 1291 Dartmoor 1408

Etymology

is Lak 1291 (1408) Dartmoor , v. lacu . There is a small stream here .