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.

Curtlake Cottage

Early-attested site in the Parish of Crediton and Crediton Hamlets

Historical Forms

  • on cyrtlan geat 739 Crawf 11th
  • Curtelhyate 1269 FF
  • Curtelyete 1333 SR

Etymology

'Cyrtla 's gate,' cf. Kirklington (PN NRY 220).