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.

Lapland Barn

Early-attested site in the Parish of Diptford

Historical Forms

  • Lappelond(e) 1303 FA 1330 SR

Etymology

The first element may be the OE  læppa , 'piece, portion, section, etc.,' but the exact sense of the compound is not clear. One has also to bear in mind the possibility of the unexplained first element found in Lapworth (Wa), Hlappawurþin BCS 356.