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.

Lancaut

Major Settlement in the Parish of Lancaut

Historical Forms

  • Lann Ceuid, podum Ceuid c.700 Land 12
  • on Landcawet 1061–5 ASChartcix
  • Lang(c)aut 1221 Ass
  • Lancaut 1269,1270 MinAcct 1282 For 1777 GR892
  • Lancawte 1550 Chant
  • Lancaud c.1275 For
  • La Caute 1373 Ipm
  • L(l)ancawte 1535 VE 1628 FF
  • Lancoot 1714 PR

Etymology

'The church of St Cewydd', a Welsh p.n. from llan and the name of the Welsh  saint Cewydd (cf. Owen, Description of Pembrokeshire iii, 188 note).

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