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).