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.

Lopwell

Other OS name in the Parish of Buckland Monachorum

Historical Forms

  • la Lobbapilla 1291 Dartmoor 1408

Etymology

is la Lobbapilla 1291 (1408) Dartmoor . v. Lobbsupra 33 . The pyll must be the stream which joins the Tavy here .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement