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.

Lapthorne

Other OS name in the Parish of Modbury

Historical Forms

  • Loppedethorn 1330 SR
  • Loppedethornne 1347 Ipm

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Loppedethorn 1330SR (p), Loppedethornne 1347 Ipm . ' At the pollarded (lopped) thorntree . '