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.

Lake

Other OS name in the Parish of Tawstock

Historical Forms

  • Lake 1390 Cl
  • atte Lake 1330 SR

Etymology

is Lake 1390 Cl and was thehome of Henry atte Lake (1330SR ) , v. lacu .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement