Lankidden (EN) / Lonkydn (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
St Keverne
Hundred: 
Kerrier
Elements: 

lonk

Meaning: 
gully, ravine

ydn

Meaning: 
narrow, slender, confined
Elements notes: 
<lonk> ‘gully, ravine’ + <ydn> ‘narrow, slender, confined’
Historic forms: 
Lankidden 1907 (Headland with cliff castle)(OS, 25”, 1907) Lankidden Cove 1907 (OS, 25”, 1907) Lankidden 1908 (OS, 1908) Lankidden Cove 1908 (OS, 1908) Lankidden Cove 1948 (Gover, 1948) Lankidden 1996 (OS, 1:25000, 1996) Lankidden Cove 1996 (OS, 1:25000, 1996) Lankidden 2016 (OS, 2016) Lankidden Cove 2016 (OS, 2016)