Lesquite (EN) / Lostkoos (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Lanivet
Hundred: 
Pydarshire
Elements: 

lost

Meaning: 
tail

koos

Meaning: 
woodland
Elements notes: 
<lost> ‘tail’ + <koos> ‘wood’
Historic forms: 
Lostcoys 1320 (Gover, 1948) Lostquyt 1374 (Gover, 1948) Losquyt 1412 (Gover, 1948) John Losquyt 1417 (N.A. – AR/1/349) Losquyt 1422 (Gover, 1948) John Losquyt of Losquyt 1428 (N.A. – C241/222/5) John Lesquite 1505 (N.A. – P110/25/31) John Lesquite 1519 (N.A. – P110/25/75) Homestead & Garden 1839 (TA1729, 1839) [Coit – now demolished] Less Quoite Tenement 1839 (TA 1839) Lesquite 1851 (Census 1851) Trequite 1861 (Census 1861) Lesquoit 1856 (OS 1856) Lesquite 1888 (OS 1888) Lesquite Mine (Tin, Disused) 1888 (OS 1888)