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PATRONYMICA

LANIGAN. See Langan.

LANINE. See Lanyon.

LANNAR. See Lenhorgy.

LANNERGY. From root of Lenhorgy, q. v.

LANNING. See Lanyon.

LANTEGLES, LANTEGLOS. From Lanteglos-by-Fowey; or Lantegles, Lanteglos in Camelford parish; from lan-egles, the church enclosure. Pryce renders Lant-eglos, the true church (lante, truth).

LANTHOIS. From lan-thous, the downward church, or lan-thew, the black church.

LANWORDABY. From lan-Wordaby, the place or dwelling of Wordaby; lan-wortha-va, the place by the high stream.

LANXON. Probably from Lansen, the name under which, according to Hals, St. Stephen's near Launceston, at the time of the Norman Conquest, was taxed; from lan-san, the holy church.

LANYON (lan-nine). From Lanyon in Gwinear; from lan-eithin, the furzy enclosure or croft; or lan-yein, the cold enclosure. There is also Lanyon in Madron, and some mention a place named Lanyon in Normandy or Bretagne. Linyon, Lunyon, Lanine, Lanning, and Lanyon may be the same surname. But see also Langon.

LATE. See Laity.

LATHAN. See Leathan.

LAUELIS. See Levelis.

LAUNCE. See Lance.

LAUNDRY. See Landrey.

LEATHAN. This name may have been originally Tyleathan or Boleathan; from ty-lait-an, or bo-lait-an, both of

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