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LAIT. See Laity.
LAITY. From Laity in Lelant; from lait-ty, the dairy or milk-house. Hence perhaps the names Leuty, Lait, and Late. Laity is found as a French name.
LAMBADARN. From lan-Badarn, the church of St. Badarn, i. e. St. Paternus. There are several places in Wales named Llanbadarn.
LAMBILLION. From lan-velin, the mill place; or lan-vylgan, the place of the seaman. Cf. Trevelyan. But see Lamelin.
LAMBORN. See Lambron.
LAMBREY. A probable corruption of Lambrick, q. v. It may however be from lan-bry, the church hill, or the hill enclosure.
LAMBRICK. From Lambrigan, a corruption of Lambourne-Wigan in Perranzabuloe; from lan-wigan, the little enclosure.
LAMBRON, LAMBORN. From Lambourn, in old deeds Lan Bron, an estate in the parish of Perranzabuloe; from lan-bron, the hill enclosure. There is a place called Lambourne in Ruan Lanihorne.
LAMELIN, LAMELLIN, or LAMELLYN. From Lamellion, an estate in the parish of Lantegloss, near Fowey, anciently the seat of the family; from lan-mellin, the mill place. Pryce gives Lanmellion, Lan Mellin, the mill place.
LAMPECK. See Lampenc.
