Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LANK

LANK, a hamlet on the Lank rivulet, in Cornwall; near the rivulet's mouth, 6 miles NNE of Bodmin. Lank Down and the Lank Rocks are in the vicinity: and on these are two granite cairns, locally called the King's and the Queen's houses.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Cornwall AncC
Place: Lank

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