Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LANK (THE)

LANK (THE), a streamlet of Cornwall; rising on Davidstow Moor; and running about 8 miles south-south-westward, past Brown Willy mountain, and along Hanter-Gantick valley, to the Camel river, 3 miles E of St. Mabyn.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a streamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "streams")
Administrative units: Cornwall AncC
Place names: LANK     |     LANK THE     |     THE LANK
Place: Lank

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