Description
Town and port in the parish of Talland.
Grid reference: SX 253 532
Chronological Sequence
Porthpyghan, 1382; Porpyghan, Porpyghen, 1396; Porpyghan, 1404, 1407; Purpighan, Purpyghan, 1412; Porthpighan, Porthpyghan, Porpyghen, 1416; Porpyghen, 1419, 1420, 1425; Portpyghan, 1432; Porpyghen, 1433; Porthpyghan, 1440; Portpyghan, 1442; Porpyghen, 1443; Porpyghan, 1444; Portpyghan, Porthpyghan, 1454; Portpyghan, 1458; Portpyghan, Portpighan, Porthpyghan, 1459; Porthpyghan, 1461; Portpighan, 1462; Westeloo, Portpighan, 1465; Portpighan, 1492; Westloe, 1514; Porthpighan, 1564, 1566; Porpighan, 1573; Purpighan, 1574; West Loe, c.1626; Westloo, 1627; West Lowe, 1654; Westloo, 1675; Port Byan, West Looe, 1680; Portbyhan, West Looe, 1695; West Looe, 1718; Portbyhan, Westlooe, 1722; Westlooe, 1725; Portbyhan, West Looe, 1762; West Looe, 1820, 1823, 1843, 1884, 2005
Forms by Earliest Occurrence
Porthpyghan : 1382, 1416
Porpyghan : 1396, 1404, 1407, 1444
Porpyghen : 1396, 1416, 1419, 1420, 1425, 1433, 1443
Purpighan : 1412, 1574
Purpyghan : 1412
Porthpighan : 1416, 1564, 1566
Portpyghan : 1432, 1442, 1454, 1458, 1459
Porthpyghan : 1440, 1454, 1459, 1461
Portpighan : 1459, 1462, 1465, 1492
Westeloo : 1465
Westloe : 1514
Porpighan : 1573
West Loe : c.1626
Westloo : 1627, 1675
West Lowe : 1654
Port Byan : 1680
West Looe : 1680, 1695, 1718, 1762, 1820, 1823, 1843, 1884, 2005
Portbyhan : 1695, 1722, 1762
Westlooe : 1722, 1725
References
Porthpyghan
RIC, TAM/1/3/52/2, 1382 (*)
Porpyghan
Porpyghen
RIC, TAM/1/3/52/3, 1396 (*)
Porpyghan
Vill.
RIC, TAM/1/3/52/5, 1404 (*)
RIC, TAM/1/3/52/6, 1404 (*)
Purpighan
RIC, TAM/1/3/52/7, 1412 (*)
Purpyghan
RIC, TAM/1/3/52/8, 1412 (*)
Porthpighan
Porthpyghan
RIC, TAM/1/3/52/9, 1416 (*)
Porpyghen
RIC, TAM/1/3/52/10, 1416 (*)
RIC, TAM/1/3/52/11, 1419 (*)
RIC, TAM/1/3/52/12, 1420 (*)
RIC, TAM/1/3/52/13, 1425 (*)
Portpyghan
RIC, TAM/1/3/52/14, 1432 (*)
Porpyghen
RIC, TAM/1/3/52/15, 1433 (*)
Porthpyghan
Borough.
RIC, TAM/1/3/52/17, 1440 (*)
Portpyghan
RIC, TAM/1/3/52/18, 1442 (*)
Porpyghen
RIC, TAM/1/3/52/19, 1443 (*)
Porpyghan
RIC, TAM/1/3/52/20, 1444 (*)
Portpyghan
RIC, TAM/1/3/52/21, 1454 (*)
Porthpyghan iuxta Loo
RIC, TAM/1/3/52/22, 1454 (*)
Portpyghan
RIC, TAM/1/3/52/23, 1458 (*)
RIC, TAM/1/3/52/24, 1459 (*)
Portpighan
RIC, TAM/1/3/52/27, 1459 (*)
Porthpyghan
RIC, TAM/1/3/52/25, 1459 (*)
Porthpyghan
RIC, TAM/1/3/52/31, 1461 (*)
Portpighan
RIC, TAM/1/3/52/32, 1462 (*)
Westeloo
RIC, TAM/1/3/52/33, 1465 (*)
Portpighan
Portpighan
RIC, TAM/1/1/20, 1492 (*)
Westloe
RIC, TAM/1/3/40/46, 1514 (*)
Porthpighan
RIC, TAM/1/3/39/30, 1564 (*)
RIC, TAM/1/3/39/31, 1566 (*)
Porpighan
RIC, TAM/1/3/39/35, 1573 (*)
Purpighan
RIC, TAM/1/3/39/36, 1574 (*)
West Loe
Gray, 1990, p69, citing from c.1626
Westloo
RIC, TAM/1/3/1/81, 1627 (*)
West Lowe
Sanson, 1654, map
Westloo
RIC, TAM/1/3/1/100, 1675 (*)
Port Byan alias West Looe
CRO, AP/H/1990, 1680
Portbyhan alias West Looe
CRO, AP/W/1519, 1695
West Looe
Town.
CRO, P247/1/1, 1718 (*)
Portbyhan otherwise Westlooe
RIC, TAM/1/3/1/118, 1722 (*)
Westlooe
Borough, part in the Manor of Trelawne, also part in the Manor of Tregarrick.
Parliament, 1725
Portbyhan otherwise West Looe
RIC, TAM/1/3/1/144, 1762 (*)
West Looe
Village.
Jones, 1820, p15
Town and borough.
Bond, 1823, p11
Tenements, also given as a borough.
CRO, TA/218, 1843
Small town.
Symons, 1884
OS, 1:25000, 2005