English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Devon

Volume edited by : J. E. B. Gover, Allen Mawer, F. M. Stenton 1931-32

Historical Forms

  • Defenascir 851 ASC
  • Defnascir 894 ASC 977 ASC
  • Dæfenascir 1017 ASC
  • Defena 823 ASC

Etymology

See Introd. xiv n. 1.

Divisions in this County

Local district

County Town

Hundred