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.

Teignmouth

Major Settlement in the Parish of Teignmouth

Historical Forms

  • (on) tenge muðan 1044 OSFacsii,Exeterxii
  • Teignemudan 1148 HMCiv,46
  • Teigemue 1242 Fees787
  • Tinemuth 1213 ClR
  • Teingnemue 1238 Ass
  • Teingnemouth 1253 Ch
  • Tayngue 1249 Ass
  • Tengemue 1276 RH
  • Westeyngemouth 1283 Ass
  • Estengemuth 1284 Ass
  • Teyngemwe Burgus 1291 Tax
  • Tengmuth 1301 Ipm
  • Tenegemue 1330 Cl
  • Yesteyngmouth 1394 Ass
  • Tingmouth 1675 Ogilby

Etymology

The mouth of the Teign river' supra 14. The earliest form refers to the mouth of the river, not to the village.

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site