Taynton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Taynton
Historical Forms
- (æt) Tengetune c.1055 StDenis 11th
- Teintuna 1059 StDenis 11th Plot 1676
- Teinton' Sancti Dionisii 1163 P
- Teintona Sancti Dionisii 1167 P
- Tængtune 1059 StDenis 11th
- Tentone 1086 DB
- Teigtone 1086 DB
- Taynton 1675 Ogilby
Etymology
The first element is probably a river-name identical with that of the Teign in Devonshire, presumably an older name of Hazelford Brook. Teign is related to W taen , 'a sprinkling,' and seems to mean simply 'stream.' Cf. Tangley 337. Second element tūn . -Sancti Dionisii from the Abbey of St Denis in Paris, to which Edward the Confessor granted land here in 1059.