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.

Widmouth

Other OS name in the Parish of Ilfracombe

Historical Forms

  • Wydmouth 1529 Recov

Etymology

is Wydmouth 1529Recov . ' Wide mouth , ' referring to the bay here . Cf. Widemouth (Co) , Widemutha 1180 P , Wydemuthe 1302Ass .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement