Axmouth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Axmouth
Historical Forms
- (æt) Axanmuðan 880–5 BCS553 c.1000
- Axamuða 1046 ASC c.1120
- Alsemuda 1086 DB
- Axemuwe 1269 Exon
Etymology
'At the mouth of the River Axe' (supra 2). The village is actually about one mile distant from the sea, but the estuary is known to have silted up.