King's Oven
Early-attested site in the Parish of Chagford
Historical Forms
- furnum Regis 1240 Peramb, Buckfast
- Kinges Oven 1608 Dartmoor
Etymology
The name refers to an ancient 'blowing house' for tin-smelting which stood here.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Drewston
- Frenchbeer
- Holy Street Ho
- Jurston
- Middlecott
- Rushford Barton
- Shapley
- South Hill
- Stiniel
- Teigncombe
- Greatweek
- Yardworthy
Other OS name
- Batworthy
- Buda
- Chagford Common
- Collihole
- Coombe
- Corndon
- Corringdon
- Crosspark
- Cullaton
- Dogmarsh
- Downpark
- Easton
- Greatstone
- Horselake
- Hurston
- Lakeland
- Langaford Bridge
- Meldon Hill
- Metherall
- Nattadon Common
- Padley Common
- Teign Marsh
- Waye
- Weddicott
- Weekbrook Cottages and Week Down
- Westcott Fm
- Whiteabury
- Willandhead
- Withecombe
- Woodtown