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.

Canonteign Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Christow

Historical Forms

  • Teigna 1086 DB
  • Tigneam c.1125 France
  • Kanone Teyng 1276 RH
  • Teygne Canonicorum 1281 Ass

Etymology

For the river Teign, v. supra 14. The manor was granted to the canons of the monastery of St Mary du Val (c. 1125 France).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement