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.

St Davids, St Davids Hill

Major Settlement in the Parish of Exeter St Davids

Historical Forms

  • (super) montem S. Dauid 1247 StNicholas 1436 DA
  • Seynt Davys Doune 1494 Ipm
  • capellarum Sancti Davidis… 1270 Exon
  • capella Sancti David 1457 HMCiv,85
  • parish of Seynt David without Northgaytt 1538 HMCExeter304

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site