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.

Exwick

Early-attested site in the Parish of Exeter St Thomas

Historical Forms

  • Essoic 1086 DB
  • Exewyk(e) 1244 Fees 1244 Ass 1291 Tax

Etymology

'wicby the river Exe.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement