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 Thomas

Major Settlement in the Parish of Exeter St Thomas

Historical Forms

  • Kapellis…Sancti Thome 1209–15 HMCiv,63
  • ecclesia Sancti Thome 1366 Exon
  • parochia Sci Thomae ultra pontem Exon 1562 FF
  • Saynt Thomas Churche 16th Oliver

Etymology

In early documents the parish is more usually referred to by the name of Cowick, v. infra 438.

Places in the same Parish