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.

Exminster

Major Settlement in the Parish of Exminster

Historical Forms

  • æt Exanmynster 880–5 BCS553 c.1000
  • Exemenistre 1208 FF
  • Exiministre 1218 Pap
  • Exemeinstre 1274 Exon
  • Esseministra 1086 DB
  • Exemystere 1447 Exon
  • Axmister 1675 Ogilby
  • Exminster al. Exmister 1742 Recov

Etymology

'mynster(i.e monastery) by the river Exe.'