Highweek
Major Settlement in the Parish of Highweek (with Newton Abbot)
Historical Forms
- Teyng(e)wike c.1200 Torre 15th
- Teyng(e)wy(c)k 1248 Ch 1275 RH
- Teinngweke 1224–44 Exon
- Teynguewike 1331 Ch
- Teinnewic c.1200 Lay
- Teignewic 1218 ClR
- Tennewick 1219 Fees264
- Taynewyc 1230 P
- Teynnewyk 1281 Ass
- Tengewyke 1238 FF
- Tengewike 1247 Ch
- Tenggewyk al. Teyngwyk 1269 Ipm
- Hegewyk c.1270 QW
- Heghwyk 1301 Ass
- Hegh Wyk t.Ed3 Ass
- Tengweke al. Highweke 1467 Pat
- Hywyke 1493 Ipm
- Hewyk 1675 Ogilby
Etymology
v. wic . The place was originally distinguished by its position near the river Teign (supra 14) and later by the adj. 'high' with reference to the prominent hill on which it stands.