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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.

Twinyeo

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kingsteignton

Historical Forms

  • Betunia 1086 DB
  • Bitweneya 1263 Ipm
  • Betwynyo juxta Ilstington 1303 Ass
  • Twyneya 1242 Fees790
  • Twynya 1303 FA
  • Twyneyo 1311 Exon

Etymology

'Between the water(s),' cf. Tinney supra 163. The farm is situated in the fork where Bovey and Teign unite.