Exmouth
Early-attested site in the Parish of Littleham
Historical Forms
- Exanmuða c.1025 ASC s.a.1001
- (on) Exanmuðan 1042 KCD1332 13th
- (of) Examuða 1072–1103 Earle
Etymology
Further forms are unnecessary, but it may be mentioned that most of the early records of the name refer to the mouth of the river Exe and not to the town of Exmouth, which is of much later origin.