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.

Torridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Plympton St Mary

Historical Forms

  • Tori, Torix 1086 DB
  • Little Torryz 1238 FF
  • Toryz juxta Plumtone 1291 FF
  • Toryz 1303 FA
  • Torigge 1285 FA 1310 Ipm
  • juxta Plympton 1346 Ass
  • Torrig(g)e 1341 Ipm
  • Tourigg 1346 FA

Etymology

v. Tory Brook supra 15.