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.

Tavistock

Major Settlement in the Parish of Tavistock and Tavistock Hamlets

Historical Forms

  • Tauistoce, at Tauistoce 981 KCD629 13th
  • Attavistoce 981 BM 1348
  • Tefing stoce, æt Tefing stoce 997 ASC c.1000
  • Tæfingstoc 997 ASC c.1120 KCD1334 1046 12th
  • Tæuistoc, Tæfistoc c.1000 Saints
  • Tauistoc(h) c.1115 BM 1131,1160 P
  • Tauystok juxta Lamerton 1321 Ass
  • Tavestocha 1086 DB
  • Tavestok 1270 Pat
  • Tastocke 1602 Cai

Etymology

'stoc by the river Tavy' supra 14. For the -ing -, v. PN NRY 77s. n. Sinnington.