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.

Templeton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Templeton

Historical Forms

  • Temple 1238 Ass 1577 Saxton
  • Templeton by Tiverton 1335 Buckland
  • Templeton 1439 Exon

Etymology

The parish is a comparatively late one centring round the Knights Templars' manor of Coombe (infra 395).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name