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.

Lower Twitchen

Other OS name in the Parish of Buckland Brewer

Historical Forms

  • Twichene 1238 Ass
  • Overetochene, Nitheretochene 1330 SR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Twichene 1238Ass (p), Overetochene , Nitheretochene 1330SR (p) . ' Crossways , ' v. Twitchen supra 57 . Several tracks meet here .