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.

Drewston Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Drewsteignton

Historical Forms

  • Driweston 1330 SR

Etymology

is Driweston 1330SR (p) . ' Drew 's farm , ' v. tun . Presumably this was the same man who gave name to the manor .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement