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.

Dawlish Warren

Other OS name in the Parish of East and West Dawlish

Historical Forms

  • Warenna in Manerio de Douelis c.1280 Exon

Etymology

is Warenna in Manerio de Douelis c. 1280 Exon . This is a sandy spit of land projecting into the Exe estuary .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement