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.

The Ness

Other OS name in the Parish of St Nicholas

Historical Forms

  • The Nesse c.1550 Leland

Etymology

is The Nesse c. 1550 Leland . v. næs . The name refers to the prominent headland south of the estuary of the Teign .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement