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.

Teignbridge Hundred

Hundred in the County of Devon

Historical Forms

  • Teneb 1159 P
  • Teinebr' 1179 P
  • Teineber' 1181 P
  • Teinnebrig 1212 Fees98
  • Teinnebrugg' 1219 Fees264
  • Teingnebrige 1187 P
  • Teignebrigge 1238 Ass
  • Teygnebrigge 1278 Ass
  • Teynbrig 1244 Ass
  • Teyngebrugg' 1275 RH
  • Teyngbrigge 1359 Ipm

Etymology

v. Teignbridge infra 480. The hundred was called Taintona in the Geld Roll (1084), from Kingsteignton infra 478.