Monday, September 7 TEIGNHOLT, a hamlet, in the parish of Drews-Teignton, union of Oakhampton, hundred of Wonford, Crockernwell and S. divisions of Devon; containing 181 inhabitants.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.
Monday, September 7 TEIGNGRACE (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Newton-Abbot, hundred of Teignbridge, Teignbridge and S. divisions of Devon, 2¼ miles (N. by W.) from Newton-Bushell; containing 180 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the great western road from Exeter to Plymouth, and on the banks of the river Teign. The Stover canal and railway, constructed here by the Templer family, facilitate the exportation of potters’-clay found in the neighbourhood, and of granite from extensive quarries near High Tor, which belong to the Duke of Somerset.
Tuesday, July 28 TEDBURN (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of St. Thomas, hundred of West-Wonford, Crockernwell and S. divisions of Devon, 4 ½ miles (S. W. by S.) from Crediton ; containing 867 inhabitants.
Tuesday, July 28 TAWTON, NORTH (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Oakhampton, hundred of North Tawton, South Molton and N. divisions of Devon, 12 miles (W. by N.) from Crediton; containing 1728 inhabitants. This place was anciently called Cheping-Tawton, “a market-town on the Taw,” which river runs through the parish. Its market charter was confirmed in the year 1270, but the market was discontinued about 1720 ; at the former period it was a borough-town, and it is still governed by a portreeve, elected annually at the manorial court.
Tuesday, July 28 TAWTON, BISHOP’S (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of Barnstaple, hundred of South Molton, Braunton and N. divisions of Devon, 2 miles (S. by E.) from Barnstaple; containing 1827 inhabitants. On the division of the West Saxon see of Sherborne, this was made the seat of the Devonshire diocese by Werstan, its first bishop, soon after his consecration in 905.
Tuesday, July 28 TEIGNTON, KING’S (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Newton-Abbot, hundred of Teignbridge, Teignbridge and S. divisions of Devon, 2 miles (N. E. by N.) from Newton-Bushell; containing 1498 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the navigable river Teign, and comprises 3278 acres, of which 538 are common or waste; in the neighbourhood are large beds of pipe and potters’ clay, of very superior quality, and limestone is quarried.
