TEIGNMOUTH

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TEIGNMOUTH , a seaport and market town in the

Ashburton

parliamentary division of Devonshire, England, at the mouth of the river Teign, on the English Channel, 15 M. S. by E. of Exeter, by the

Great

GREAT

Western railway. Pop. of urban

district

DISTRICT

(1901) 8636. Two parishes,

East

EAST
EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

and West Teignmouth, form the town. It lies partly on a peninsula between the river and the sea, partly on the wooded uplands which enclose the valley and rise gradually to the high moors beneath Heytor. The Den, or Dene, forms a

promenade

PROMENADE

along the sea-front, with a small lighthouse and a pier. St Michael's church in

East

EAST
EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

Teignmouth was rebuilt in 1824 in Decorated style, but retains a Norman doorway and other ancient portions; of St James', in West Teignmouth, the south porch and tower are Norman. There are a theological college for Redemptorists, and a

Benedictine

BENEDICTINE

convent, dedicated to St Scholastica. The entrance to the harbour has been improved by dredging, and the two quays accommodate vessels drawing 13 ft. at neap tides. Pipeclay and china clay, from Kingsteignton, are shipped for the Stafford-shire potteries, while coal and general goods are imported. Pilchard, herrings, whiting and mackerel are taken, and salmon in the Teign. Malting, brewing and boatbuilding are also carried on. East Teignmouth was formerly called Teignmouth Regis, and West Teignmouth, Teignmouth Episcopi.
Teignmouth (Tennemue, Tengemue) possessed a church of St Michael as early as 1044, when what is now East Teignmouth was granted by Edward the Confessor to Leofric, bishop of Exeter, and an allusion to salterers in the same grant proves the existence of the salt industry at that date. Teignmouth is not mentioned in the Domesday Survey, but in 1276 what is now West Teignmouth appears as a mesne borough held by the dean and chapter of Exeter; what is now East Teignmouth continuing with the bishop, who was accused in that year of holding in his manor a market which should be held in the borough. The bishop's manor was alienated in 155o to Sir Andrew Dudley, but West Teignmouth remained with the dean and chapter until early in the ,9th century. In the middle ages Teignmouth was a flourishing port, able to furnish 7 ships and 120 mariners to the Calais expedition of 1347, and depending chiefly on the fishing and salt

industries

INDUSTRIES

. In the early part of the 17th century the town had fallen into decay, but it speedily recovered, and in 1744 could contribute twenty vessels to the

Newfoundland

NEWFOUNDLAND

shipping trade. The borough was never represented in

parliament

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

, nor incorporated by charter. The Saturday market, which was held up to the 19th century, is mentioned in 1220, and was confirmed by royal charter in 1253, together with a

fair

FAIR

at Michaelmas. Teignmouth was burned by French pirates in 1340, and was again devastated by the French on the 26th of June 169o.
See Victoria County History, Devonshire; The Teignmouth Guide and Complete Handbook to the Town and Neighbourhood (Teignmouth, 1875).

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