Chronicles (1 of 6): The Description of BritaineHolinshed, Raphael
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Chronicles (1 of 6): The Description of Britaine
Holinshed, Raphael
Great Britain -- History -- To 1485; Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603
and an other lower by Exminster, next of all vnto Toppesham; beneath
[Sidenote: Cliuus.]
which towne the Cliue entreth thereinto, which rising about Plumtree,
goeth by Cliff Haidon, Cliff Laurence, Brode Cliff, Honiton, Souton,
Bishops Cliff, S. Marie Cliff, Cliff saint George, and then into the
Exe, that runneth forward by Notwell court, Limston and Pouderham
[Sidenote: Ken.]
castell. Here (as I heare) it taketh in the Ken, or Kenton brooke (as
Leland calleth it) comming from Holcombe parke, by Dunsdike,
Shillingford, Kenford, Ken, Kenton, and so into Exe hauen, at whose
mouth lie certeine rocks which they call the Checkstones, except I be
deceiued. The next fall, whereof Leland saith nothing at all, commeth by
Ashcombe and Dulish, and hath his head in the hilles thereby.
[Sidenote: Teigne.]
The Teigne mouth is the next fall that we came to, & it is a goodlie
port foure miles from Exemouth. The head of this water is twentie miles
from the sea at Teigne head in Dartmore among the Gidleie hilles. From
whence it goeth to Gidleie towne, Teignton drue, where it receiueth the
[Sidenote: Crokerne.]
Crokerne comming from by north, and likewise an other west of Fulford
parke. Then it goeth to Dufford, Bridford, Kirslowe, Chidleie, Knighton,
[Sidenote: Bouie.]
and beneath the bridge there receiueth the Bouie, whose course is to
north Bouie, Lilleie, and Bouitracie. Thence it runneth to kings
[Sidenote: Eidis.]
Teignton, taking in Eidis, a brooke beneath Preston that commeth from
Edeford by the waie. And when it is past this confluence, at kings
[Sidenote: Leman.]
Teignton, it crosseth the Leman, which commeth from Saddleton rocke by
[Sidenote: Aller.]
Beckington, and Newton Bushels: and soone after the Aller that riseth
betwéene Danburie and Warog well, afterward falling into the sea by
Bishops Teignton, south of Teignmouth towne.
The verie vtter west point of the land, at the mouth of Teigne is called
the Nesse, and is a verie high red cliffe. The east part of the hauen is
named the Poles, a low sandie ground, either cast vp by the spuing of
the sand out of the Teigne, or else throwne vp from the shore by the
rage of wind and water. This sand occupieth now a great quantitie of the
ground betwéene the hauen where the sand riseth, and Teignmouth towne,
which towne (surnamed Regis) hath in time past béene sore defaced by the
Danes, and of late time by the French.
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