Holinshed Chronicles: England, Scotland, and Ireland. Volume 1, CompleteHolinshed, Raphael
History
Holinshed Chronicles: England, Scotland, and Ireland. Volume 1, Complete
Holinshed, Raphael
Great Britain -- History -- To 1485; Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603
runneth to Were, there taking in a rill from by west, and an other
lower by Exminster, next of all vnto Toppesham; beneath which towne
[Sidenote: Cliuus.]
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 castell. Here
[Sidenote: Ken.]
(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
[Sidenote: Crokerne.]
receiueth the Crokerne comming from by north, and likewise an other
west of Fulford parke. Then it goeth to Dufford, Bridford, Kirslowe,
[Sidenote: Bouie.]
Chidleie, Knighton, and beneath the bridge there receiueth the Bouie,
whose course is to north Bouie, Lilleie, and Bouitracie. Thence it
[Sidenote: Eidis.]
runneth to kings Teignton, taking in Eidis, a brooke beneath Preston
that commeth from Edeford by the waie. And when it is past this
[Sidenote: Leman.]
confluence, at kings Teignton, it crosseth the Leman, which commeth
from Saddleton rocke by Beckington, and Newton Bushels: and soone
[Sidenote: Aller.]
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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