Teignmouth

Teignmouth (pron. Tinmouth), a seaport and watering-place of Devonshire, 12 miles (by rail 15) S. of Exeter, stands on the north side of the pretty estuary of the Teign, which is spanned by a wooden bridge (1827), 557 yards long. Burned by the Danes in 970, by the French in 1338 and 1690, it has a grassy promenade, the Din or Dune, a pier (1866), a public market (1883), baths (1883), St Scholastica's Abbey for Benedictine nuns (1865), &c. Pop. (1851) 5149; (1891) 8292.