Tale of Two Saints Goes with the Flow

Daily Mail › November 10, 2007

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QUESTION

There are two small villages in Devon called Mary Tavy and Peter Tavy. Who were the Tavys? TAVY here isn't a family name but is derived from the River Tavy, in whose valley the two villages lie.

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Tale of Two Saints Goes with the Flow

This is a variant on the common Celtic river name tamisa, which we see in names such as Tamar, Tame, Thames, Tham...

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