Editing RM Chivenor (section)

==Etymology==
The name ''Chivenor'' is first attested in 1285, as ''Chivenore''. This is thought to originate in [[Old English]] as a personal name, ''Cifa'', in its [[genitive case|genitive]] form ''Cifan'', combined with the Old English word ''ōra''  ('flat-topped ridge'). Thus the name once meant 'Cifa's flat-topped ridge'. The ridge in question runs from west to east along the north bank of the [[River Taw]], from [[Heanton Punchardon]] to [[Tutshill Wood]] on the northern fringe of [[Barnstaple]]. Like Heanton Punchardon, RM Chivenor lies at the west end of the ridge.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2004 |isbn=9780521168557 |editor-last=Watts |editor-first=Victor |location=Cambridge}}, s.v. ''Chivenor''.</ref>