Editing Teignbridge (section)

==History==
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the [[Local Government Act 1972]], covering the whole area of six former districts and part of a seventh, which were all abolished at the same time:<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972|year=1972|number=2039|access-date=30 July 2023}}</ref>
*[[Ashburton, Devon|Ashburton]] [[Urban district (England and Wales)|Urban District]]
*[[Buckfastleigh]] Urban District
*[[Dawlish]] Urban District
*[[Newton Abbot Rural District]]
*[[Newton Abbot]] Urban District
*[[St Thomas Rural District]] (parts south-west of Exeter, rest went to East Devon)
*[[Teignmouth]] Urban District
The new district was named Teignbridge after the medieval [[Hundred (county division)|hundred]] of that name which had covered some of the area.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973|year=1973|number=551|access-date=31 May 2023}}</ref> The hundred in turn had been named after the bridge over the [[River Teign]] on Exeter Road west of Kingsteignton, where there had been a number of bridges since [[Roman Britain|Roman]] times.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1317451|desc=Teign Bridge|grade=II}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Arngart |first1=Olof Sigfrid |title=The English Hundred-names |date=1934 |publisher=H. Ohlsson |page=98 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ghEMAQAAIAAJ |access-date=1 August 2023}}</ref>