a market-town and seaport of England, Devonshire, at the mouth of the Teign, 12 miles S. of Exeter. It consists of two parts, one on each side of a small rivulet called the Tame, which falls into the Teign from the N. West Teignmouth is the older portion of the two, and contains the port and the chief business quarters of the town. The other part is more modern; and has near the mouth of the Teign a broad sandbank, called the Den, forming an esplanade, with a small lighthouse at its extremity. The Teign is crossed by a bridge of thirty-four arches, said to be the longest in England, and which has a swing in the centre for allowing vessels to pass. The chief buildings of the town are an octagonal church of modern date, places of worship for several Dissenting sects, a library, a theatre, baths, and assembly-rooms. The town has a dockyard and a quay, but the mouth of the river is obstructed by a shifting bar. A considerable trade is carried on, granite and pipe-clay being exported, and coal imported. The number of vessels registered at the port December 31, 1857, was 60, tonnage 7005. In that year there entered 563 sailing vessels, tonnage 47,372; and 3 steamers, tonnage 129; and cleared 194 sailing vessels, tonnage 12,384; and 4 steamers, tonnage 72. Pop. 5149.