The River Creedy is a small river in
Devon
Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is ...
,
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...
. It gives its name to the local town or ''ton'' of
Crediton
Crediton is a town and civil parish in the Mid Devon district of Devon in England. It stands on the A377 Exeter to Barnstaple road at the junction with the A3072 road to Tiverton, about north west of Exeter and around from the M5 motorwa ...
, which is on its west bank, and to several local historic estates, namely ''Creedy Hilion'', ''Creedy Peitevin'' (later called ''Creedy Wiger'') and
Creedy Park Creedy is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Adam Creedy (fl. 1388), English politician
* Pat Creedy (1927–2011), Kiwi rugby player
* Rebecca Creedy (born 1983), Australian swimmer
* Simon Creedy (born 1962) Graphic Designer - L ...
, in the parish of
Sandford, also to the
Benefice of North Creedy. Just below the town, the river merges with the
River Yeo and it ends where it meets the
River Exe
The River Exe ( ) in England rises at Exe Head, near the village of Simonsbath, on Exmoor in Somerset, from the Bristol Channel coast, but flows more or less directly due south, so that most of its length lies in Devon. It flows for 60 mil ...
at
Cowley Bridge. The river is overlooked by
Fordy Wood Copse , a woodland owned and managed by the
Woodland Trust
The Woodland Trust is the largest woodland conservation charity in the United Kingdom and is concerned with the creation, protection, and restoration of native woodland heritage. It has planted over 50 million trees since 1972.
The Woodland Tr ...
.
The name is believed to be of
Celtic origin, but views of its precise origin differ. According to one source it derives from a root meaning ''winding''. Another view holds that it means ''shrinking'', as compared with the more powerful Yeo.
Breeze, A. (2007): Review of ''The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names''
/ref>
References
Creedy, River
1Creedy
{{England-river-stub