that now make up Exmouth - Littleham and Withycombe Raleigh - can be traced back to before Saxon times. The name "Exmouth" comes from its position at the mouth of the River Exe estuary. The word "Exe" itself comes from an old Celtic word meaning "fish". For many centuries, the parishes were part of the East Budleigh Hundred.

In 1240, an area known as Pratteshuthe (meaning