Stokeinteignhead

Stokeinteignhead (/ˈstoʊkˌɪnˈtiːnˌhɛd/) is a village and civil parish in the Teignbridge district of Devon, England, above the southern bank of the estuary of the River Teign. The parish has a short boundary on the estuary, and is otherwise surrounded, clockwise from the north, by the parishes of Shaldon, Torbay, Coffinswell and Haccombe with Combe. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 734, which was slightly more than the 703 recorded at the 2011 census. It is twinned with the French commune of Trévières, Calvados.

Despite its closeness to the river Teign, the name is not derived from it: in the Domesday Book the district contained thirteen manors which totalled an area of ten hides and the whole area was known as the "Ten Hide". This was later corrupted to "Teignhead" through the influence of the river name. The name of the nearby village of Combeinteignhead has a similar derivation.

Most of the village forms a conservation area and there are over fifty listed buildings nearby.

The mascot of Stokeinteignhead, appearing on the village signs, is the cirl bunting.

Stokeinteignhead in elections every four years elects one representative to Devon County Council,^{[citation needed]} and one representative to Teignbridge District Council.

The parish council has eight elected councillors with elections every four years.

Stokeinteignhead village is the largest settlement of the parish and includes a primary school, pre-school, a community shop and one pub, The Church House Inn.

Stokeinteignhead Village Hall was demolished in 2005 with a plan to re-build it at the same location; it is now in a former part of the school field and construction began in 2006 and was completed some months later.