Canonteign (originally "Canons' Teign") is an historic tything in the parish of Christow, near Chudleigh, in South Devon, England and situated in the valley of the River Teign. The 'canon' in the name refers to the Augustinian canons regular, either of St Mary du Val in Normandy or of Merton Priory, which owned it for several centuries. It is best known today for the Canonteign Falls waterfall. Canonteign today contains three significant houses: the original Grade I listed 16th-century manor house ("Canonteign Manor House"), the ancient barton house (home farm) ("Canonteign Barton") situated nearby behind a granite wall, and a new mansion house built by the Pellew family in the early 19th century nearby ("Canonteign House"), to which that family moved their residence thereby abandoning the
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