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This beautiful caterpillar, photographed locally by Marilyn Hepworth in her garden, is the larva or child stage of the Privet Hawk-moth (or Sphinx ligustri). It was seen feeding on her lilac, although as its name suggests, the caterpillar is very fond of privet.
The fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) is native to the UK and one of the most easily recognisable fungi in the world,
This common fungus (Coprinus comatus) is the shaggy mane or shaggy ink cap, sometimes called the ‘lawyer’s wig’.
Now that I have some spare time on my hands, I thought it apt to extend from my previous articles ‘Rooted in the Land: The Cornish Family of Wolfsgrove and Beyond’ and ‘The Cornish Family Name’ by telling what I know of my Grandmother and the Ridgeway family’s presence in the village, who appeared rooted for generations in our lovely Devon village.
Between 1200-1600, Bishopsteignton was a bishop-controlled estate on the River Teign, closely linked to Teignmouth, as ‘West Teignmouth’ formed part of its parish. In 1200 this area along the estuary was called ‘Teynton’, from the Anglo-Saxon ‘Tain’ or ‘Taintona’ meaning ‘water’.
Fulford Cottages are located at the top of Clanage Street, opposite the Old Commercial Inn, although they are no longer referred to as such. Fulford Terrace was another name for them but they are now incorporated into Clanage Street with one of the cottages, Church Cottage, being in West Street.
A history of the Cornish family heritage in Bishopsteignton by tracing a continuous lineage from the mid-17th century through to late 19th century in the county of Devonshire.
Although Tim Newton was not actually born here he certainly grew up in the Parish with some notable characters. Here he tells his story of being raised in Bishopsteignton…
In the rolling countryside of Bishopsteignton , where fields stretch toward the edge of the River Teign and beyond, farming has long shaped the rhythm of life, with the Cornish family establishing deep and lasting roots…
. Early in 2019, we started planning another evening of one act plays and this was very exciting as Jess and...
This beautiful photograph, taken by Ann Waller on West Furlong in Bishopsteignton, tells us much about the feeding habits and the sociability of this bird. The goldfinch is one of the most common garden birds in the UK; in fact, the goldfinches’ fondness for niger and sunflower seeds in garden bird feeders is seen as one of the reasons for their strong increase in population since 1995: monitoring between 1995 and 2023 showed an increase of 152%.
The common toad is one of only two toads native to the UK; the other toad is the natterjack, which is smaller than the common toad, much rarer, and tends to live in coastal areas, in sand dunes and sandy heaths. With photographs taken by Sally Murray, as she was preparing to clean out a plant pot in her garden near Ash Hill in Bishopsteignton, here are some other things you may not know about English toads…
Woodbine Cottage in West Street has, over the years, been a working dairy as well as a home. It was connected to Delamore, the house on Forder Lane, and called Woodbine Dairy and Delamore Dairy at different times.
This beautiful caterpillar, photographed locally by Marilyn Hepworth in her garden, is the larva or child stage of the Privet Hawk-moth (or Sphinx ligustri). It was seen feeding on her lilac, although as its name suggests, the caterpillar is very fond of privet.
The fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) is native to the UK and one of the most easily recognisable fungi in the world,
This common fungus (Coprinus comatus) is the shaggy mane or shaggy ink cap, sometimes called the ‘lawyer’s wig’.
One of the most common of the 650 species of spider found in the UK, known to most as the Garden Spider or Garden Cross Spider
At the 2025 village festival Year 4 pupils of Bishopsteignton Primary School enjoyed two scrapbooking workshops to highlight their favourite areas of the village and how they might change in forty years time.
2017 In the spring 2017, we put on Three's a Crowd, a collection of one act plays. It was an opportunity for people...
1956 George and Phyl Johnson became the new licensees when they moved into The Manor Inn with their two sons, Barry...
West Street runs from the crossroads by the Old Commercial Inn to the Supply Stores village shop on Fore Street.
Over the years it has been known as West End, Western Road, West Town and the Triangle.