by Rowena Bradnam | Apr 25, 2019 | Places, West Town Meadows
West Town Meadow West Town Meadow was part of Town Farm, during the 20th Century this pasture was taken into use by the council to provide the first council houses in the village of Bishopsteignton. The plot is recorded in the Tithe apportionment as West Town meadow...
by Rowena Bradnam | Mar 22, 2019 | People, Families
Records confirm a blacksmith’s workshop on Fore Street in 1841 but it is highly likely that it was much older than this, sandwiched on both sides by 18th Century (or earlier) cottages. This extract looks at the families that have occupied this spot and what we...
by Rowena Bradnam | Mar 15, 2019 | Places, Cockhaven Arms
Cockhaven probably derives from Anglo-Saxon Caec = made up way, i.e. with soil or tree trunks, and Ven =Fenn or marsh. The way across the marsh. The word is early found as Cocven. The settlement of Cockaven was early composed of several families; it...
by Rowena Bradnam | Mar 1, 2019 | Places, Lost Places, Tapley House
The Tapley House is though to have been built during the Elizabethan era, and later enlarged in the style of architect James Nash. Tapley included a vegetable garden, hidden away behind a red stone wall which still runs up Radway Hill. Meaning of Tapley The first...
by Rowena Bradnam | Jan 8, 2019 | Places, Ring of Bells
The original inn was a beer house on the corner of Radway Hill and Fore Street. Later what is now the saloon bar was incorporated into the inn having been a dwelling house. 18th Century 1796 The Burial Register records the burial of William Hore, innkeeper....
by Rowena Bradnam | Dec 28, 2018 | People, Families
A Short History of the Parish The history of the Bishopsteignton Parish can, in a brief form, be divided conveniently into three time divisions – First – before the Bishops of Exeter received it, Second – the 500 years during which they successively owned it, Third –...
by Rowena Bradnam | Dec 13, 2018 | Places, Wear Farm
A summary of the occupiers of Wear Farm, Newton Road, Bishopsteignton, taken from the official parish records. 14th Century 1332 In the Devon Lay Subsidy William at Were is listed with goods valued at 12d...
by Rowena Bradnam | Dec 11, 2018 | Places, Murley Grange
A summary of the occupiers of Murley Grange/The Lodge, Forder Lane, Bishopsteignton, taken from the official parish records 19th Century 1814 John Comyns sold 12 acre the site to Admiral Thornbrough for £540, for...
by Rowena Bradnam | Dec 5, 2018 | Places, Ashill Cottage
Ashill Cottage, Ashill, Bishopsteignton 18th Century Breacker Family The Breaker/Braker/Breacker family were in ownership of Ashill cottage from when it was built at the start of the 19th Century for Edward Breacker to it’s sale in 1910 by his great...
