Rowena Bradnam - Bishopsteignton Heritage

Blacksmiths of Fore Street

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...

Occupiers of Cockhaven: 1588 – 1939

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...

Occupiers of Tapley: 16th Century – 1939

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...

Occupiers of The Ring of Bells: 1796 – 2018

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....

Tainton 1524 – 1600s Family Names

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 –...