by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | Sep 18, 2019 | News
Here at BH we are starting our preparations for the V.E.Day celebrations next year. We shall be arranging a programme of events around the theme of ‘Bishopsteignton during WWII’ throughout the year, and especially during the week of 4th to 9th May 2020. We...
by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | Sep 13, 2019 | News
* SAVE THE DATE * Medieval Power and Sacred Spaces: The Legacy of Devon’s Bishops’ Palaces. The latest Molly Coombe Memorial Lecture is coming up in a few weeks. An enduringly popular subject from a scholarly speaker, it should be fascinating. WEDNESDAY...
by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | Aug 30, 2019 | News
Once again we have welcomed more visitors to the Hub this month. This time a lovely elderly gentleman called John Hope and his wife and stepdaughter, who were visiting the area and got in touch. He began talking about his time in the village as a boy during WWII. His...
by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | Aug 13, 2019 | News
July has been a bit of a quieter month here at BH: a chance for a breather before the next onslaught of events. On July 3rd the new Boundary stone was unveiled at the point where the four parishes of Bishopsteignton, Ideford, Chudleigh and Ashford meet: an...
by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | Jul 30, 2019 | News
A press release to mark the unveiling of the new parish boundary stone, issued by Christopher Grimshaw. It is not unusual for two or three parish boundaries to come together at a point, but the occurrence of four parishes having the same boundary point is very rare....
by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | Jul 9, 2019 | Events, Festivals and Carnivals
The story of Bishopsteignton can be written in many formats and as a Heritage Trust we aim to embrace all media methods to portray our village history. Our remit is not simply to store and digitise archive materials of this village in the past. Our lives and our...
by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | Jul 9, 2019 | News
This last month has been very busy for the Heritage bods. Our base in the Wilson Room is now painted and carpeted, some furniture has been installed and we have made a start on equipping our future ‘HUB’. The archive boxes are being sorted and labelled so that we can...
by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | Jun 24, 2019 | People
Alice Mary was born in 1885 to John and Louisa Major, one of six children. The Majors owned and worked the blacksmith forge in Fore street, Bishopsteignton. Louisa and her daughters Alice and Lily worked at Kittoes House. On 31st August 1908 Alice married James...
by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | Jun 4, 2019 | Events, Festivals and Carnivals
Annual Huntly Flower Show circa 1969 A brilliant piece of cinematic village history, which shows many village families having fun in the grounds of Huntly. Villagers entered flowers and vegetables that they had grown in their gardens. Some years the Boy Sea Scouts...
