Blog - Bishopsteignton Heritage

Festival Scrapbooking 2025

by Jess Gibby | Aug 27, 2025 | Events

‘All we need is an audience’ – Part Four

by Pat Yesin | Aug 20, 2025 | People, Bishopsteignton Players

2017 In the spring 2017, we put on Three’s a Crowd, a collection of one act plays. It was an opportunity for people who wanted to have a go at directing. Linda Wilmot directed a hilarious play about a desert island. Keith Lambert’s was about...

The Story of the Manor Inn and its People – Part 4

by Colin Back | Aug 8, 2025 | Places, Fore Street

1956 George and Phyl Johnson became the new licensees when they moved into The Manor Inn with their two sons, Barry and Brian, both boys attended the local school. George and Phyl maintained the darts and euchre teams as well as introducing coach outings and other...

West Street

by The Hub Team | Jul 4, 2025 | Places

Present buildings Vincent Lodge, 1 West Street Westover 2 West Street Delamore Cottage, 3-5 West Street 4 West Street 6 West Street Woodbine Cottage, 7 West Street Church Cottage, 8 West Street 9 West Street Bramley House Orchard End Woodbine Orchard West...

The Story of the Manor Inn and its People – Part 3

by Colin Back | Jun 14, 2025 | Places, Fore Street, People

1928 Following the Heavitree Brewery refurbishment, Thomas (Tom) and Florence (Flo) Vallance from Kingsteignton were the first to take on the tenancy of the Manor Inn. They married in 1928 and had two daughters, Barbara (Pat) and Cynthia (Thora). Both girls started...

The Story of the Manor Inn and its People – Part 2

by Colin Back | May 14, 2025 | Places, Fore Street, People

1902 The Manor Inn business was still as busy now as it was in the earlier years. On 13th June 1902 there was a gathering of tenants and others concerned with the Manors of Bishopsteignton and Radway who perambulated the boundaries of the Manors finishing at The...

Memories of World War II

by The Hub Team | May 8, 2025 | World War Two, Events, People

Since I was born in 1938, I am among the last generation to remember how World War 2 affected children in particular, and also our elders. So I feel it is right to write down my memories before I start forgetting. I was born in Sheffield, where there were several big...

Leonard William John Wright

by The Hub Team | May 3, 2025 | Evacuees, People, World War Two

My husband Leonard William John Wright was born on 25 June 1932 in Hoxton the north-east area of London. He was a son of Lilian Margaret and Leonard William Wright and an older brother to his 16 months younger sister Ann Margaret. Mum looked after the family while Dad...

‘All we need is an audience’ – Part Three

by Pat Yesin | Apr 11, 2025 | Bishopsteignton Players, Organisations, People

2014 Mission Accomplished We looked at various options for our next show and in the end, as 2014 was the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, we decided on a commemorative evening, “Mission Accomplished”, masterminded by Richard Lamming. This...

The Story of the Manor Inn and its People – Part 1

by Colin Back | Mar 21, 2025 | Places, Fore Street

1836 The building, for many years, was best known as The Manor Inn, with adjoining cottages, barns and outhouses. It has stood in the central part of Fore Street for about 200 years. The land and properties initially belonged to Rev. Comyns who was Lord of the Manor...