Blog - Bishopsteignton Heritage

The story so far – June 2019

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...

Alice Mary Major

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...

WW2 D-Day Normandy 75th Anniversary Commemorations

by Jess Gibby | Jun 15, 2019 | Events, World War Two

Normandy D-Day 75th Anniversary When the invitation came for us to be in Normandy for June 6th 2019 staying with a French family we were thrilled. Five years ago my husband Rich was flying in the skies in a Lancaster with the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. This...

Bishopsteignton video memories

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...

Bishopsteignton Village Festival

by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | Jun 4, 2019 | Events, Festivals and Carnivals

Over the years The Bishopsteignton Village Festival has grown in reputation, size and stature. Many of the same people are still involved in the organisation and implementation of the festival and it still provides a huge draw for the residents of all ages. The...

Rails Through Bishopsteignton

by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | May 21, 2019 | Air, Environment, Rail, Transport

On 24 April 2019 Peter Wade gave a talk for Bishopsteignton Heritage entitled ‘Rails Through Bishopsteignton’, this article is a summary of that talk. 19th Century The railway had reached Exeter from Bristol by 1844 and the next section to Plymouth was soon being...

Bishopsteignton audio memories

by The Hub Team | Apr 26, 2019 | People, Oral Histories

BBC Radio Devon “Village Voices” Philip Gourd, 1920-2013 The Gourd family are well known in Bishopsteignton for being the family who ran the transport. Starting with a horse drawn cart the family business grew to embrace modern technology with buses,...

A History of West Town Meadow, Forder Lane

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...

An Account of the Talk given by Nigel Walker

by Terry Bannon | Mar 22, 2019 | Places

Some Parish History of Bishopsteignton Introduction Although my talk was given on St, George’s Day it doesn’t link parish history with the famous saint. The truth is that our local history has very little connection with famous people, that is...

Blacksmiths of Fore Street

by Rowena Bradnam | Mar 22, 2019 | Families, People

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...