Blog - Bishopsteignton Heritage

Occupiers of Wear Farm: 1332 – 1939

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...

W.J. Ryder’s Supply Store and Family Butcher

by Paddy Harris | Dec 13, 2018 | Places, W. J. Ryder's Supply Stores

Bill and Hetty Ryder ran a village store at the bottom of Radway Hill in Bishopsteignton. The store comprised of a butchery on the right hand side of the premises and a general grocery store on the left. Butcher’s Mr Ryder ran the butcher’s side of the...

Occupiers of Murley Grange: 1814 – 1968

by Rowena Bradnam | Dec 11, 2018 | Murley Grange, Places

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...

Occupiers of Ashill Cottage: 1798 – 1939

by Rowena Bradnam | Dec 5, 2018 | Ashill Cottage, Places

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...

Occupiers of Wood Farm: 1524 – 1970

by Rowena Bradnam | Dec 2, 2018 | Places, Wood Farm

Entry from British Listed Buildings 1955 Small country house in use as farmhouse. Circa 1830 with some late C19 alterations but probably incorporating parts of an earlier house in the service block. Architect unknown to date, building designed for the Comyns...

Occupiers of Myrtle or Wisteria Cottage: 1835 – 1939

by Rowena Bradnam | Dec 1, 2018 | Places, Ring of Bells

This is the building which is now incorporated in the Ring of Bells. Originally it was designed to match Cross Gate with one cottage on either side of the end of Radway Hill. The designer is reputed to be John Nash and the builder William Boone. It...

Riverside Quilters

by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | Nov 30, 2018 | Organisations, People

The group was started in 2011 by Ruth Sewell and was originally called St John’s Quilters. It was formed as a fundraising group to make a quilt to raffle for the church funds. We started with about six people including Ruth Sewell, Jenny Dunford, Stephen and...

Butterflies

by Matt Neale | Nov 27, 2018 | Environment, Wildlife

Gardeners are encouraged to plant flowers and shrubs that are rich in nectar to attract butterflies to the garden and to provide a food resource. However, when the only plants that are planted to attract butterflies are non-native species, you’re not going to...

Road of Remembrance: Bishopsteignton 2018

by Caroline Thorton | Nov 20, 2018 | Events, World War One

The beginning of an idea It was in November 2014 whilst visiting Folkestone, Kent, where thousands of service people from the last two World Wars left the shores of England to sail to conflict on French beaches and also returned following the aftermath of the 1940...

Orchards

by Matt Neale | Nov 19, 2018 | Areas, Environment

Old maps of the area, dating from the mid-1800s, show extensive areas of orchard throughout the Parish of Bishopsteignton1. The grounds of several of the old estate houses and farms within Bishopsteignton village appeared to be almost entirely occupied by orchard,...