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...

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...

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,...

Little Haldon

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

Next time you are on at the top Little Haldon you might like to look away from the spectacular views and gaze at the expanse of mature lowland heathland to either side of Teignmouth Golf Club, which is of a type restricted to south west Britain.  This is of great...

Website protocol

by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | Nov 14, 2018 | Research

Summary Paragraph The Summary paragraph should NOT contain any unique information that is not in the article. If necessary repeat the info further down, especially if it requires a reference. Links, References, Superscript Please put the superscript nos at the end of...

Charles Edward Koebel WW1

by Jess Gibby | Nov 9, 2018 | People, World War One

Early Life Charles Edward Koebel was born on the 24th Jan 1878 in Croydon, Surrey. He lived at various addresses around London. His attachment to Bishopsteignton came through his parents (father Oscar and mother Emma) who had moved to Murley Grange. The Koebel family...