Blog - Bishopsteignton Heritage

Richard Ernest Gill WW1

by Jess Gibby | Oct 30, 2018 | People, World War One

Early Life Richard Gill was born in Bishopsteignton in June, 1883 to his father James and mother Sarah Jane and there is a record of his baptism on the 20th June that year in St John’s church. He married Elizabeth Anne Townsend (born in Bishopsteignton in 1887) at St...

Frederick John Manning WW1

by Jess Gibby | Oct 16, 2018 | People, World War One

Early Life Frederick John Manning was born in Bishopsteignton on the 18th Jan 1875 to William Manning and Elizabeth P Manning. His father William was born in the village and was noted in the 1851 census as a shoemaker at aged 15 years . His grandfather John Manning...

Bishopsteignton Churchyard – Resting Place of Nelson’s Admirals

by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | Oct 10, 2018 | Places, St John the Baptist Church

Graves of Admirals, Quinton, Goodall, Thornbrough. Bishopsteignton became home to some of Nelson’s admirals during the French Wars. With their prize money they built or bought grand mansions along Forder Lane. Admiral Sir Edward Thornbrough (1754 -1834) fought...

Flow Point

by Matt Neale | Oct 10, 2018 | Areas, Environment, Plant Life

If you have followed Flow Lane, all of the way to where it terminates at the Teign Estuary, you may have noticed a triangular plot of land on the left as you pass underneath the railway bridge, between the railway line and the estuary, signposted as a private nature...

Hedgehogs

by Matt Neale | Oct 10, 2018 | Environment, Wildlife

I remember when hedgehogs were a very common sight in the village and it was possible to see three or four in the garden at any one time, but I haven’t seen one in Bishopsteignton (dead or alive) for years. The Hedgehog Preservation Society states that there is...