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Day Eighty-Eight
While responses to the Coronavirus Lockdown develop over the next few weeks, we want to record thoughts and actions in...
Day Eighty-Seven
While responses to the Coronavirus Lockdown develop over the next few weeks, we want to record thoughts and actions in...
Sidney Albert Treen
Early Life Sidney Albert Treen was born on the 11th February, 1920, in Bishopsteignton, Devon. He was the son...
John Harvey McGregor
Early Life John Harvey McGregor was born 12 May, 1906, in Ashstead, Surrey. His father Robert McGregor...
Village Festival 2019 Heritage Scrapbook Project
The story of Bishopsteignton can be written in many formats and as a Heritage Trust we aim to embrace all media...
WW2 D-Day Normandy 75th Anniversary Commemorations
Normandy D-Day 75th Anniversary When the invitation came for us to be in Normandy for June 6th 2019 staying with a...
Bishopsteignton video memories
Annual Huntly Flower Show circa 1969 A brilliant piece of cinematic village history, which shows many village families...
Bishopsteignton Village Festival
Over the years The Bishopsteignton Village Festival has grown in reputation, size and stature. Many of the same people...
The Big Breakfast
The Big Breakfast Many people in Bishopsteignton have enjoyed the 'Big Breakfasts' at the Community Centre, which have...
Road of Remembrance: Bishopsteignton 2018
The beginning of an idea It was in November 2014 whilst visiting Folkestone, Kent, where thousands of service people...
Charles Edward Koebel WW1
Early Life Charles Edward Koebel was born on the 24th Jan 1878 in Croydon, Surrey. He lived at various addresses...
George Frederick Parish WW1
Early Life When George Frederick Parish was born in 1878 in Colebrook, Devon, his father, George, was 30 years old and...
Ernest John Passmore WW1
Early Life Ernest John Passmore was born in Bishopsteignton in the March Quarter [1] of 1890. In 1891 he was living...
Horton George Stamp WW1
Early Life In 1881 Horton George Stamp's grandfather George (a nurseryman from Exeter) and grandmother Elizabeth Stamp...
George Ambrose Warren WW1
Early Life 160645 Chief Yeoman of Signals George Ambrose Warren of the Royal Navy was born on 30th December 1875 to...
Bishopsteignton War Memorial
First World War WWI InscriptionThe War Memorial has the following inscription: "To the Glory of God, and the Immortal...
John Walling WW1
Early Life John Walling is currently a bit of an enigma as regards his link with Bishopsteignton and his family. His...
William Taylor WW1
Early Life There is only a little information about William's family and currently his link with Bishopsteignton...
Thomas Warren-Swettenham WW1
Early Life Thomas Robert Eaton Wybault Warren-Swettenham was born on 10th October 1867 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire....
William Henry Newton WW1
Early Life William Henry Newton was born in Colaton Raleigh near Ottery St Mary on September 21st 1894. There is a...