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Newsletter August 2026

June and July brought us a couple of heatwaves almost matching the drought conditions of 1976.  A couple of fans (including me being their greatest one) kept the Heritage Hub team busy in the high temperatures.  As per usual many new items have been added to the...

Newsletter July 2026

As the village recovers from the drama of the main road closures in June BH presses on regardless. The month of May saw the BH website receive 1995 page views from 246 active users mainly perusing the ever-growing catalogue (massive thanks to Dawn Rogers and Mel...

Newsletter June 2026

Following on from Colin Back’s BH piece in the March issue of the Parish Chronicle, this month guest contributor and regular volunteer, researcher and talk giver Jenny Ridd reflected on just how important your stories are to us.  “Everyone likes a story, young and...

Newsletter May 2026

At the time of writing, I am making two assumptions. One, the spring weather has arrived and secondly that the Colin and Dave evening took place, successfully withno injuries, insults or arrests happening. BH seems to be as busy as usual; Mary Ford, BH’s digital...

Photograph of Molly Coombe with cats

Newsletter March 2026

We are giving Dave a month off for the March issue – don’t worry he’ll be back! Instead, we are using the opportunity...

Photograph of Colin Back

Newsletter February 2026

“Winter draws on” is not a statement of intention from a pantomime dame but indeed is a reference to our dark and cold...

Photograph of Sheila Robbins

Newsletter January 2026

As our new year’s resolutions wain – from joining a gym to having a non alcoholic January – Bishopsteignton Heritage looks forward into 2026.
It reminds me of having a new ‘jotter’ or new book at school where the handwriting on the fresh new page was orderly and neat. The back pages were a scrawl….
There is certainly no lack of commitment and drop of standards at BH.

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Dawn Rogers our new Hub Manager

Happy New Year!

Bishopsteignton Heritage in partnership with 1st Bishopsteignton Scouts - The Nuttery   Part of the legacy left...

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Postcard of Post Office St

2021 Census

So the National Census is upon us again. It only happens every ten years, and March 21st is the date for this...

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Postcard Christmas Cartoon addressed to Mr Coombe

The great news this month is that we are holding a virtual Xmas social, hosted from the HUB, on Tuesday December 15th...

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The Graves family on November 22nd 1917 Standing: Rosaleen, Charles, Alfred, John. Sitting: Robert, Amy, Clarissa.

The Latest from BH

The latest article to be published his week is one on Dr Rosaleen Cooper, nee Graves. Dr Cooper was the village GP for...

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