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Bishopsteignton Heritage in partnership with 1st Bishopsteignton Scouts - The Nuttery Part of the legacy left by Molly Coombe was a small parcel of land on Forder Lane known as The Nuttery.  Bishopsteignton Heritage Trust has tried over the years to find a local...

Updates from work in the Heritage Hub, recent events, achievements and new projects!   Bishopsteignton School Reunion 20th November 2021 Our School Reunion Tea last week was extremely well attended and a great success in every way! With former pupils who went to...

Bishopsteignton Village Festival Many thanks to everyone who came to see us at the festival this year! After nearly 2 years without opening the Hub to visitors and researchers, it was wonderful to meet you, hear your stories, and tell you what we have been up to...

So the National Census is upon us again. It only happens every ten years, and March 21st is the date for this year's forms to be filled in. It occuured to us at BH that there could be a whole generation of young people out there who will never have encountered this...

So here we are in a New Year and a new lockdown! But fear not, boredom will not be a problem! Here at BH we have devised a whole raft of new projects for you to get involved in and keep your mind active. Check out our 2021 projects here;...

The great news this month is that we are holding a virtual Xmas social, hosted from the HUB, on Tuesday December 15th at 7pm, on the Zoom platform. We will be telling you about all the exciting new projects we are about to launch for 2021 and how you can get involved....

The great news this month is that the Bishopsteignton Village VE-75 Knitted Spitfire has finally found its forever home, flying high from the ceiling of the HUB at the Community Centre. Along with that we are pleased to publish an article about its creation and...

Due to our present situation Bishopsteignton Heritage has taken innovative steps to bring you this year's Molly Coombe Memorial lecture. We cannot meet in person but we can meet you virtually. Alex Graeme of Unique Devon Tours is preparing a fascinating talk for us...

This month's offering from Bishopsteignton Heritage is the first section of an audio interview , undertaken earlier this year, with Ken Dawe of Ashill Farm and The Old Walls Vineyard. In this section Ken talks about his childhood in Bishopsteignton and his family...

The latest article to be published his week is one on Dr Rosaleen Cooper, nee Graves. Dr Cooper was the village GP for many years, but was also a published poet, sister of the war poet Robert Graves, and sister of the artist Clarissa Graves. She came to our attention...