A Celebration of Bishopsteignton Women

This article highlights the life of Mary Overill during her younger years, her incredible war activities durng WWII and then her married years before starting a family and eventually ending up in Bishopsteignton, where she lived from 2006 until her passing at almost the age of 104. This story was written by her daughters Diane and Linda forming the eulogy read by the minister at her funeral in 2026.

Scout Hut A couple of years after Joan Leonard left in 1986, the Playgroup moved from the Village Hall to the Scout Hut on Radway Hill.  The Playgroup moved because the rent had been increased at the Village Hall, and it was cheaper at the Scout Hut. However,...

Visitors from La Roche Maurice Bishopsteignton Preschool was now firmly established as an integral part of the village, with widespread community involvement and a developing educational programme. However, in 1996 it drew attention from further afield, with interest...

The Origins On the 26th September 1972, Mrs Buckle from the Pre-School Playgroups Association, showed a film and gave a talk to the Bishopsteignton Modern Wives about the importance of playgroups, and how communities could set up and run them.  When she concluded her...