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Molly Coombe

Molly Coombe was born on 18th October 1929 to parents Grace Coombe neé Loud and Philip Coombe. She may have been born at a local hospital but the family lived, and Molly grew up, in a house called 'Locarno' on Berry Hill, Bishopsteignton. As a girl, Molly's favourite...

Sir Andrew Ridgway KBE, CB, KStJ, DL

The first honour that was awarded to Sir Andrew Ridgway was when he passed out of Sandhurst at the age of twenty. He passed out first in the Order of Merit and was awarded the Queen’s Medal. It was presented to him on the Sovereign’s Parade by HRH Princess...

Sheila Maureen Robbins, 1932-2021: A Tribute

Sheila Robbins, née Skinner was born in County Cork in Ireland in January 1932, to Sydney Parnell Skinner, a Sergeant in the Royal Engineers and Margery Mary Davey. When Sheila was very young, the family moved back to Bishopsteignton where her father had been born....

The search for my Grandfather by Paddy O’Gorman

Introduction In the Spring of 2021 Bishopsteignton Heritage received a message from Paddy O'Gorman from Dublin, asking if anyone had any information on his grandfather, Robert Collier, who had tragically died in the village in 1972. After appeals on social media,...

Lillian Green, née Payne (1921 – 2021)

Lillian Green, née Payne (1921 – 2021)

Sep 30, 2022 | A Celebration of Bishopsteignton Women, International Women's Day 2022 Posters

Lillian was born in 1921 in Veracruz Mexico, to Henry and Annie Payne. The family returned to England in 1932,...

Dr. Rosaleen Cooper née Graves (1894 – 1989)

Dr. Rosaleen Cooper née Graves (1894 – 1989)

Sep 30, 2022 | A Celebration of Bishopsteignton Women, International Women's Day 2022 Posters

Rosaleen Graves was born in Wimbledon on 7 March 1894, the sister of the poet and writer Robert Graves. When she was...

Lilian Benson (1871 – 1958)

Lilian Benson (1871 – 1958)

Sep 30, 2022 | A Celebration of Bishopsteignton Women, International Women's Day 2022 Posters

Lilian lived in Bishopsteignton in the 1930s and 40s, and for some of this time at least, she lived at Murley Grange....

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