The meeting of the hounds; was quite a sight. The horses, riders and dogs met outside the ‘Ring of Bells’. When Farmer...
People
Colin Back Part 6: Village Hall and Vicarage
In the cottage on the opposite side of Dove's (grocery shop) lived Mr and Mrs Northam. Mrs Northam was well known for...
Betty Aplin’s Memories of the Bishopsteignton Modern Wives
Betty was born in Bishopsteignton in 1935 and has lived in the village all her life. She grew up in Hollowmead...
Ken Dawe Interview 1: Early life and Family
Interview and transcription Ken Dawe : Well, it all started back in my father and his brother’s...
Dr. Rosaleen Cooper nee Graves
Early Life Rosaleen Graves, sister of the WW1 soldier poet and writer Robert Graves, was born in Wimbledon on 7th...
The Diaries of Charlotte Avarilla Bush
Background Charlotte Avarilla Bush was the great aunt of Nigel Wollen, whose mother was of the Bush family. When...
Mary Esther Huddleston
Mary "Esther" Huddleston (1805-1891), owner of The Lodge, later called Murley Grange, from 1849 to 1891. Early Life:...
Norman P. Barnett
A SHILLING, A BADGE & A MESSERSCHMITT by Norman P. Barnett, evacuee. A child sitting alone in the middle of a...
The Heathman Family
Stay in Devon! A letter written by Rachael Heathman, mother of Rowena Bradnam, who was with her grandmother, Lavinia...
Twinning – La Roche Maurice
The sign is evident as you approach and leave the village. There is even a special walkway named after them as you...
The Blogg Family
Many years later Phyllis Blogg, nee Hudson, wrote to Dick Searle, then the curator of Bishopsteignton Museum, about...
The Ward Family
Jack and Kit Ward In 1939 Jack Ward and his wife Kit (nee Dennis), ran the Butcher's shop at what is now 23 Fore St....