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Occupiers of Cross House: 1524 – 1950

  A summary of the occupiers of Cross House, Fore Street, Bishopsteignton, taken from the official parish records, 16th, 17th, 18th early 19th Century. W.D. Cleland, Bishopsteignton Village and Lanes, published 1933. 'Cross House is situated at the top of Shute...

Occupiers of Park Farm or ‘Sperke’: 1580 – 1939

Park seems to be a late form of the older form Sperke.  In the Middle Ages a park was a large enclosed area where the landowner could hunt game. 16th Century 1580          The Burial Register records the burial of...

The Bishops and their Palace

The Bishops' Palace is on the site of a Benedictine monastery in the "Old Walls" area of Bishopsteignton. 11th Century In 1042 AD Edward the Confessor became King and Crediton was the seat of the Bishops of Devon and Cornwall. He appointed Leofric who was his...

A History of Delamore

Before the building of Delamore House, the ground was part of West Town Tenement, the property of John Comyns. The Comyns family were major land owners who lived at Wood from 1732 to 1957. John Comyns was parson of St John the Baptist Church from 1801 to 1856....

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