At the 2025 village festival Year 4 pupils of Bishopsteignton Primary School enjoyed two scrapbooking workshops to highlight their favourite areas of the village and how they might change in forty years time.
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Memories of World War II
Although not at the time based in the village, our long term resident Avril Avery has shared some of her childhood memories of World War II leading up to VE Day. She has kindly offered them to us to publish on this, the 80th anniversary. Contains some language “of its time”.
Leonard William John Wright
The story of evacuee Leonard Wright as described in a letter to the team at Bishopsteignton Heritage
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Everyday Life and Society in Medieval Bishopsteignton
Between 1200-1600, Bishopsteignton was a bishop-controlled estate on the River Teign, closely linked to Teignmouth, as ‘West Teignmouth’ formed part of its parish. In 1200 this area along the estuary was called ‘Teynton’, from the Anglo-Saxon ‘Tain’ or ‘Taintona’ meaning ‘water’.
Festival Scrapbooking 2025
At the 2025 village festival Year 4 pupils of Bishopsteignton Primary School enjoyed two scrapbooking workshops to highlight their favourite areas of the village and how they might change in forty years time.
Memories of World War II
Although not at the time based in the village, our long term resident Avril Avery has shared some of her childhood memories of World War II leading up to VE Day. She has kindly offered them to us to publish on this, the 80th anniversary. Contains some language “of its time”.
Leonard William John Wright
The story of evacuee Leonard Wright as described in a letter to the team at Bishopsteignton Heritage
Remembrance 2023
Spotlight feature Social media trailer Saturday 11th November Sunday 12th November Animals in Conflict - They Also...
James William Taylor
Military Experience James joined the 1/6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment which was a Territorial Force as a private...
Primary School Heritage Trail 2021
Places of interest around Bishopsteignton The community centre The community centre used...
2021 Census
It’s not just about you – it’s about all of us. Do you know what the Census is? Some people know about the Census with...
Commemorating the WWI Centenary
On November 11th, 2018, the community of Bishopsteignton, Devon processed along the stunning Road of Remembrance , past the new memorial bench to St John’s Church to witness a moving commemoration service acknowledging the lives of all those who were lost in World War I. This service marked the culmination of four years of Bishopsteignton events and research marking the centenary of the Great War which are recorded here.
Village Festival and Carnivals
The VE-75 Knitted Spitfire
How the Group Developed The knitting group was set up and met before I came to the village. Called ‘Knit &...
VE Day 75th Anniversary in Bishopsteignton – NLHF Funded Celebrations
To replace some of the celebrations arranged for the community throughout May 2020, Bishopsteignton Heritage created...
The Bishopsteignton Village Show 1995-2020
The Beginnings It all began September 1995. When the village celebrated the 50th anniversaries of VE Day and VJ Day,...
Bishopsteignton Bombers – The Lancaster Past and Present
HMS Argonaut
In December 1942 the Argonaut was hit by two torpedoes, launched from an Italian submarine that obliterated her...
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...
La Roche Maurice – Massacre of Pointois Wood
The sad wartime history of La Roche Maurice is echoed throughout France. 1940 The Pointois Wood Close to the major...
La Roche Maurice in World War Two
Overview The strategic site of La Roche-Maurice in Brittany explains the presence of French Alpine hunters in April...