Ashill - Bishopsteignton Heritage

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

by Rowena Bradnam | Apr 9, 2020 | Park Farm, Places

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

by Rhoda Nevins | Apr 9, 2020 | Bishop's Palace, Places

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...

Tainton 1524 – 1600s Family Names

by Rowena Bradnam | Dec 28, 2018 | Families, People

A Short History of the Parish The history of the Bishopsteignton Parish can, in a brief form, be divided conveniently into three time divisions – First – before the Bishops of Exeter received it, Second – the 500 years during which they successively owned it, Third –...

Occupiers of Ashill Cottage: 1798 – 1939

by Rowena Bradnam | Dec 5, 2018 | Ashill Cottage, Places

Ashill Cottage, Ashill, Bishopsteignton 18th Century Breacker Family The Breaker/Braker/Breacker family were in ownership of Ashill cottage from when it was built at the start of the 19th Century for Edward Breacker to it’s sale in 1910 by his great...