Occupiers of Radway: 1524 – 1956

by Rowena Bradnam | Jul 19, 2019 | Places, Radway

This is an area rather that a single dwelling or property.  Radway is derived from Rad, Old English for grass or herbage, and Waie Old English for track or way; so it is the way to the grass feeding land, or Haldon Common where there was common pasture. 16th...

The Back Family

by Rowena Bradnam | Nov 6, 2018 | Families, People

Early 19th Century Harriet Hodge was born in Bishopsteignton in 1817[1] and married Richard Back at St Nicholas  Church, Shaldon  on the 14th April 1841.[2 ]  He was the son of a tailor and was born in Kenn in 1810.[1] Their eight children were all born in...