by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | Mar 20, 2020 | People, World War Two
With the start of the Second World War came Operation Pied Piper. This was the plan to evacuate civilians from cities and other areas that were at high risk of being bombed or becoming a battlefield in the event of an invasion. The Blogg Family When Phyllis...
by Terry Bannon | Mar 22, 2019 | Places
Some Parish History of Bishopsteignton Introduction Although my talk was given on St, George’s Day it doesn’t link parish history with the famous saint. The truth is that our local history has very little connection with famous people, that is...
by Rowena Bradnam | Jan 8, 2019 | Places, Ring of Bells
The original inn was a beer house on the corner of Radway Hill and Fore Street. Later what is now the saloon bar was incorporated into the inn having been a dwelling house. 18th Century 1796 The Burial Register records the burial of William Hore, innkeeper....
by Rowena Bradnam | Dec 1, 2018 | Places, Ring of Bells
This is the building which is now incorporated in the Ring of Bells. Originally it was designed to match Cross Gate with one cottage on either side of the end of Radway Hill. The designer is reputed to be John Nash and the builder William Boone. It...
by Jess Gibby | Nov 9, 2018 | People, World War One
Early Life In 1881 Horton George Stamp’s grandfather George (a nurseryman from Exeter) and grandmother Elizabeth Stamp were living in Cross Cottage, Bishopsteignton with their fifteen year old son George (Horton’s father) who was a scholar. They also had...
by Jess Gibby | Nov 9, 2018 | People, World War One
Early Life 160645 Chief Yeoman of Signals George Ambrose Warren of the Royal Navy was born on 30th December 1875 to James (a porter, born in Crediton, Devon) and Emma Warren (born in Bishopsteignton). He married Jessie G. Lamacroft in 1908 who was born in...
by Jess Gibby | Nov 6, 2018 | People, World War One
Early Life Harry Martin’s birth was registered in the June Quarter of 1880, at Bishopsteignton.[1] According to the 1881 census, when Harry was 1 year old, he lived with his father George Spear Martin who was a painter and his mother Frances (née Hawkins) who...
by Jess Gibby | Nov 6, 2018 | People, World War One
Early Life Private Harry Garland Vanstone of the 2/4th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment was the son of Thomas and Amelia Vanstone, of 2, Fore St, Bishopsteignton. He was born in Bishopsteignton in the December Quarter of 1893.[1] According to the 1901 census Harry...
by Jess Gibby | Nov 6, 2018 | People, World War One
Early Life 12022 Private William James Sharland of the 10th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment was the only son of James and Emma Elizabeth Sharland, of Fore St, Bishopsteignton. He was born in Pembroke in the March Quarter of 1893.[1] In 1901 the family were living...
