by Rowena Bradnam | Mar 22, 2019 | People, Families
Records confirm a blacksmith’s workshop on Fore Street in 1841 but it is highly likely that it was much older than this, sandwiched on both sides by 18th Century (or earlier) cottages. This extract looks at the families that have occupied this spot and what we...
by Rowena Bradnam | Dec 5, 2018 | Places, Ashill Cottage
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...