Over the years The Bishopsteignton Village Festival has grown in reputation, size and stature. Many of the same people are still involved in the organisation and implementation of the festival and it still provides a huge draw for the residents of all ages. The...
Events
Events and happenings past and present in and around Bishopsteignton
The Big Breakfast
The Big Breakfast Many people in Bishopsteignton have enjoyed the 'Big Breakfasts' at the Community Centre, which have now been successfully taken on by a group of friends in the village, supported by the Scouts. The funds raised are donated to support various...
Road of Remembrance: Bishopsteignton 2018
The beginning of an idea It was in November 2014 whilst visiting Folkestone, Kent, where thousands of service people from the last two World Wars left the shores of England to sail to conflict on French beaches and also returned following the aftermath of the 1940...
Charles Edward Koebel WW1
Early Life Charles Edward Koebel was born on the 24th Jan 1878 in Croydon, Surrey. He lived at various addresses around London. His attachment to Bishopsteignton came through his parents (father Oscar and mother Emma) who had moved to Murley Grange. The Koebel family...
George Frederick Parish WW1
Early Life When George Frederick Parish was born in 1878 in Colebrook, Devon, his father, George, was 30 years old and his mother, Sarah, was also 30 years old. He married Kate Susan Parish (née Marks) in 1901. They had one child during their marriage - Frederick...
Ernest John Passmore WW1
Early Life Ernest John Passmore was born in Bishopsteignton in the March Quarter [1] of 1890. In 1891 he was living with his parents (Alfred and Sarah Passmore) and sisters (Florence, Annie, Mary, Caroline and Lily) at 9, Radway Street, Bishopsteignton and was still...
Horton George Stamp WW1
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 the curate...
George Ambrose Warren WW1
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...
Bishopsteignton War Memorial
First World War WWI InscriptionThe War Memorial has the following inscription: "To the Glory of God, and the Immortal Memory of the Brave Men of Bishopsteignton who fell in the Great War 1914 -1919." "Greater love Hath no man than this. That a man lay down His Life...
John Walling WW1
Early Life John Walling is currently a bit of an enigma as regards his link with Bishopsteignton and his family. His birthplace was Bovey Tracey and his residence at the time of his death is recorded as Newton Abbot. [1] There is a Walling family in the 1911 census...