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 can...
Families
Families of the village past and present
Tainton 1524 – 1600s Family Names
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 –...
The Back Family
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...