View of centre of BroadhemburyBroadhembury in 1890
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Centre of Broadhembury with cattle taken through to new pastures from the Broom Collection
King Street Elementary School, Honiton
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Vic Strawbridge in front row.
Hemyock 1830 – 1850 A Parish and its People in the Past
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In 1986 and 1987 the Department of continuing and adult education at the University of Exeter organised a local History Class in Hemyock into the 19th century history of Hemyock with the intention of mounting an exhibition and producing a publication based on the documentary evidence available. This document is held by the Hemyock History and Archiving Association.
Sanctuary at Smeatharpe School
4th December 2022 by Leave a Comment
Lady Sidmouth at Upottery Manor wanted villagers at Smeatharpe to attend a local CofE service so converted the school chapel into a proper CofE facility with the inscription on the beam of One God, “One Church and One Baptism.”
James Knight 1826 – 1906 gardener
15th March 2021 by 1 Comment
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James Knight was gardener for Rev Taylor at Churchstanton. When he was in Bristol he saw Isambard Kingdom Brunel supervising the building of the Bristol Suspension Bridge