Bring the past to the present
From. L-R
Seated Jack Hart (Warden) Francis Hart (organist) Rev Stamp, Sonny Farmer (Warden) Sarah Lowman (chorister)
Standing – Judith Hannaford, Joyce Clapp, ?, Ronald Cork, ?, ?, Roy Salter, ?, Margaret Dunn, Marion Salter
Back row – ?, CJ Hannaford, ?, ?
as supplied by Janice Bawler 30/11/2023. Can you supply some of the missing names?
The Milles Parochial Returns were a series of questionnaires sent out by Dean Milles to all the parishes in the county in the 1750’s. The responses came from about 250 parishes, usually from the parson, but sometimes from the schoolmaster or another informed parishioner. The questions covered a wide field, including inquiries about the church. These returns provide a valuable snapshot of the state of the parishes at that time.
We have the complete diary for Hemyock School when it was located opposite the Post Office. This page covers a period between 1911 and 1912. Mr Baxter was the headmaster. We will try to upload to this site more pages as time progresses. The school operated from the end of the 19th Century up to the 1970’s when the new school was built. The old school building was then used as social housing for the community.
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.”
This image was supplied by Garry Still who is in the middle of the image holding a duck, and to his right there is John Northam or Skip as he was known from his scout days. Does anyone remember any more names please. Was ther play The Mikado? We try to updatre all our archive photos with accurate information.
