"Rattle
the trough the pigs appear" was the tongue in cheek comment from one of
our group. It was in response to so many folk joining us for our Christmas
Supper of nibbles, and not a mince pie in sight!! Thank you to everyone who
brought such a wide selection of food.
Lovely
to see you all and welcome to Hugh and
Sharon. As usual a lively discussion took place.
Jo and
David asked as to look out for an item in the archives that might shed some
light on the wonderful cope kept in the church. Sadly it is in need of repair,
we don't know how it came to be in the church or what age it is. It has no
labels. It was suggested that Wippells of Exeter would be the best place to
take it for an expert opinion. We
must check through old parish magazines to see if it noted.
Miss
Eveleigh ? Alice's plaque in the church, perhaps it was for the Clock once on the tower?
John
Clifford her nephew is still living and
he is a friend of a family in the village, so David will ask if they can help.
Roger
has found a Quarter sessions record for Joanna Crocker: We wonder who she was.
Joanna Crocker of
Viniton London Gazette - Issue 7731 published on the 26 August 1738
The undermentioned
Person being a Fugitive for Debt, and beyond the Seas on the first Day of
January 1736, and having surrendred herself to the Keeper of the Sheriff's Ward
or Prison of and for the county of Devon, gives Notice, that she intends to
take the Benefit of the late Act of Parliament for Relief of Insolvent Debtors,
at the next General or Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be held in and for the
said County of Devon, or at the Adjournment thereof, next after thirty days
from the Publication hereof, viz.
Joanna Crocker, late of Viniton in the county of Devon, Shopkeeper.
Joanna Crocker, late of Viniton in the county of Devon, Shopkeeper.
The spelling of Feniton in the above article
brought up a discussion on spelling
variations one being the village of Fenton in South Devon, this was home to the Gibb
family who made their fortune trading guano and built the house called Tyntesfield
Venton
or Fenton is a hamlet to Dartington, South Devon.
George
brought along the pages he has been constructing using the publishing site
"Lulu", the results are ideal for our purpose.
The next
subject was paper sizes, the one in question being quarto, i.e. a quarter of a
page, regardless of it's size.
On 7
June 1917 the British Second Army detonated 19 enormous mines under the
Messines Ridge (in an explosion that was reputedly heard in London and Dublin),
killing 10,000 German troops in the front line and destroying the village of
Messines. Over the years many explosions
have occurred from unexploded munitions.
In about
1956 the water board condemned wells in
the village in an attempt to get the village onto mains water. The well at Myrtle
Cottage was 15ft deep and found to have
a Mills bomb in it!!
Gas
supply came in the 1980s, about75% of houses to have gas, but at a cost of £2,000 old village, did not enough takers. Farmway has it and Green Lane too, Brenda has it. The main comes
in across Higher Gosford Farm with the connection housed in the green building
by the public footpath to the old A30.
Brenda will ask about house names found in the villages in
magazine. Jo suggested this project to see how the names have changed over the
years, Moor Cottage, Myrtle Cottage, Kester Castle. The pub lost its name, The
Railway Hotel when the brewery changed it to the Nog Inn, Mr and
Mrs Spence wanted to give it a hunting style name.
Chequers
an old railway shed lived in by Sid
Salter, Nobknocket was the Elms, Christow, Brooklyn, Rats Castle. Appletrees was
Gould Cott, Pecks, Peeks, Tenement, Parr Cottage & The Parr Rooms.
Sport
history in Feniton, is a subject untouched by the Group, love to hear anyone
with an interest in this.
This
just leaves me to Wish you all A very Happy Christmas and New Year.
We meet
in The Nog Inn on Thurs. 5th Feb at 8 pm.
