Feniton
History Group held the 90th meeting in the Nog Inn
Attending:
George, Bob, Rose, Viv, Alan, Pam, Jenny, Jackie, Brenda, Geoff, Sharon, Hugh and
Bob
Francis
Pyle spoke to me about Long Park, it cost £22,000 to build. It was built by Mr
Vincent Frank Pyle bought it off him for
£2,000. George Vincent died in Exmouth in 1902.
Boundary
stone: Following this being damaged by the grass cutters, Jenny and I attended
the July meeting of the parish council. East Devon District Councillor Phil
Twiss has given us a budget of £200 for it’s replacement. Cllr Susie Bond is
meeting with EDDC as to the re siting of the stone. So very positive outcome.
Hugh
has been helping George research a footballer of that name, I found this link
about him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Roulson
Geoff
has been busy helping with Exeter theatre old newspapers in the Heritage Centre,
he admitted to reading them, rather than sorting and filing!
Bob
raised the question about cottages and the difference between houses and cottages,
found
this “story” based on some fact to describe the history of the cottage:
I found out that a cottager was a labourer who worked a
small piece of land [for himself] which could be owned by him or rented or
leased. The building on the land was called a cottage. I'm wondering if the
piece of land was called a 'Cott' but can't find out via Google as there is an
American firm called Cott and several thousand hits on their name come up
first! There are a few places locally called --- Cott [ie Tytherleigh Cott]. I told Bob when he came to clean by windows last
week.
Also while working last week I came across a 'Guide Book
of Recording Descriptions for Archaeologists' and Cottage does not appear in
the list of descriptions for buildings - so I don't think it describes a
particular type of building.
Pam
told us she has an ancestor who was a prize bare knuckle fighter.
Alan
went to see the WW1 commemoration in Northenhay, said to be the oldest town park
The
Shrouds depict the enormity of loss of life in the Somme, each man a son or father,
very sobering to try and take in the facts.
During
the discussion that followed Bob mentioned the saying about Trench Warfare “Lions
lead by donkeys”.
Many
lads lied about their age when enlisting, the boy soldiers. Victor Silvester
was one of these. He was born in 1900. He ran away from Ardingly College and
was fighting on the Western Front at fifteen. Victor's parents suspected he had
joined the army and informed the authorities in 1914 but it was not until he
was wounded in 1917 that he was discovered and brought home to England.
Brenda
is researching a family in 1860s, sadly their daughter died of TB and there is
also mention of bigamy, they married in Feniton!
TB
or as it was known, Consumption, saw sufferers being brought to The Royal Hotel
in Sidmouth for the sea air. The afore
mentioned James Ross’s brother Robert died from TB
Jenny
reported on the Battle film saying it is going well. In relation to the film
George and Viv modelled their costumes. They look fantastic. We welcome our new
members Luke and Viv.
Next
meeting in the Nog Inn on 2 August 2018. At this meeting we need to plan the
following:
WW1
100 Years in November
Pam
has suggested a Heritage Event
A
talk or “Conversation with Peter”
