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Sowton maps
Historic maps of Sowton and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Sowton maps
Sowton photos
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Countess Wear| Topsham| Exeter| Broadclyst| St Leonards| Rockbeare| Exminster| Woodbury| Brampford Speke| Powderham| Ide| Lympstone| Hele| Kennford| Kenton| Hayes Barton| Newton St Cyres| Colaton Raleigh| Talaton| East Budleigh
Sowton area books
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Young Lad on The Platforms
I was a 10 year old lad living at the Alexandra Inn now known as the Hungry Fox pub.
Being a keen rail fan then and as now, wandering around the station and the platforms watching trains was a regular past time. Of course I used it when we went to Exeter or on one of my many trips back to London. Sad it is all gone.
Cann Family History
My Great Great Grandfather was born William Honey Cann. Born: March 12, 1845 in Topsham, England son of John Cann and Jane (Hill) Cann. (William Married - Ann Pidgeon, from England also!). Looking for more information on Cemeteries in this area. John Cann was the son of Samuel Cann & Charity (Arscott) Cann. Looking for information on location of where they lived in Topsham, or worked.
There Was Always The Ghost Stories...
In 1973 having just left school that summer, I started my State Registered Nurse training with tutor Miss Wilmot at this Southernhay Hospital.
Being a 'young lady' from Bristol my new colleagues and I were expected to live in the Nurses Home with a larger than life home matron Miss Hermitage. The Nurses Home was behind the hospital between Wynards Lane and Southernhay Gardens where there was an access lane. It was a red brick 4 story building that you could see the back of Southernhay and some of the multi-walkways and verrandas linking the many buildings such as the casualty block to the corridor towards the childrens wards and theatres. I remember being shown around one of the theatres that had a filled in fireplace at an angle in the corner of the room space!
In the Home there was large shared bathing rooms of 6 that you could screen off your bath while bathing. They were the most enormous cast iron white baths that when... Read more
Domenic Reitzo
Domenic Reitzo was the model for this soldier. Born around 1860, he was an Italian immigrant who lived in the Lambeth area of London. He was a popular model for painters and sculpters at the Lambeth School of Art.
Snap!!
I looked at this and thought, 'I've seen that somewhere before!' I have a very similar photograph taken in May 2009. Building seems as if it has been locked in time looking at this photo. Wonderful!
Bishop Blackall School 1947-51
Does anyone remember the fascinating history with Miss Vaudrey or the English Lit with Miss Chappell, or scary maths with Miss Parkinson? Or Timothy Whites in the High Street? Happy times.
Lowbrook
The field in your picture where the sheep roam is now a football field and a park for the children of Rockbeare.
