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Coming Events Produce Market Saturday 7th January Recent Updates About Spreyton Parish Council Village Trust Village Hall Online Booking Form Clubs and Groups Recent Events History Spreyton in 1986 Farm Histories (including Coffins and Stockhay)
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Spreyton History Our History pages are produced from various sources much of it relates to St Michaels Church as churches and there dioceses were the only Organisations to keep detailed records of local events.
There is a page on Uncle Tom Cobley who set out from Spreyton many years ago on that fateful journey to Widecombe Fair. Also we have many Photos of the Village and its People from years gone bye, We have some Old Photo's of Spreyton School History School 1930's / History School 1938 and a Photo of Spreyton Home Guard Including everyone's Name. History Home Guard St Michaels Church History Church & Churchyard Spreyton Methodist History UK & Ireland Genealogy (Spreyton) http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/genuki/DEV/Spreyton/index.html The story of the Spreyton Ghost http://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/spreyton_ghost.htm The Cobley Family History http://www.btinternet.com/~mark.cobley/places/spreyton.html Pictures of Farming in Spreyton in the 60s http://www.lott.co.uk/images/bwfarm.html
If anyone has any Information or Photos we can add to our pages then Email info@spreyton.org.uk
Spreyton,
in the hundred of Wonford and in the deanery of Dunsford, lies
The manor belonged, in the reign of Henry II., to the Talbots,
whose heiress, This estate was sold by the descendant of the last-mentioned family to John Cann, esq., of Fuidge, and Mr. William Battishull of Barton. The manor is now the property of George Lambert, Esq. The lords of Spreyton had formerly the power of inflicting capital punishment.* An inscription, purporting that the Talbot family contributed to the expense Of the structure, proves that the building of the parish-church was as old As the reign of Henry VI. In this church are memorials of Thomas Hone, Esq., of Nympton 1746: and John Cann, Gent , 1767. The church of Spreyton belonged to the abbot and Convent of Tavistock. The impropriation and advowson were granted to the Russell family with the other possessions of the abbey. The great tithes Were sold by the late Duke of Bedford to the land-owners, and the advowson to the rev. R. Holland, who is the present patron. This
parish also is called in ancient ecclesiastical surveys.
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