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Strete Past and Present
by Marion F. Smithies
Dartmouth: R. Cranford & Son [1933]
Index prepared by Robin Kinloch, Mamaroneck, NY
<Roblock[at]email.msn[dot]com>
Name | Place if not Strete | Date | Event | Pages |
Alfonso, King | 1932 | Visited Strete | 43 | |
Ameridith, Mr. | Slapton | 1596 | Defence of Long Sands | 36 |
Ameridith | Slapton | 1900s | Family lived at Poole | 36 |
Babb, Rev. | 1830s | Curate at Strete | 17 | |
Barnet, Mrs. | 1900s | Boarding house at "Penlee" | 41 | |
Bastard, Mr. & Mrs. | 1933 | Lower Farm | 49 | |
Beaufort, Duchess of | n.k. | 1830s | Donor to Strete Church | 16 |
Bedford, Duke of | Devon | 1800 | Property owner | 34 |
Bedford, Earl of | 1618 | Sold Blackawton to Roopes | 49 | |
Bennet, Miss | 1933 | Resident next to "Seacliff" | 46 | |
Bickford, Mr. & Mrs. | 1933 | Council cottage residents | 42, 43 | |
Bidder, Professor | n.k. | 1929 | Address to Devonshire Assoc. | 4 |
Blackwell, Mrs. & daughters | 1933 | Owned "Snails Castle" | 49 | |
Bond, Mr. & Mrs. | 1933 | Resident at Eastdown | 49 | |
Bonsall, Misses | 1920s | Trained the village Players | 44 | |
Bonsall, Mrs. | 1890s | Late wife of Vicar of Strete | 18 | |
Bonsall, Rev. I. | 1905 | Vicar, assisted umpires at sports | 51 | |
Bowden, Mr. & Mrs. | 1933 | Resident at "Higher Farm" | 44 | |
Bridgman, Mr. & Mrs. | 1933 | Caretaker, "Close Bye" | 47 | |
Browse, Mr. & Mrs. | 1900s | Farming at Southwood | 42, 51 | |
Bruce, Hon. Mrs. Victor | 1933 | Resident at "Sea Croft" | 43 | |
Bryer, Mr. | 1900s | Former resident of "Homelands" | 47 | |
Buckpitt, Mr. & Mrs. | 1933 | Farm house at Fuge | 48 | |
Bullen, Mr.. | 1933 | Resident of cottage | 43 | |
Buller, Lady Yarde | 1933 | Summer resident at "Vale Cot" | 41 | |
Came, W.R. | 1879 | Strete Church Cttee. member | 18 | |
Cardinan, Andrew de | 1256 | died; held Fuge, Street, Burlestone | 49 | |
Cardinan, Holda de | 1200s | daughter of Andrew | 49 | |
Carew, Sir Peter | Dartmouth | 1596 | Defence of Devon coast | 36 |
Chandler, Major | 1900s | Former resident of "Homelands" | 47 | |
Charles II, King | 1600s | Hid at Combe Farm, Blackpool V. | 31 | |
Charles II, King | Dartmouth | 1600s | At Butterwalk after Restoration | 31 |
Charnell, Rev. William | Blackawton | 1907 | Held Blackawton living 1907 | 15 |
Chater, Rev. D.S. | Blackawton | 1866 | Vicar of Blackawton | 18 |
Chater, Rev. D.S. | 1879 | Strete Church Committee memb. | 18 | |
Cholwich | 1600s | Married member of Hunt family | 42, 49 | |
Cleland, Captain | 1800s | Built house "Penlee" at Mat's Pt. | 41 | |
Cleland, R., Mr. | 1905 | Former resident at "Vale Cot" | 41, 51 | |
Cockram, Mr. & Mrs. | 1933 | Resident at Eastdown | 50 | |
Coleridge, Lord Justice | n.k. | 1830s | Donor to Strete Church | 16 |
Coles, Mr. F.P. | 1933 | Gave Yng Men's Club panel | 48 | |
Courtney, Mr. | 1838 | Preached at Strete Church | 17 | |
Cranford's | Dartmouth | 1881 | Newspapers | 50 |
Creed | 1820s | Held Manor of Treverbin | 49 | |
Cromwell | Dartmouth | 1600s | Captured Castle | 31 |
Crook, Miss | 1930s | Bungalow "Stonaholm" owner | 42 | |
Crookenden, Miss | 1933 | Resident "Ours" | 47 | |
Cross, Mr. | 1891 | Blizzard, Higher Asherne | 50-51 | |
Davies, John | Dartmouth | 1585 | Maritime explorer | 39 |
Dymond, Mr. | 1933 | Cottage in Blackwell | 49 | |
Edgecombe, Messrs. A. & W. | 1930s | Builders of bungalow "Stonaholm" | 42, 44, 47 | |
Edgecombe, Mr. & Mrs. Archie | 1933 | Resident near "The Retreat" | 45 | |
Edgecombe, Mr. & Mrs. Wemys | 1933 | Resident at "The Retreat" | 45 | |
Elliot, Dr. & Mrs. | 1890s | Mt. Galpine, saw highwaymen | 51 | |
Elliot, Mr. | 1933 | Forge, former coachman | 48 | |
Ellis, Miss | 1933 | Resident at Eastdown | 50 | |
Ellis, Mr. & Mrs. | 1933 | Resident at Eastdown | 49 | |
Exeter, Bishop of | 1830s | Funds appeal for Strete Church | 16 | |
Farwell, Mrs. | 1880s | Raised money for church organ | 18 | |
Ferris, Mr. & Mrs. | 1933 | Residents "Fairholme" | 45, 48 | |
Foale, H. | 1900s | Built "Homer Park"" | 48 | |
Foale, Mr. & Mrs. | 1931 | Retired from "Higher Farm" | 44 | |
Foale, Mr. & Mrs. Dick, son | Playford | 1933 | residents | 48 |
Foale, Mr. & Mrs. S. | 1933 | Resident "Crest" | 47 | |
Foale, Mr. Herbert, | 1933 | Villa in front of "Summerhill" | 43 | |
Forde, Nicholas | Blackawton Church | 1582 | Brass in aisle | 15 |
Gilbert, Adrien | Dartmouth | 1585 | Built boat for explorer John Davies | 39 |
Gillard, Mr. & Mrs. | 1933 | Resident at Eastdown | 49 | |
Goodman, Mr. & Mrs. | 1933 | Council cottage residents | 42 | |
Grosvenor, Mr. & Mrs. | 1933 | Resident at "Orestone" | 49 | |
Guest, Mr. | 1890s | Coachman | 40 | |
Haines, Mr. | 1933 | Owner of "Landcombe Cottage" | 43 | |
Hamilton, Major | 1900s | Former resident of "Homelands" | 47 | |
Hammond, Mr. | 1933 | Colporteur, bookseller | 44 | |
Hayne, Mr. | 1821 | Died; bequeathed estates to Seale | 49 | |
Hems, Harry | Exeter | 1888 | Carved Strete Church pulpit | 18 |
Herbert, Hon. Edward | 1800s | Built steps for fishermen | 7 | |
Herbert, Hon. Edward | 1800s | Built "Asherne House" | 46 | |
Herbert, Hon. Edward | Death of diplomat son in Greece | 48 | ||
Hicks, Miss | 1930s | Owner "Abingdon" bungalow | 42 | |
Hill, Mr. St. Leger, | 1933 | Formerly at "Hine Town House" | 43 | |
Hockin, Rev. W. | 1830s | Vicar at Strete | 17 | |
Holdsworth, Arthur | Received Blackawton bequest | 49 | ||
Hollenden, Lord | 1933 | Summer resident at "Penlee" | 41 | |
Houseman, Miss | 1933 | Bungalow "Summerhill" | 43 | |
Hunt | 1600s | Family resident at Southwood | 42, 49 | |
Hunt, Roope & Co. | Dartmouth | 1630 | Newman family merchant venture | 39 |
Hyne, George, Mr. & Mrs. | 1933 | Lived at Widewell Cottage | 42 | |
Hyne, Mr. | 1838 | Coronation dinner in his field | 17 | |
Hyne, Mr. & Mrs. | 1933 | Resident at "Turnpike Cottages" | 46 | |
Hyne, Mrs. | 1933 | Cottage near Higher North Mill | 49, 50 | |
Isaacs, Mr. & Mrs. | 1933 | Cottage owners | 45 | |
Jarman, Mrs. | 1933 | Resident at "Rushford" | 45 | |
Jarvis, Mr. & Mrs. | 1933 | Resident at "Homer Park" | 48 | |
Jeffery, Mr. | 1933 | Gardener at "Seacliff" | 46 | |
Jeffery, Mr. & Mrs. | 1933 | Cottage next to "Fairholme" | 48 | |
Jellard, R.B. | 1879 | Strete Church Cttee. member | 18 | |
Kaye, Miss & brother | 1933 | Resident at "White Gate" | 43 | |
Keeling, Dorothy | 1900 | Carved oak font handle, Strete Ch. | 18 | |
Keeling, Dorothy | Carved panel at YMC | 48 | ||
Keeling, Mr. A.T. & sisters | 1933 | Resident at the "Ark" | 47 | |
Lang, Mrs. | 1933 | Cottage at Blackpool | 41 | |
Lapthorn, Mr. & Mrs. J. | 1933 | Shop and bakery | 46 | |
Lasky, Mr. and Mrs. | 1933 | Cottage residents | 45 | |
Lawday, Dr. & Mrs. | 1900s | Formerly at "Sea Croft" | 43 | |
Lawrance, Rev. W. | 1879 | Curate, Strete Church Cttee. memb | 18 | |
Lawson, Emma & Eveline | 1933 | Resident at "Asherne House" | 46 | |
Lawson, Lady | 1900s | Gave lamps to Strete Church | 18 | |
Lawson, Lady | 1933 | Former resident "Asherne House" | 46 | |
Lethbridge, Mr. | 1933 | Resident near Pengelly's | 49 | |
Limbrey, Mr. | 1740 | Bought Manor of Treverbin | 49 | |
Lyte, Mr. | 1838 | Preached at Strete Church | 17 | |
Madden, Col. Lewis P. | 1888 | Former Churchwarden | 18 | |
Madden, Col. Lewis P. | Built "Homelands" | 47 | ||
Madden, Mrs. | 1888 | Presented pulpit to Strete Church | 18 | |
Masefield, John | 1900s | Author, guest of Mr. & Mrs Yeats | 36 | |
Matthews, Mr. | 1933 | Cottage in Blackwell | 49 | |
Mitchelmore, Mary | 1838 | Mother of Peter, infant | 19 | |
Mitchelmore, Mr. & Mrs. | 1933 | Resident at Eastdown | 50 | |
Mitchelmore, Peter | 1838 | First burial Strete Ch, age 3 mths. | 19 | |
Mitchelmore, Thomas | 1838 | Father of Peter, infant | 19 | |
Moore, Alan, Efford, & Kathleen | 1933 | Residents "Lodge, Coleridge Pl." | 47 | |
Moore, Mr. & Mrs. | 1933 | Resident at "Coleridge Place" | 47 | |
Moriarty, Miss | 1910s | Organized home for retired clergy | 45 | |
Moriarty, Mrs. | 1900s | Ran Mothers' Union | 47 | |
Moseley, Sir Oswald | n.k. | 1830s | Donor to Strete Church | 16 |
Newman | Family gave font to Strete Church | 18 | ||
Newman, Lydston | 1806 | Bought Barton of Cotterbury | 49 | |
Newman, Mr. Robert | 1933 | Owned 2 farmhouses at Southwood | 42 | |
Newman, Mr. Robert | Father planted ilex at Blackpool | 41 | ||
Newman, Sir Lydston | Stokeley | 1881 | 50 | |
Northcote, Hon. Mrs. George | 1933 | Resident at "Brockhole" | 47 | |
Northcote, Miss Austin | 1933 | Resident at "Brockhole" | 47 | |
Oldreive | 1933 | Family owned "Landcombe" | 42 | |
Oldreive, John | 1866 | of Southwood, churchwarden | 18 | |
Oldreive, L.N. | Blackawton | 1933 | One of chief landowners | 16 |
Oldreive, Lewis | Father at house at Southwood | 42 | ||
Oldreive, N.P. | Blackawton | 1933 | One of chief landowners | 16 |
Ougier, Peter | 1783 | Bought Barton of Cotterbury | 49 | |
Packe, Miss | 1880s | Resident, gave church window | 18 | |
Packe, Miss | 1910s | Resident at "Asherne House" | 45, 46, 47, 48 | |
Parker, Mrs. Oxley | 1933 | Tenant of Manor House | 47 | |
Parnell, Mr. & Mrs. | 1933 | Cottage residents | 46, 48 | |
Partridge, Mr. | 1933 | Occupied house/farm at Southwood | 42 | |
Pearson, Captain & Mrs. | 1933 | Garage | 47 | |
Peers, Miss | 1931 | Owner "Seaway" bungalow | 42 | |
Perrin, Mr. & Mrs. Rowland | 1933 | Operating "Kings Arms" | 46 | |
Perrin, Mr. & Mrs. Wm. | 1933 | Formerly at "Kings Arms" | 46 | |
Pinkey | 1783 | Sold Barton of Cotterbury | 49 | |
Postlethwaite, Mr. | 1905 | umpire at sports | 51 | |
Prideaux | 1400 | Family owned land at Strete | 48 | |
Prideaux, Sir Roger | m. G-dter of Hugh de Treverbyn | 49 | ||
Ralegh, Wm. | m. G-dter of Hugh de Treverbyn | 49 | ||
Reed, Mr. & Mrs. | 1933 | Cottage residents | 45 | |
Reed, Professor | 1839 | Painting in Strete Church | 17 | |
Rendle, Mr. & Mrs. | 1933 | Residents | 43 | |
Rhymes, Mr. | 1933 | Gardener at "Penlee" | 41 | |
Ridgeway | Torre Abbey | Family owned former Abbey | 15 | |
Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. | 1933 | Former resident "Asherne House" | 46 | |
Rolle, Lord | n.k. | 1830s | Donor to Strete Church | 16 |
Roope | 1618 | Bought Blackawton | 49 | |
Roope, F., Capt. RN | 1920s | Resident | 36 | |
Roope, Miss Margaret | 1920s | Descendant of Mr. Roope (1596) | 36 | |
Roope, Mr. | 1596 | Defence of Blackpool | 36 | |
Roope, William | 1749 | Died; wife Arabella d 1792 | 49 | |
Rowe, Mr. & Mrs. Harry | 1933 | Resident at Eastdown | 49 | |
Russell | Acq. Blackawton after dissolution | 49 | ||
Sage, Mr. & Mrs. | 1933 | Bungalow "Severn's Corner" | 43 | |
Sanders, Mr. | 1890s | Coachman | 34, 40 | |
Sanders, Mr. E. | 1905 | Coachman | 50-51 | |
Seale, J. | Mt. Boone, m. Hayne daughter | 49 | ||
Shaw, George Bernard | Visited "Penlee" | 41 | ||
Shepherd, Mr. | 1933 | Resident cottage nr. Asherne Gate | 48 | |
Short, Mr. & Mrs. | 1933 | Council cottage residents | 43 | |
Skinner, Mr. & Mrs. | 1933 | Council cottage residents | 42, 44 | |
Skinner, Willie | 1933 | Resident at "Turnpike Cottages" | 46 | |
Smith, Mr. & Mrs. John | 1933 | Resident at "The Schoolhouse" | 46 | |
Smithes, Marion & Eva | 1933 | Residents at "Mirante" | 47 | |
Somers, Mrs. | 1933 | Resident at "Hartley Cottage" | 45 | |
Southcote, Mr. | Stoke Fleming | 1700s | First to try seakale as food | 40 |
Squires, Mr. & Mrs. | 1933 | Farm house at Fuge | 48 | |
Stone, "Bert" | Henley | 1933 | Grandson of Mrs. Tucker, oarsman | 45 |
Tew, Mrs. & daughter | 1933 | Bungalow "Blindwells" | 47 | |
Toll, Mr. A.B. & Miss Amy | 1933 | Resident at "Seacliff" | 46 | |
Toll, Mr. A. B. | 1905 | umpire at sports | 51 | |
Toll, Charles Bryan L. | Blackawton | 1933 | Lord of the Manor | 16 |
Toll, H.L., J. P. | Exeter | 1830s | Donor to Strete Church | 16 |
Toll, H.L., J. P. | 1879 | Strete Church Cttee. member | 18, 43 | |
Toll, Henry Limbrey | Inherited Manor of Treverbin | 49 | ||
Toll, Mr. & Mrs. Limbrey | 1933 | Former owners of Manor House | 47 | |
Toll, Mr. Henry | Grandfather of present Squire | 47 | ||
Trant, H, & Son | Blackawton | 1905 | Horse & Pony Show | 51 |
Trant, Henry | Father of Fred Trant | 43, 44 | ||
Trant, Mr. & Mrs. Fred, | 1933 | Farmed "Strete Barton" | 43 | |
Treverbyn, Hugh de | 1200s | acquired Fuge, Burlestone | 49 | |
Treverbyn, Hugh de | G-daughter married 1.Wm. Ralegh | 49 | ||
Treverbyn, Hugh de | G-dter. m. 2. Sir Roger Prideaux | 49 | ||
Trowt, Hermon | 1933 | Baker, organist, son of Edward | 45 | |
Trowt, Ronald | Stoke Fleming | 1933 | Baker | 45 |
Trowt, Edward | 1932 | Baker, choirmember, deceased | 45 | |
Trowt, Mrs. | 1933 | Shop, bakehouse, garage, widow | 45 | |
Tucker, Jack | 1933 | Dartmouth road resident | 45 | |
Tucker, John | Kingsbridge | 1873 | Start coach Dartmouth/Kingsbridge | 50 |
Tucker, Maj. John Scott | Blackawton | 1933 | One of chief landowners | 16 |
Tucker, Miss Louisa | 1933 | Resident at Eastdown | 50 | |
Tucker, Mr. William | 1933 | Farm at Burlestone | 49 | |
Tucker, Mrs. Harriet | 1933 | Dartmouth road resident | 45 | |
Vesey, Mr. | 1933 | Cottage in Blackwell | 49 | |
Vickery, Mr. | Tor Cross Hotel | 1873 | Start coach Dartmouth/Kingsbridge | 50 |
Wales, Prince of Wales | 1920s | Visited "Kings Arms" | 46 | |
Wallace, Samuel | 1933 | Resident at "Turnpike Cottages" | 46 | |
Wallis, Charles, Mr. | 1933 | Carpenter | 45 | |
Wallis, Mr. & Mrs. | 1933 | Cottage at Blackpool | 41 | |
Wallis, Mr. & Mrs. Charles | 1933 | residents | 48 | |
Wallis, Mr. & Mrs. Ernest, Ivy | 1933 | Ran post office | 48 | |
Wallis, Mr. Charles | 1900s | Memories of Mrs. & Miss Packe | 47 | |
Wallis, Mr. E. | 1933 | owner of cottage | 48 | |
Weekes, Mr. & Mrs. | 1933 | Resident near Pengelly's | 49 | |
Welland, Mr. | 1900s | Builder of several houses | 47 | |
Weston | 1933 | Tenant of Mr. E. Wallis' cottage | 48 | |
William of Orange, King | Brixham | 1688 | Landed at Brixham | 31 |
Williams, Mrs. | 1933 | Resident "Ours" | 47 | |
Wills, Messrs. E. | 1933 | Carpenter shop | 43 | |
Wills, Edward | 1900s | Carved oak font cover, Strete Ch. | 18 | |
Wills, Edward | 1933 | Resident | 46 | |
Wills, Godfrey | 1933 | Resident cottage nr. Asherne Gate | 48 | |
Wills, Hallohesh | 1830s | First child baptised at Strete | 18 | |
Wills, Edward | 1933 | Descendants at Frogwell Cotts. | 43 | |
Wills, Messrs. J. & E. | 1933 | Owned 1 and 2 Hillside | 43, 47 | |
Wills, Mr. Ash | 1900s | 48 | ||
Wills, Mr. C. | 1933 | Shoemaker | 44 | |
Wills, Mrs. Larry, and son | 1933 | Resident at "Turnpike Cottages" | 46 | |
Wills, William | 1933 | Sexton | 46 | |
Wise, Dr. & Mrs. Tucker | 1900s | Fomerly at Higher North Mill | 49 | |
Woodman, Mr. | 1933 | Cottage in Blackwell | 49 | |
Wotton, Robin | 1800s | Epitaph in Strete churchyard | 19 | |
Yabsley, Mrs. | 1933 | Cottage residents | 45 | |
Yalland, Mr. & Mrs. Herbert, Jean | 1933 | Resident, "Garage Cottage" | 47 | |
Yalland, Mr. & Mrs. W.H. | 1933 | Cottage residents | 45 | |
Yalland, Mr. & Mrs. W.W. | 1933 | Cottage residents | 45 | |
Yalland, Mr. & Mrs. Walter | 1933 | Residents | 48 | |
Yeats, Jack. B. | 1900s | Artist, resident at"Snails Castle" | 36, 49 |
Brian Randell, 25 Oct 2001