Sanctuary at Smeatharpe School


Lady Sidmouth at Upottery Manor wanted villagers at Smeatharpe to attend a local CofE service so converted the school chapel into a proper CofE facility with the inscription on the beam of One God, “One Church and One Baptism.”

Opening of Hemyock Station.

Amazing photo of the opening of the Hemyock Railway Line in 1873.

Last Hemyock Royal British legion meeting. 1988

The last meeting of the Hemyock Branch of the Royal British Legion (Women’s Section). (1988)

Back Row. L to R. Dorothy Howsom, Sarah Lowman, Edna Dunn, Elvira Dunn, Phyll Kallaway and Dorothy Gammon (partly hidden), Dora Fuller, Mrs Payne Front Row- L to R. Vera Gard, Mrs Hutchings, Mrs Clarke, Sarah Bale and Margaret Lowman.

There are no longer branches of the British Legion in Hemyock