Great Torrington

The town clock surrounded by baskets of flowers in Great Torrington.

St Michael and All Angels in Great Torrington.

An interior picture of St Michael and All Angels in Great Torrington.

The Hearn Family:

A family who worked on the land in Devon but some were to leave and make their homes elsewhere in the United Kingdom.

A view of Great Torrington from the hills which surround the town.

Memorials in Churchyard:

Michael Hearn, died 1851

Richard Hearn, died 1855

Adelaide May HEARN, 1890

Albert HEARN, 1866

Alice HEARN, Abt 1868

Alice Priscilla HEARN, 1874

Ann HEARN, 1856

Beatrice Annie HEARN, 1888

Betsy HEARN, 1857

Charles HEARN, 1853

Elizabeth HEARN, 1810

Ellen HEARN, 1870

Emily HEARN, 1858

Emma HEARN, 1854

Eva HEARN, 1858

Fanny HEARN, 1866

George HEARN, 1860

Henry HEARN, 1850

James HEARN, 1790

James HEARN, 1820

James HEARN, 1857

Jenny HEARN, 1855

John HEARN, 1811

John HEARN, 1822

John HEARN, 1855

John HEARN, Abt 1822

John Henry HEARN, 1885

Joseph HEARN, 1866

Lewis Henry HEARN, 1871

Lucy HEARN, abt 1866

Lydia HEARN, 1862

Margaret HEARN, 1812

Margaret HEARN, 1815

Margaret HEARN, 1862

Mary HEARN, 1861

Mary HEARN, Abt 1832

Mary Ann HEARN, 1851

Mary Elizabeth HEARN, 1877

Maude Mary HEARN, 1877

Michael HEARN, 1818

Norah HEARN, 1849

Polly HEARN, 1870

Richard HEARN, 1787

Richard HEARN, 1808

Richard HEARN, 1855

Richard HEARN, 1858

Richard Walter HEARN, 1892

Ronald William HEARN, 1880

Rose Harriet HEARN, 1872

Samuel HEARN, 1857

Sarah HEARN, 1827

Sarah HEARN, 1863

Selina HEARN, 1860

Susannah HEARN, 1853

Thirza HEARN, 1849

Thomas HEARN, 1829

Thomas Lethbridge HEARN, 1860

Thomas William HEARN, 1880

William HEARN, 1824

William HEARN, 1851

William HEARN, Abt 1847

Also born in this parish:

George BAKER, Abt 1784

George BAKER, Abt 1817

George BAKER, Abt 1843

Henry BAKER, Abt Jul 1850

Jane BAKER, Abt 1839

John BAKER, Abt 1846

Sarah BAKER, Abt 1842

Elizabeth BEER, Abt 1818

Alice DAVEY, 1888

Elizabeth DAVEY, 1885

Thomas DAVEY, 1880

William DAVEY, 1878

Fanny ELSWORTHY, Abt 1837

William ELSWORTHY, Abt 1812

John FORD, 1869

Charles James FOWLER, 1887

Eleanor FOWLER, 12 March 1842

Ernest William FOWLER, 1875

Nellie FOWLER, 1879

Rebecca FOWLER, 1863

William GILBERT, 1867

William Henry GILBERT, 1889

Lilian Gertrude Fowler PINKHAM, 1885

William PINKHAM, Abt 1862

William Herbert Leslie PINKHAM, 1891

Elizabeth Hartnoll REES, 1829

Devon Counties Contact

A market town, part of which is sited on high ground above the River Torridge.

Lockyer:

A cordwainer by trade, Richard Lockyer moved into Great Torrington with his parents around 1760.

Elizabeth LOCKYER, Abt 1812

James LOCKYER, 1790

John LOCKYER, 1763

John LOCKYER, 1777

Margaret LOCKYER, 1787

Richard LOCKYER, 1781

Sarah LOCKYER, 1796

Thomas LOCKYER, 1760

Thomas LOCKYER, 1784

William Spearing LOCKYER, 1779

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