Topsham

View of a lane in the village of Topsham.

The font in the church of St Margaret in Topsham.

Names on Memorial:

World War 2 - Avery, Baker, Boundy, Boyle, Bowker, Chambers, Davidson, Gould, Graham, Hoare, Irwin, Lansdowne, Manning, Norton, Pope, Pratt, Smith, Thomas, Trout, Vine, Whitty

World War 1 - Anstey, Baker, Bolt, Bevan, Copland, Chambers, Cobley, Cornish, Denham, Durrant, Dunscombe, Edworth, Garnsworthy, Gale, Hawkings, Heard, Hill, Howard, Hurford, Kentsbeer, Kerslake, Longridge, Luxon, Manning, Matthews, May, Mills, Mingo, Mogridge, Mudge, Newman, Osborne, Palmer, Pike, Polglass, Puddicombe, Rovery, Rowe, Roy, Rustill, Salway, Sercombe, Squires, Trout, Taylor, Turner, Thomas, Vowden, Wannell, Webster, Whitty, Wilson, Williams, Wills

The Ley Family:

Although living in a port, the early Ley family men seem to have worked as agricultural labourers. Later, a son John became a shipwright.

The Pollard Family:

The origins of this family lie outside the county of Devon. Some of the children listed below did not survive childhood.

Others researched in this parish:

Ann Maria LEY, 1836

Anne Maria LEY, 1833

Caroline Jane LEY, 1822

Caroline Maria LEY, 1841

Caroline Mary LEY, 5 August 1840

Catherine Elizabeth LEY, 1838

Eliza LEY, 1838

Emma Jane LEY, Abt 1882

Frances Maria LEY , 1828

Francis LEY, 1833

Francis Henry LEY, 1810

Grace LEY , 1781

Hannah LEY, 1779

Harry LEY, Abt 1884

Henry William LEY, 16 April 1826

James LEY, 1776

James William LEY, 1805

James William LEY, 23 September 1832

Jane Tozer LEY, 1830

John LEY, 1783

John Henry LEY, 1835

John Tozer LEY, 1806

Kate LEY, Abt 1876

Louisa Matilda LEY, 1818

Mary Ann Emma LEY, 1839

Mary Jane LEY, 1840

Mary Maria LEY, 1814

Rosamond Sally LEY, 1816

Samuel Charles LEY, 1812

Samuel Charles LEY, 1844

Thomas Samuel LEY, Abt 1847

Tom LEY, Abt 1890

William LEY, 1787

William LEY, 1842

William Charles LEY, 1808

William James LEY, 10 December 1842

Albert POLLARD Abt 1841

Charles W POLLARD Abt 1829

George POLLARD Abt 1839

James POLLARD 1814

James S POLLARD Abt 1837

John POLLARD 1816

Mary POLLARD 1808

Thomas POLLARD 1802

Thomas POLLARD Abt 1834

William POLLARD 1814

William POLLARD 16 July 1805

Emma DART, Abt 1843

Mary Jane FORD, 1861

William John FORD, 1863

Richard SMITH, Abt 1787

Emma Jane Thomas TROWERN, 1861

Thomas George TROWERN, 1864

Devon Counties Contact

On the east side of the River Exe is the town of Topsham.

Best:

The family of a mariner who left Devon and changed his occupation.

Cox:

The family of another mariner, who later became a ropemaker.

Ann Maria BEST, 1865

Eliza Jane BEST, 1861

George BEST, Abt 1828

George BEST, Abt 1859

Georgiana Maria BEST , 1851

Henry William Pollard BEST, 1856

Richard George BEST, 1865

Abraham COX, Abt 1774

Charlotte COX, 1814

Charlotte Mary Clark COX, 1819

Eleanor COX, 1812

Eliza COX, 1807

Francis John COX, 1805

Mary Anne COX, 1809

Mary Anne COX, 1821

Sally COX, 1803

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