Budleigh Past and Present

Continued from  https://budleighpastandpresent.blogspot.com/2024/06/around-town-and-over-pond-06-other-east.html AROUND THE TOWN AND OVER THE POND A walk around Budleigh Salterton to interest transatlantic visitors. Every so often there’s a diversion which may inspire you to visit places like East Budleigh, Exeter, Sidmouth, Colyton or even places in the United States and Canada.        The walk is set out in parts. Here’s the seventh part: Still at the Raleigh Wall. 0.7 FROM BUDLEIGH TO BEVERLY   The Salem 400+ logo Image credit: www.salem400.org Roger Conant is perhaps best known for founding the city of Salem, originally called Naumkeag.  Many other New England communities have celebrated or will celebrate their 400 th anniversaries during the early 21 st century; most have been careful to add that inclusive +. They recognise that there were thriving communities of Native Americans before the Europeans arrived.   As the publicity mate...

Continued from  https://budleighpastandpresent.blogspot.com/2024/06/around-town-and-over-pond-05-american.html AROUND THE TOWN AND OVER THE POND A walk around Budleigh Salterton to interest transatlantic visitors. Every so often there’s a diversion which may inspire you to visit places like East Budleigh, Exeter, Sidmouth, Colyton or even places in the United States and Canada.        The walk is set out in parts. Here’s the sixth part: Still at the Raleigh Wall. 0.6 'EAST BUDLEIGH'S OTHER GREAT ELIZABETHAN' Another blue plaque? Maybe that Raleigh Wall plaque needs another to mention the two locally born notables who link the Budleigh area to America. Both are closely associated with cities in the US. The baptismal font in All Saints Church, East Budleigh Both were born in East Budleigh during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, but only Roger Conant is recorded as being baptised in All Saints Church, the date being given as 9 April 1592. So this baptismal font ha...