Budleigh Past and Present

  A Lesson with Sir Walter Ralegh, Knight, wherein are discussed divers Topics of Great Importance for young Scholars in all Partes of the World to-day, and principally for the young Scholars of the Academy of Brixington in the fair Town of Exmouth, following their visit to the Church of All Saints  in Budley   The fair Town of Exmouth that ye see here is proud of its fine Academy of learning in the village of Brixington.   ‘Twas from here that the learned schoolmistress Dame Sarah did aske us that we should speake to her young scholars of the said Academy when they did visit our home village of Budley.   Photo by Christine Chittock Naturally for our meting in the Church of All Saints did we weare our finest apparel and other accoutrements: our fur-lined cloak, our pearl-encrusted doublet, accompanied by our pipe, our best beard, our rapier and our most extreme arrogance. The scholars of Brixington were much delighted and impressed. And t...

Continued from 21 January 1945 FLIGHT SERGEANT RENNIE ARTHUR LOADER (1915-45) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR), 518 Squadron https://budleighpastandpresent.blogspot.com/2021/04/ww2-75-21-january-1945-forecasting-for.html         A photo of Gerald Arthur Richards sent to me by his daughter Louanne   Like a number of war dead whose names are not listed on Budleigh’s War Memorial,  Gerald Arthur Richards is mentioned by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) as having a link with the town through his wife Kirstine. It was difficult to confirm that link, but there were enough intriguing aspects to Gerald’s story to raise questions that I wanted to see answered. Further research led to more East Devon links – to Honiton, Exmouth and further afield. In a very roundabout way I finally made contact with his daughter Louanne, to whom I am grateful for providing information about the family, not least some family photos like the...