I think you'll find West Teignmouth is the parish of St James, the area of the town close to the river. Shaldon is a separate parish on the other side of the Teign. Liz ----- Original Message ----- From: "dennis bramble" <d.bramble@mypostoffice.co.uk> To: <devon@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2013 8:29 PM Subject: Re: [DEV] John BISHOP convicted at Exeter 1831 > To all folk following this query, West Teignmouth is now named Shaldon. > > Dennis Bramble. > > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Liz, It shows just how much one needs to check out verbal information. It was years ago that I was told that Shaldon had been known as West Teignmouth. At the time I thought it strange as the Teignmouth side of the river was where the ships were built. However as I have often spoken about the DUDER connection and the Newfoundland fishing being very important to the town, no one has corrected me until now. For many years I have been involved in local and family history groups Etc., and have given talks relating to this subject in and around Newton Abbot and Teignmouth. If you are correct I can only say, one lives and learns, even in old age! Regards, Dennis Bramble.