On Saturday, October 17th, a small working group of volunteers cleared the grave of Albert Best, located just to the rear of the surviving chapel in the Old Cemetery. Albert Best was born in Teignmouth in 1840 only 25 years after the Battle of Waterloo and lived here his whole life, the final 20 yearsContinue reading “Albert Best”
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Leah Laforgue
Born in 1861, Leah Lee has been described as “a black-eyed, chestnut-haired Devonshire beauty”. She was the daughter of Samuel Lee, a well-to-do draper of Teignmouth, and his wife, also named Leah. Her story is quite extraordinary. – a young Victorian woman who left the small town of Teignmouth and England to become governessContinue reading “Leah Laforgue”
Teignmouth Old Cemetery 