Terry Leaman's website index page

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WELCOME TO MY WORLD

Hello, I'm Terry Leaman and I'd like to welcome you to my web site.

I live in TORQUAY, in the County of Devon, which is in the South West of England.

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In this part of Devon we have our own micro climate and are able to grow, quite successfuly, the Torbay Palm (Cordyline Australis) this one was photographed on Babbacombe Downs on 15th Sept 2004

My main hobbies are Genealogy and local history. You will find links at the bottom of the page that will take you to my Family pages- the LEAMAN family from Widecombe in the Moor and Torquay, and my maternal family of HOOPER from Exbourne and Torquay.

There are various pertinent entries from 19th & 20th Century directories, for Torquay, St Mary Church, Cockington etc. Plus an Index to the 1861 census for the Parish of St Mary Church

You will also find photos and information on my home town of TORQUAY in glorious South Devon, plus some earlier photos from my collection will help give you an idea of what the town was like in the late 1800's and early 1900's

There is also a collection of links to other sites both for genealogy and more information about Devon and Torquay in Particular.

A recently compiled listing, the result of 15 years research by two of our local historians, of World War 2 Military and Civilian dead from Torquay, the military names have been engraved onto new panels which are affixed to the Cenotaph that stands in Princess Gardens, on the sea front. If you know of anyone not listed, but who should be, please let me know at the e-mail address below.

I feel very honoured to be allowed to publish these names on to my web site- please respect the copyright.

I hope you enjoy your visit, if you think you connect with any of the families mentioned, you just want to know something about the area or if any of the links do not appear to work please e-mail me

Terry Leaman

If, after searching you cannot find what you are looking for, please contact me by e-mail and I'll do my best to help

WORLD WAR 2

Were You in Torquay, and particularly the Babbacombe or St Marychurch areas during the 1940s?

If so the Babbacombe & St Marychurch Local History Society would love to hear from you.

We want to preserve your stories and would love to have copies of any photos.

Royal Air Force, Army, Navy, US Forces, civilians, evacuees

It doesn't matter what you were doing we want to hear from YOU!

The culmination of this project will be an open day during the Babbacombe Festival next June

Please contact me initially, by e-mail Terryleaman+tiscali.co.uk (replace + with @)

Please note;- that whilst you are welcome to download any information or images for your own personal use, downloading or copying any information or images for commercial use is expressly forbidden without prior consent.
This whole site is © copyright © T. Leaman of Torquay, 2002/3/4/5/6/7

LINKS TO OTHER PAGES ON THIS SITE

1841 Devon census transcription project

1861 Devon census transcription project

Devon-L and the online Parish Clerk Project, my resources available for look-ups

LEAMAN FAMILY

HOOPER FAMILY

TORQUAY-modern Photos

COCKINGTON- Old world charm in a modern town

TORQUAY-in old photos and prints

Torquay- photos from the 1860s to early 1900s, all taken from stereoviews and CDVs

24 Prints by Rock & Co taken from a book published by C. Way snr. circa 1876

Torquay - old transport photos, Trams, steam buses, etc