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Did you know?
● Charles Babbage, considered by many the founding father of the computer, was married in Teignmouth. His father was church warden at St Michael’s Church.
●Teignmouth is believed to be the last town in England to have been invaded by a foreign power. In 1690 the French raid left the town in ruins. ● Teignmouth was one of the earliest seaside resorts in south Devon. It developed as a watering place in 1750 when Torquay was still only a small village. ● Sir Edward Pellew, Lord Exmouth, Admiral of the Blue, who lived and died at Bitton House in the town, is said to be the inspiration for the Horatio Hornblower books. ●When Shaldon Bridge was built in 1827, it was said to be the longest wooden bridge in the country. A plaque at the Teignmouth end of the bridge attests to this claim. ●In 1846 Teignmouth was the western terminus of the national rail system. The journey from Paddington, London by express train took five hours 20 minutes. ● John George Smyth VC, MC, was born in Ferndale Road, Teignmouth. His impressive group of medals are displayed in the Victoria Cross gallery of the Imperial war Museum, London. ● Many famous writers and artists have visited Teignmouth. Among them John Keats, JMW Turner, Jane Austen, Fanny Burney, Beatrix Potter and even the Beatles.
● While Haldon Aerodrome was being constructed in the late 1920s, Avro aeroplanes were stored in the Agro engineering premises in Bank Street.
● Teignmouth has been twinned with Perros Guirrec, Brittany for many years. The pink granite flower troughs in the Triangle were made in the French town.
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