Weare Giffard

Christmas Eve at the Front

An interesting letter has just been received by Mrs Packer, of Broadclyst, from her husband, Corpl Packer of A Company, 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment, who is serving with the Expeditionary Force in Northern France. In the course of a letter he describes a remarkable incident which occurred on Christmas Eve between the British and German trenches.

Reed Threshing - 1st December 1967

Putting The Clock Back At Weare Giffard

The last time reed-threshing was seen in the village of Weare Giffard was about 30 years ago, and it could be another 30 years before it is seen again.
It so heard that Mr John Moore of Riversdale, Weare Giffard, heard of a sudden demand for thatch to re-roof some of the several remaining thatched buildings in the area. He hired a 'reed comber' from Messrs Murch of Little Torrington and set to work with a dozen or so helpers. The four men in the photograph are Messrs Bill Marshall of Frithelstock, Bill Dymond of Weare Giffard, Charlie Marshall of Monkleigh, and Lewis Cole of Weare Giffard.

Weare Giffard Man's Abbotsham Bride

Weare Giffard Man's Abbotsham Bride - 22nd April 1977

22.4.1977 Weare Giffard Abbotsham wedding

The bridgegroom, Mr Terry William Dymond, eldest son of Mr and Mrs W Dymond, 3 Church View, Weare Giffard, plays skittles for a village team. The bride, Miss Linda Susan Kitto, is the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs D F Kitto, 3 Glebe Houses, Abbotsham.
Bridesmaids were Julie, the bride's sister, Vanessa, the bridgegroom's sister and Beverly and Rebecca Williams, cousins of the bride. Mr Michael Randell was best man and the ushers were the bride's brother, Bryan, the bridegroom's brother Roger and the bridegroom's brother-in-law, Mr Ivor Dennis.
A reception was held at the Royal Hotel, Bideford. Flowers were by Francis, Mill Street, Bideford and the cake by Bromleys of Barnstaple

Weare Giffard Hall Sold For £11,300

Weare Giffard Hall Sold For £11,300 - 3rd March 1967

Clovelly Family Joint Purchasers

The 15th century Manor House of Weare Giffard Hall, with 3 1/2 acres of land and half a mile of fishing in the River Torridge was sold by public auction on Friday £11,300.
Joint purchasers were Miss E Mullins of Ealing, London, and Mr and Mrs Maurice Dickinson, of the Post Office, High Street, Clovelly. Miss Mullins is Mrs Dickinson's aunt.
Weare Giffard Hall, scheduled at being of special historic interest, was built on the site of an old Saxon manor house in about the middle of the 15th century. It is typically Elizabethan in design and is linked principally with the Fortescue family. Other families who have known the Hall include the Courtenays and the Chichesters.
Weare Giffard Hall was one of eight properties and parcels of land offered for sale by public auction at Durrant House Hotel, Northam, by Messrs John Lewington and Company of Bideford. Another lot, three building sites at 'Nilgala', Raleigh, Bideford was sold prior to auction.
Sold for £2,050 was 3.47 acres of building land at Weare Giffard with about half a mile of fishing. Purchaser was Mr S J Davey of Leek, Staffs.
Other properties were unsolf at the auction. A corner shop property, No. 12 Meddon Street, Bideford, was withdrawn at £1,500; corner site property known at Court, The Square, Sheepwash, withdrawn at £1,000; shop and living accommodation at Nos. 2, 3 and 4 The Quay, Bideford, withdrawn at £6,000; commercial premises known as Farmer's Wharf, Barnstaple Street, Bideford, no bid; 4.30 acres of pasture land near Halfpenny Bridge, Weare Giffard, with some fishing rights withdrawn at £250.