Devon Biographies - B

Babbage

See Totnes.

Badcock

See Bickington.

Badham

Cope, Peter. Notes by J.W. Buller, Chairman of the B. & E.R., About the Working Life of J.B. Badham, Devon Family Historian, vol. 139, (2011) pp.17-20.

Baird

See Dawlish, Exeter, and Kenton.

Baker

See Dunchideock, and Wolborough.

Balkwill

See Shaugh Prior.

Ball

See Lydford.

Balle

See Mamhead.

Balley

See Bickleigh (near Plymouth).

Bampfylde

See Poltimore.

Bangham

See Great Torrington.

Bareham

See Tiverton.

Barham

See Highweek.

Baring-Gould

See Exeter, and Lew Trenchard.

Barker

See Exeter: Heavitree.

Barne

See Farringdon.

Barnes

See Exeter: Heavitree.

Baron

Harpley, Rev. W. John Baron, D.D, F.S.A. [Obituary] Trans. Devon. Assoc., 1886, Vol XVIII, pp. 55-56. [Transcript]

Barratt

See Littleham (near Exmouth).

Barrow

See Challacombe.

Barter

See South Brent.

Bartholomew

See Exeter.

Bartlet

See Ermington.

Bartlett

See Littleham (nr Exmouth).

Bastard

See Yealmpton.

Bath

See North Tawton.

Bather

See Northam.

Bathurst

See Teignmouth.

Batt

See Plymouth.

Batten

See Exeter: Heavitree.

Baycock

See Chagford.

Bayley

See Sidbury.

Bayly

See Plymouth.

Beard

See Wolborough.

Bearne

See Highweek.

Beaton

See Plymouth.

Beatty

See Buckfastleigh.

Bedford

See Paignton.

Belchere

See Exeter.

Bellamy

See Hittisleigh.

Bellew

See Stockleigh English.

Belsche

See Lympstone.

Belshaw

See Clovelly.

Benet

See Exeter and Great Torrington.

Bennet

See St Marychurch.

Bennett

See Beaford, Bridestowe, Kingsbridge and Tiverton.

Benson

See Lundy and Northam.

Berry

See Ashburton and Hollacombe.

Best

See Teignmouth.

Betty

See Ermington.

Bickford

See Bradford.

Bicknell

See Plymouth.

Bidder

See Moretonhampstead, and Stoke Fleming.

Bingham

See Kenton.

Birch

See Ashburton.

Bishop

See Barnstaple, and Totnes.

Blackmore

Windridge, I. A study of Richard Doddridge Blackmore. Devon Life vol. 5 no. 37, (1969) pp.40-41; ill. [Writer]

See also Littleham (nr Exmouth), Northam, Parracombe and Tormoham.

Blake

See Barnstaple.

Blatchford

See Tavistock.

Blight

See Topsham.

Blott

Selley, Maureen. Sylva Candace Blott - Devon FHS Founder Member number 2 [Obituary], Devon Family Historian, vol. 174, (2020) p.16.

See also Plymouth: St Andrew.

Bluett

See Plymouth.

Bodley

See Exeter.

Boggis

See Tavistock.

Boles

See Littleham (nr Exmouth)

Bolt

See Burrington and Lydford.

Bolton

See Berrynarbor.

Bonathan

See Bickleigh (near Plymouth).

Bond

See Hartland, Kingsbridge and Plymouth.

Boniface, St.

Bishop, Edmund.St. Boniface and his Correspondence. Trans. Devon. Assoc., 1876, Vol VIII, pp. 497-516. [Index]

Boone

See Bradninch.

Borringdon

See Plymouth.

Borough

See Northam.

Bowen

See Ilfracombe.

Bowring

Julian, Hester F. Sir John Bowring, first president of the Devonshire Association. Trans. Devon. Assoc. 52 (1920).

See also Alwington, Moretonhampstead and Exeter.

Bowthe

See Exeter.

Boxall

See Dotton.

Boycott

See Bovey Tracey.

Bracton

See Bratton Fleming.

Braginton

See Hartland.

Braund

See Parkham.

Bray

Harpley, W. Obituary Notices: Mrs. Bray. Trans. Devon. Assoc., 1883, Vol XV, pp. 52-54. [Transcript]

Brendon

See Plymouth.

Brent

See Barnstaple and Plymouth.

Brerewode

See Colyton.

Breton

See Sheepstor.

Brice

Brushfield, T.N. Andrew Brice and the early Exeter newspaper press, Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol. 20, (1888) pp.163-214. [The life and bibliography of Andrew Brice] [Index]

Brushfield, T.N. The Life and Bibliography of Andrew Brice, Author and Journalist; with some remarks on The Early History of the Exeter Newspaper Press, Privately Printed (1888) 64 pp.

Bricknell

See Topsham.

Briggs

See Egg Buckland.

Brockeden

See Topsham.

Brodrick

See Chudleigh.

Brooke

See Sheepstor, and Whimple.

Brooking-Rowe

See Plymouth.

Brown

See Rackenford.

Browne

See Tavistock.

Brownlow

See Tormoham.

Browse

See Plymouth.

Brunel

See Teignmouth.

Brushfield

See East Budleigh.

Bryan

See Silverton.

Bryce

See Withycombe Raleigh.

Buchanan

See Ilfracombe.

Buckland

See Crediton.

Budge

See Stoke Damerel.

Budgell

See Exeter: St Thomas.

Buller

See Crediton and Plympton St Maurice.

Burch

See Exeter.

Burdett-Coutts

See Tormoham.

Burgess

See Topsham.

Burnard

See Plymouth.

Burner

See Malborough.

Burns

See Barnstaple.

Burrow

See Hartland.

Burton

See Tormoham.

Butler

See Clovelly.

Butter

See Woodbury.

Byers

See Stoke Damerel.

Byne

See Exeter St Olave.

Bywater

See Salcombe Regis.