Noddall, Miss Frances, 10 Higher Summerlands, Exeter Frances Mary Noddall[1] (1859-1950) was born in 1859 in Gosport, Hampshire, the daughter of Commander Cornelius Noddall, RN, and Sarah, formerly Evans.  In 1861 Cornelius is shown as living in Royal Clarence Street, Gosport, employing three servants, with his daughters, Elizabeth (born in Plymouth) and Frances. A younger

Linscott, Mrs Maud, 1-3 John Street, Exeter Maud Linscott née Cole (1850-1936)[1] was born in Totnes in 1850, the daughter of George and Julia Cole. Soon after her birth the family moved to Exeter and in 1851 and 1861 they were living in Maddock’s Row. St Paul’s. George described himself as Sheriff’s Officer, but was

Northcote, Lady Rosalind, Pynes, Upton Pyne  Lady Rosalind Lucy Stafford Northcote (1873 – 1950) was born in Ouseburn, North Yorkshire, in 1873, the first of four children of Walter Stafford Northcote, 2nd Earl of Iddesleigh (d. 1874) and Elizabeth Lucy Meysey-Thompson (d. 1928).[1]  She survived her siblings and died unmarried on 31 December 1950.  Lady Rosalind’s

Turner, Mrs Marion, Ferry Road, Topsham Turner, Marion Ellen, nee Docking, (1869-1951) was born on 17th October, 1869[1] in Goodhurst, Kent to William and Mary Docking, both born in Cornwall, as Marion’s three older siblings, Lavinia, John and Mary had been.[2]  She married William Turner, a sailor born in Dorset, in mid Devon in 1890[3]

Frood, Mrs Mary, the Misses Hester and Constance Frood, Mrs Mary, the Misses Hester and Constance, Broadway House, Topsham Frood, Mary Catherine Isabella (1856-1931) née Campbell. Born in Canada, the only daughter of James Hunter Campbell, a magistrate, and Mary Forest Keast, she described herself as Scottish.[1] She married Dr James Frood (1852- 1913), a

Petherick, Miss Edith, 5 St Leonard’s Road, Exeter Edith Maria Petherick[1] (1863-1941) was born on 29 December 1863 at 2 Higher Mount Radford Road, Exeter. She was the daughter of John William and Elizabeth Maria Petherick. J.W. Petherick was a solicitor and a city magistrate. The family had moved from Mount Radford to 5 St

Acland, Mrs Eleanor, Sprydoncote, Broadclyst Eleanor Acland née Cropper (1878–1933) was born in 1878, near Kendal, Westmorland. After education at home, and by a governess whom she shared with cousins at the Vicarage, she went away to a boarding school, St Leonard’s, in St Andrews, Scotland. She obtained a first-class degree in history from the

List of abbreviations   Newspapers and Journals ExJ – Exmouth Journal DEG – Devon and Exeter Gazette NDJ – North Devon Journal WDM – Western Daily Mercury WMN – Western Morning News WT – Western Times   Other abbreviations EWLA – Exmouth Women’s Liberal Association NSPCC – National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to

Veley, Mrs Lilian, Knowle House, Lustleigh Lilian Jane Veley (1861-1936) was born Lilian Gould in 1861 in Rectory House, Stokeinteignhead, Devon, the daughter of a Church of England vicar Rev. John Nutcombe Gould and his wife Katherine Grant.[1] She was the last born of their six daughters and six sons.[2] Before Lilian’s tenth birthday the

Lake, Miss Bertha, 5 St Aubyn Villas, Tiverton, later Brooklands, Tiverton Bertha Lake (1884 – 1944)was born in Puddington, Tiverton in 1884 to Thomas and Sarah Lake. Thomas and Sarah had five children of whom only two survived, Bertha and her younger sister Dora. Bertha never married and lived at home with her parents until