52-491: The Aller Vale Pottery was formed in 1865 on the northern edge of the village of Kingskerswell in South Devon , England, on the likely site of a medieval pottery. It became well known for the creation of art pottery at the end of the 19th century and gained royal patronage, but declined thereafter, closing on this site in about 1924. The name continued in use until 1962 related to the production of mass-produced motto ware for
104-615: A Kingsteignton -based company that manufactured tiles and sanitary fittings. In 1901 they also acquired the Watcombe Pottery in Torquay and amalgamated the two companies as the "Royal Aller Vale & Watcombe Pottery Company". This company, with its name sometimes simplified to "Royal Watcombe" continued working until 1962, mostly creating motto ware for the tourist market. Work at the Aller Vale Pottery site ceased in about 1924, and
156-454: A 6th form college. Primary schools are St Michaels , Rydon and Kingsteignton . The main bus operator in the area is Stagecoach South West , which runs a network of regular services to Exeter , Teignmouth , Dawlish and Totnes . County Bus (Newton Abbot) is a local independent operator that runs services to Brixham , Paignton , Torquay and Torbay Hospital . Kingsteignton is served by Newton Abbot railway station , which lies on
208-504: A bypass, evidence of a Roman settlement was found at Aller Cross, just north of the village. It may have an early military origin, and if it does it "would be of regional importance". The Aller Brook and its tributaries lie in a shallow, wide and marshy valley that drains roughly north-westerly from the outskirts of Torquay to the estuary of the River Teign at Newton Abbot . There is one point in this valley where two spurs of land form
260-412: A chapel under the administration of the parish of St Marychurch until the 1530s when the present building was started. It was extended in the 15th century by converting the transepts into aisles . It was restored c.1856 by John West Hugall and again in 1875 by J. W. Rowell. The church is grade II* listed , and has an uncommon image of Saint Apollonia , the patron saint of toothache sufferers, in
312-507: A city noted for its faience pottery. Marcucci had been involved in two exhibitions in London during the previous year: an Italian exhibition in Kensington, and one of ceramics at William De Morgan 's premises. His influence had a great impact on the designs and the quality of Aller Vale's pottery. Marcucci is thought to be responsible for the introduction of a design of blue slipware scrolls over
364-411: A conservation area of 3.5 hectares around the ruins of the manor house on the west side of the valley within which further development must be severely restricted. The A380 road from Newton Abbot to Torquay was formerly a turnpike road . Since 1951 Devon County Council had planned to alleviate traffic on this road that runs through the village. After being postponed, cancelled and reinstated in
416-468: A cream ground which was admired by Princess Alexandra, who placed a special order for it. She asked that the design should be called Sandringham Ware and it was marketed under that name. Charles Collard worked as an apprentice to Phillips from the age of 12 in 1886 and, under Marcucci's influence, rose to be one of the top decorators at the pottery by the mid-1890s. His designs were also strongly influenced by İznik pottery . Phillips' death in 1897 led to
468-696: A decline at the pottery. Many of the potters left shortly afterwards, including Collard who worked briefly for Hart and Moist Pottery in Exeter, then at Longpark Pottery in Torquay, and then founded the Crown Dorset Art Pottery in Poole , Dorset in 1905. He later bought the Honiton Pottery which continued in production until the 1990s. On Phillips's death, Aller Vale was acquired by Hexter, Humpherson & Co.,
520-463: A manor house and chapel here in that year. It is not known when the manor house fell into disrepair, but a mention in a lease suggests that it was probably still in good condition in 1681. The ruins were listed (as grade II) in 1955 and were for many years obscured by trees and vegetation. There are several walls, the base of a tower with features in dressed granite and part of an arch. Since 2000 some clearance and conservation work has been undertaken at
572-467: A narrow crossing point, and it was here that an ancient track from St Marychurch and Coffinswell crossed the valley on its way west towards Ipplepen and Totnes . A bridge, known as Dacca Bridge or Daccabridge, was constructed here and this is where the village developed, on the western bank. The first written record of Kingskerswell is in the Domesday Book where it is called Carsewelle . Before
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#1732856169938624-470: A number of young villagers, and the wood carving has brought an order from the Princess Louise for a carved chest… Visitors to our Cottage Art School have been greatly entertained and interested by the bright and merry group of young people who greeted their entrance. In autumn 1889 the 27-year-old Domenico Marcucci came to Aller Vale as one of the chief designers. He was an Italian decorator from Faenza ,
676-404: A population of over 11,000. The threat of being incorporated into the nearby town of Newton Abbot prompted the parish council to change Kingsteignton's status to a town. The change took effect from 1 January 2009. The town has two electoral wards (east and west). Their combined populations at the 2011 census was 11,147. Founded in the early 8th century by the kings of Wessex as the centre of
728-452: A school for 60 children. He also built himself a new vicarage in 1836. In the 1830s lord of the manor Henry Langford Brown built Barton Hall on a site about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south east of the church, now on the borders of Torquay . Barton Hall was requisitioned during World War II and left afterwards in a poor state. It was sold to a group of businessmen in 1947 and ten years later sold on to Fred Pontin who turned it into one of
780-630: A vast Saxon estate that extended from Teignmouth to Manaton , Kingsteignton was a key settlement in Saxon times and gave its name to the Saxon hundred of Teignton. The hundred moot or court was held in the village, but it appears that by the time of the Domesday Survey the name of the hundred had been changed to Teignbridge, possibly indicating that the site of the court had been moved. As a royal vill Kingsteignton provided rich pickings for Danish raiders who plundered it in 1001. Medieval prosperity funded
832-402: Is of ancient foundation, being mentioned in the Domesday Book . It has a church dating back to the 14th century and the ruins of a manor house of similar date. The coming of the railway in the 1840s had a large effect on the village, starting its conversion into a commuter town . The village is a major part of the electoral ward called Kerswell-with-Combe. This ward had a population of 5,679 at
884-665: The 2011 census . It was situated on a busy main road, part of the A380 , between Torquay and Newton Abbot until the opening of the South Devon Highway in December 2015. There had been proposals to reroute this road to relieve the traffic bottleneck since 1951. There are several prehistoric sites on the high ground surrounding Kingskerswell, such as the Iron Age sites of Milber Down , Berry's Wood and Dainton . Kerswell Down, just to
936-732: The Exeter-Plymouth line . Great Western Railway operates local services Exmouth , Exeter St Davids , Dawlish , Teignmouth and Paignton ; it also provides inter-city services to London Paddington , Reading , Plymouth and Penzance . The area was once served by the Moretonhampstead branch and the Teign Valley line . The town is near the A380 dual carriageway, which links Exeter, Dawlish, Teignmouth and Newton Abbot. Fine quality ball clay beds created some 40–30 million years ago during
988-560: The Norman Conquest it was held by Edward the Confessor as part of the royal demesne ; afterwards it continued in royal ownership under William the Conqueror and his descendants (in contrast to the nearby village of Abbotskerswell ). The first part of the village's name represents this royal ownership. The Saxon word carse probably means watercress, a plant that still grows freely in
1040-567: The Oligocene Period lie on the eastern edge of the Bovey Basin near Kingsteignton. The exploitation of these clays began in the late 17th century when it was discovered that their properties made them eminently suitable for pipe making. Their white firing properties attracted interest from potters looking for materials to improve their wares, and their exploitation was boosted in 1791 when Josiah Wedgwood first purchased Kingsteignton clay. Over
1092-472: The 19th century the village was well known for the production of cider and much of the land to the east of the main road now occupied by housing estates was once covered by apple orchards. In a commercial directory of 1870 Richard Codner is shown as a cider merchant. From the 1930s to the 1960s there was greyhound racing at a track opposite the Hare and Hounds pub. In the 2001 census the population of Kingskerswell
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#17328561699381144-470: The Coombesend valley. The kiln at Kiln Forehead was demolished during the extension of Calvados Park, whilst the kiln beside Rydon school was partly demolished and buried under an earth bank when the lane to Rydon Quarry was widened. Sand and gravel has also been extensively quarried at Babcombe Copse, Sands Copse and Heathfield, the latter becoming a large landfill site. Lysons' Magna Britannia mentions that
1196-543: The Millennium year 2000; beyond this is the large limestone quarry at Stoneycombe, and north of that lies the village of Abbotskerswell . On the east are walking trails to the neighbouring village of Coffinswell . There are also country walks from here towards the estuary of the River Teign and Maidencombe on the coast. The local council ( Teignbridge ) considers that parts of the village have great character and may have archaeological interest. Consequently, it has designated
1248-652: The ancient Britons extracted alluvial tin from the gravels deposited by the river Teign. The parish of Kingsteignton includes various historic estates including: Newton Abbot RFC (established 1873) are based in Kingsteignton, playing home games at Rackerhayes. Kingsteignton AFC, known as the Rams, play at Broadpark and compete in the South Devon Football League. Footballer, Ryan Law , was born and raised in Kingsteignton. He currently plays for Truro City F.C. as
1300-426: The centre of the village. It caused extensive changes to the original road layout, including severing the ancient route over Daccabridge; as well as the demolition of several properties and disturbance to the natural drainage pattern of the local springs and streams. Between 1853 and 1964 the village had its own railway station on this line. The Rosehill Viaduct consisting of seven brick arches on limestone piers over
1352-448: The chapel was visited by the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. They made several notes on the condition of the chapel, including the fact that it had three bells, but it was generally in poor repair—for instance the chancel roof was in a bad condition and its windows had no glass. The church, which is dedicated to St Mary, may have parts dating to the 14th century, most notably the tower. It remained
1404-575: The early 1950s to fit in with school holidays. The later switch to the late May bank holiday was made for the same reason when the bank holiday was fixed as the last Monday in May. Until the 13th century the Manor of Kingsteignton was a crown demesne . In 1509 the manor passed to the Clifford family , who still hold the title of Lord of the Manor today. The local secondary school is Teign School , which also includes
1456-464: The flagships of Pontin's , his holiday empire. The hall and surrounding lands then passed through several owners, and as of 2010 are being run by PGL Travel Ltd. as a centre for schools and youth activity courses, English as a Foreign Language groups and Family Adventure breaks. The arrival of the Newton Abbot to Kingswear railway line in the late 1840s had a dramatic effect as it was driven through
1508-578: The focus of the company to make builders' earthenware —drainpipes, roof tiles, chimney pots and the like. The company was listed in an 1870 directory as "Phillips, John & Co., manufacturers of architectural pottery and firebricks". Phillips was influenced by the Arts and Crafts Movement and the ideals of William Morris , leading him to set up cottage classes in Kingskerswell and the nearby villages of Abbotskerswell and Coffinswell to teach useful skills to
1560-753: The following years, planning permission for a bypass was granted in August 2005 with the main construction work due to start in Summer 2010 for completion in 2013. However, in June 2010 the Government's Transport Minister, Norman Baker said that in light of a tough spending review funding could not be guaranteed, and in October 2010 it was confirmed that the bypass was not one of the 24 schemes that had been approved. However, in November 2011
1612-468: The form of ancient stained glass in one of the south windows. It also contains three poorly preserved effigies of the Dinhams who held the manor in the 14th and 15th centuries. They probably represent Sir John Dinham (1359–1428) and two of his three wives. Just to the north-west of the church are the ruins of a manor house, probably built by the same Sir John Dinham – a document of 1387 confirms that he had
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1664-442: The government awarded £74.6 million towards the cost of the bypass, and the county council stated that it hoped that construction could start in October 2012 with completion in December 2015. The bypass was opened to traffic on 15 December. A380 road Kingsteignton Kingsteignton ( / k ɪ ŋ ˈ s t eɪ n t ən / king- STAYN -tən ), is a town and civil parish in south Devon , England. It lies at
1716-754: The head of the Teign Estuary to the west of Teignmouth in the Teignbridge district. It is bypassed by the A380 and is also on the A383 , A381 , B3193 and B3195 . Kingsteignton is currently represented in Parliament by Martin Wrigley , as part of the Newton Abbot constituency . Local schools include: Rydon Primary School, Teign School , Kingsteignton school and Saint Michael's Church of England School. Kingsteignton has
1768-456: The local streams; and the last part of the name most likely refers to the wells and springs in the vicinity, though an alternative theory proposes that it derives from the Latin villa , indicating a Roman origin. After being granted to several lords, but always escheating to the king due to the lack of any heirs, the manor was given to Nicholas de Moels in 1230. In 1268 his son, Roger de Molis,
1820-402: The manor remained in his family until 1501. On the death of John Dynham, 1st Baron Dynham in that year, his lands were divided between his four sisters and the portion that included Kingskerswell passed to his eldest sister, Margery, and eventually to Henry Compton, 1st Baron Compton . By 1710 the manor was owned by Sir Henry Langford who passed it to Thomas Brown; in 1972 the lord of the manor
1872-549: The neighbouring towns of Torquay and Newton Abbot to build many large villas here, making it an early example of a commuter town . We would point out to parents and children that the school will commence at 1.30 instead of 2.00 for the next few months, so that there will be ample time for blackberry picking after school hours. The Aller Vale Pottery was set up on the north side of the village in 1865, originally producing earthenware goods. It started producing art pottery in 1881 and continued (in name at least) until 1962. In 1886
1924-442: The past 200 years clay mining has brought continued employment and prosperity to Kingsteignton. Limestone has been extensively quarried at various times on either side of Golvers Hill at Rydon, Coombesend and Gildons. Kingsteignton Quarry at Rydon (now infilled) supplied stone for the building of Buckfast Abbey . Numerous limekilns, some still in existence, were found along the dry valley that extends from Rydon to Lindridge and along
1976-539: The pottery was visited by Princess Louise , daughter of Queen Victoria, after she had bought some of its wares. This was the start of a long period of patronage and led to the pottery being renamed as the Royal Aller Vale Pottery . Other members of the royal family also became customers, including Princess Alexandra . Between 1887 and 1901 Aller Vale Art Pottery was stocked by Liberty & Co in London. The decoration of pottery has given regular employment to
2028-542: The pottery was visited by Princess Louise , daughter of Queen Victoria, after she had bought some of its wares. This was the start of a long period of patronage and led to the pottery being renamed as the Royal Aller Vale Pottery. Other members of the Royal family also became customers, including Princess Alexandra . At the end of the 19th century Aller Vale Art Pottery was stocked by Liberty & Co in London. In
2080-429: The power for three mills. A drought is said to have given rise to the annual Ram Roasting fair. According to legend there was insufficient water to baptise a child, so a ram was sacrificed to the gods of the local spring. Water sprang forth and a ram has been roasted ever since at the fair, held nowadays on the late May bank holiday. Whit Tuesday was the traditional day for the fair, but it was switched to Whit Monday in
2132-476: The railway was built by Brunel in 1846–8 as was the nearby similar Dobbin Arch. They are both now grade II listed structures, and are just two of the 41 listed buildings in the village. The coming of the railway also caused the replacement of much of the local straw thatch that had traditionally been used for roofing with Welsh slate that could be transported at little cost. It also prompted wealthy businessmen from
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2184-541: The rebuilding of the parish church ( St Michaels ) in the 15th century. Its 85-foot (26 metre) tower was built in the 1480s. From the medieval period to the mid-19th century the parish church held an important position as the mother church of Highweek and Newton Bushell. The Fairwater Leat , fed by the springs at Rydon, superseded the Honeywell Spring as the established water supply in the Middle Ages and also supplied
2236-406: The site is now occupied by a small estate of offices and light business units, surrounded by houses. Kingskerswell Kingskerswell (formerly Kings Carswell , or Kings Kerswell ) is a village and civil parish within Teignbridge local government district in the south of Devon , England. The village grew up where an ancient track took the narrowest point across a marshy valley and it
2288-548: The site with the assistance of the South West England Environmental Trust, and it is now a scheduled monument . Kingskerswell was made an independent parish, separated for the first time from St Marychurch, in 1828 and the first incumbent was Aaron Neck (born 1769). In his later life he was very generous to the parish, helping to provide new pews, an organ and an altar-piece for the church and increasing its glebe-lands , as well as building and supporting
2340-505: The tourist market. There had probably been a pottery on the site in medieval times, as evidenced by the excavation of medieval tiles there. The pottery was founded in 1865 in the hamlet of Aller between the village of Kingskerswell and the town of Newton Abbot and had originally produced simple kitchenware. In 1868 it was taken over by John Phillips (born 1835 in Shaugh Prior ), a clay merchant who lived in Newton Abbot. Phillips changed
2392-498: The uneducated young. Up to 64 young people between the ages of 11 and 23 attended these twice-weekly classes where they learned pottery, wood and stone carving, painting, stitching, embroidery, and ironwork which was taught by the local blacksmith. Under Phillips's control the works started producing art pottery in 1881 after it was rebuilt following a fire. At this time it was renamed as the Aller Vale Art Pottery . In 1886
2444-434: The village: Anglican, Catholic, Community, Gospel Hall, Methodist and United Reformed. From various points in the village there are views towards Dartmoor National Park . To the west is the woodland of Kerswell Downs, the eastern half of which (some 30 acres (120,000 m ) of woodland and grassland) was gifted to the parish by Thomas Hercules Langford Brown, descendant of Henry Langford Brown who built Barton Hall, for
2496-462: The west of the village, is the site of a late Bronze Age/early Iron Age field system, and a hoard of over 2,000 (small copper or brass) Roman coins was found here, near the church, some time between 1838 and 1840. The exact details of how and where the coins were found is not known, and their present whereabouts is unknown too, but in 1878 they were said to bear inscriptions of Gallienus , Tacitus , Probus and others. In 1992 during survey work for
2548-514: Was 4799. The village has a health centre, a variety of small shops including a chemist, a village garage, hairdressers and a co-op ; and a library which survived a threat of closure in 2006. The village post office closed for the first time in July 2019, but successful efforts to reinstate it resulted in a service resuming in September 2022 from the original post office premises on Fore Street. This service
2600-465: Was T.H. Langford Brown of Littlehempston . A church is mentioned in the Domesday entry for Kingskerswell: "Also to the church of this manor belongs half a virgate of land", though this does not necessarily imply the existence of a building; it may just represent a group of Christians under some form of rectorship or similar administration. By 1159 there was a chaplain named William here, and in 1301
2652-487: Was granted the right to hold a weekly market on Tuesdays and an annual fair on 1 September. The manor remained in the de Molis family until some time between 1349 and 1362 when it passed to the Courtenays for a short time until 1369 when it again escheated to the king because the next heir, John Dinham (1359–1428), was aged only eleven. John Dinham (or "Dynham") eventually gained his inheritance in 1381. He died in 1428 but
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#17328561699382704-509: Was short-lived however, closing again by August 2024 due to a lack of income. There is also a modern primary school, a number of pre-school playgroups and a Scout group with their headquarters on Dobbin Arch In 2014 Navigators USA opened their first alternative scouting group in Kingskerswell. Since 1989, Kingskerswell has been twinned with the German town of Lonsee . There are six churches in
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