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Title: Convent near Newton Abbot
Post by: kingskerswell on Saturday 13 June 09 22:42 BST (UK)
Hi All,
Has anyone any info on St Michaels Convent at Ilsington. My mother  went there in the 1930's and as she has long since departed this life I would love to find out more about her old school or means of contacting someone that may have information. Many thanks

Regards
Title: Re: Convent near Newton Abbot
Post by: slightlyfoxed on Saturday 08 August 09 14:45 BST (UK)
have you tried
http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Totnes/Totnes1850.html
 or
http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Ilsington/IlsingtonBook.html

good luck
Foxy
in Teignmouth
Title: Re: Convent near Newton Abbot
Post by: kingskerswell on Saturday 08 August 09 15:58 BST (UK)
Foxy,
       Many thanks for your links. I will check them tonight.

Regards
Title: Re: Convent near Newton Abbot
Post by: jane kirkland on Sunday 29 May 11 08:47 BST (UK)
There is a photo on www.sharehistory.org. Type St Michael's Convent Newton Abbott in search
Title: Re: Convent near Newton Abbot
Post by: kingskerswell on Sunday 29 May 11 09:25 BST (UK)
Hi,

Many thanks for the link. I managed to obtain a copy of a book about the Convent from the Devon record Office, it is out of print but they photpcopied it for me. fantastic of them. I liked the photo from this link,my mum used to have aphoto that was roughly the same!
Many thanks
Maureen
Title: Re: Convent near Newton Abbot
Post by: jane kirkland on Monday 30 May 11 08:00 BST (UK)
That's great Maureen. I only got my photo because a friend was throwing it away, with others, and I thought that will be of interest to someone.
Glad you have the book.
Best Wishes,
Jane
Title: Re: Convent near Newton Abbot
Post by: Leoir on Tuesday 15 July 14 23:04 BST (UK)
Hi. I'm trying to find out information about my gran (shirley ann mccue) - we believe that she was born in 1937, she was an orphan and was put in a convent in Newton Abbott. Does anyone have any leads that we can follow up?? I've no idea where to start!