A historical guide to the village of Ipplepen, Devon, first published in 2003. Arthur French (1920-2016): 'I first came to Ipplepen in 1948. My father-in-law, who had a shop in Warland, Totnes, brought me here because in Ipplepen and Torbryan, he said, they made the best local cider.
In 1990 my wife and I decided that Ipplepen would be a good place to live in retirement. I was already interested in her ancestry in South Devon. I joined the...