Today Riddipit Farmstead is a ruin to the right of the path from Norsworthy Bridge at the northern tip of Burrator reservoir running alongside the River Meavy heading north just past Leather Tor clapper bridge. Further up the lane over a sty in the modern forestry fencing are the remains of a potato cave associated…
Category: Family History
Nicholas Worth (1655-1699)
The oldest ancestor identified of the Worth family of Walkhampton has been researched to Nicholas Worth (approx 1655 – 1699), unfortunately no further ascendents could be researched due to the destruction of parish records in the English Civil War (1642 – 1651). Nicholas tenanted at Riddipit Farmstead, with his wife Mary (1659 – 1695) of…