The Medical Gentlemen of Bow
John Battishill
John Battishill was born in 1804, the son of a wealthy landowner
in Spreyton. He spent almost all his life in Spreyton, where he
was, it seems, the only surgeon. He married Alicia Yolland from
Crediton in 1871; they had two children. He never had a contract
with either of the Poor Law Unions in Crediton or Okehampton. He
died at his residence, Bush House in Spreyton, in 1874.