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The Joyce Youings Memorial Lecture in Early Modern History 2016
18:30, Thursday, 3 November 2016Amory Moot Room, Exeter UniversityDr.Todd Gray MBE with speak on 'Carving Out the Renaissance in Devon'. The lecture will look at the development of Renaissance imagery...
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Devon History News, Issue 18, August 2016
The eighteenth issue of Devon History News, the newsletter of the  Devon History Society, is now in print or available here:Devon History News 18, August 2016 (PDF format).
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Devon Parish Taxpayers, 1500 - 1650, Bere Ferrers to Chudleigh
The Devon & Cornwall Record Society are publishing the second volume, in a series, of parish rates of Devon.For further details and an order form see the flyer:
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Devon History Society - Primary School History Award
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Billy Down’s WW2 Secret Radio Station - Captain Hugh May RNJuly 1940: In threatened coastal areas a secret resistance organisation was training civilians as spies & saboteurs in case of Nazi...
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The Historical Association - Plymouth Branch 2016-17 Programme
Lecture Programme 2016 - 17Meetings are open to all, and are free for national or local members of the Historical Association. This is a joint programme in collaboration with the History Department at...
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Burrator Heritage Project Event
A special event is being hosted at Burrator Reservoir to mark the end of our initial 3 year Burrator Heritage Project on Thursday, 22 September, 1pm-6.30pm followed by a short bat walk.Visitors will be...
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Tramway Acts and Railway Orders
I have recently been working on a collection of Parliamentary Tramway Acts and Railway Orders, and came across some referring to towns and cities in Devon which might be of interest to historians in...
View ArticleSidwella's Heritage Dinner
Wednesday, 19 October 201619:00 -22:00Enjoy a delicious 3 course Anglo Saxon inspired dinner* and a talk by Levi Roach, Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Exeter: “From Æthelstan to...
View ArticleHalloween Spooky History Tours
Monday, 31 October 201616:30 - 18:30Starting in the Old Chapel at St Sidwells Community Centre, travel back in time on our spooky tour and meet some of the heroes and villains who lived and died here...
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This November join us at The St Sidwells Community Centre for a series of exciting new heritage talks relating to St Sidwells and the wider area. Doors open at 7.30pm for an 8pm start. £3.50 per person...
View ArticleThe Devon - Newfoundland Story
 In the first two weeks of April 2017, the Devonshire Association, working with the Devon Family History Society, is celebrating nearly 600 years of contact and interaction between Devon and...
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Friends of All Saints Church, East Budleigh, Autumn / Winter 2016 Talks
Wednesday 12th October: 'Scenes from East Budleigh's Past' by Sue Pyne. The talk will be in the East Budleigh Village Hall.Using slides given to her by the late Mr. Percy Lee, Sue gave this talk in...
View ArticleFriends of Devon's Archives AGM & Conference
Saturday, 15 October 20169:30 - 16:00pmThe Plymouth Athenaeum, Derrys Cross, Plymouth PL1 2SWClick here for the AGM Agenda and Conference Programme
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Theatre Royal Plymouth - Project New Earth
On Saturday 15th of October there will be a performance by Chinese Arts Space which consist of 4 individual pieces about the Chinese Labour Coprs involvement in WW1. The pieces will commemorate the...
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Historical Association - Exeter Branch 2016-17 Programme
Lecture Programme 2016-17Click here for the full programme as a PDF
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Prize for archaeologist Jan Oke
The University of Exeter’s Archaeology Department has announced that a prestigious bursary set up in partnership with Fairlynch Museum, Budleigh Salterton has been awarded to Little Knowle resident Jan...
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