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Stepping Out - East Devon AONB Conference 2015
Saturday 18 April 2015Norman Lockyer Observatory, SidmouthFurther investigations into East Devon Landscape HistoryFor more details and booking form see the flyer:Full-size printable PDF flyer here at...
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Ordnance Survey Maps - Six-inch England and Wales, 1842-1952
This isn't specifically a Devon post, but readers may be interested in an excellent map resource for historical research: the Ordnance Survey Maps - Six-inch England and Wales, 1842-1952 website run by...
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Besley's 'Views in Devonshire'
For fans of Devon topographic prints: the Topsham-based weblog JSBlog has a two-post gallery of the 60 steel-engraved prints from Henry Besley's Exeter-published Views in Devonshire (c.1861): part 1...
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Devon Rural Archive: Evening Lecture Programme 2015
TheDevon Rural Archive has sent us its evening lecture programme for 2015. All events are held at the DRA in the grounds of Shilstone House near Modbury at 7pm: all welcome, admission £5. The first...
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Renaissance in Devon - Woodcarving: 24 Apr
The Renaissance in Devon: understanding local wood carvings and their makers is a forthcoming conference at Newton Abbot Town & GWR Museum on 24 April 2015, jointly organised by the Museum and the...
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The full programme with booking forms will be included in the next issue of Devon History News, which will be sent to members in early February 2015.March 9, 2015 - From the Grassroots: An Oral History...
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Exmouth Historical & Archaeological Society: 2015 programme
Detail of "Exmouth from Cockwood", Frederick John Widgeryfrom Devon: its Moorlands, Streams & Coasts (Lady Rosalind Northcote, 1908)The Exmouth Historical & Archaeological Society has sent us...
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Historical Association Plymouth Branch - Talks Programme Winter/Spring 2015
Please see the attached programme of events for the forthcoming season of History Talks. These are presented in a joint collaboration with the History Department at the University of Plymouth.The...
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Harberton and Harbertonford: early 2015 meetings
The Harberton and Harbertonford History Society has sent us the address of its new website and its events for early 2015.Sunday January 25th, Village Brunch, Harbertonford Village HallHistory Society...
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New Researchers in Devon History
A conference jointly organised between the Devon History Society & the History Section of the Devonshire Association22 June 2015: The Searchroom, Devon Heritage Centre, Sowton, ExeterFor the full...
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Kenton Past & Present Society: 2015 Programme
Exeter War Hospitals ProjectThe Kenton Past & Present Society has sent us its 2015 programme: an interesting line-up of topics including Exeter war hospitals and mental health in World War 1;...
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Devon Garden History Forum: 21st March
Further to discussions in 2014 (see Interested in Garden History? - Devon History News #14), the Devon Gardens Trust and Devon History Society are hosting an inaugural conference of the Devon Garden...
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The Friends of Hoar Oak Cottage
The Friends of Hoar Oak Cottage is a new affiliate to the Devon History Society. It's a community association set up in 2010 to to collect, archive and make accessible the history and heritage of Hoar...
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Alfred Jewel comes to Taunton
The South West Heritage Trust announces that the Alfred Jewel - one of the most celebrated treasures from Anglo-Saxon England - will be on display at the Museum of Somerset, Taunton, from 31 January...
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Tavistock: Thorington Archive on Facebook
ITV News reports that the Thorington Archive - a collection of nearly 80,000 photos by the Tavistock press photographer Jim Thorington - is being uploaded to Facebook. Taken in the 1960s to 1990s, the...
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Major Roman cemetery found at Ipplepen
Breaking news from the University of Exeter: "15 ancient skeletons have been discovered on an archaeological dig in Ipplepen, a major Romano-British settlement in Devon and now the best preserved Roman...
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Obituary: Professor Ivan Roots
The DHS is sorry to announce the death of a former society President, the eminent historian Professor Ivan Roots, who died on Sunday 8 February at the age of 93. Born in Maidstone, Professor Roots...
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Devon History News, Issue 15, February 2015
The fifteenth issue of Devon History News, the newsletter of theDevon History Society, is now in print or available here:Devon History News 15, February 2015 (PDF format).For a list of...
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Devon Archive Treasures - The Guildhall, Exeter 24 Mar 2015
On 24th March 2015 the South West Heritage Trust will be exhibiting, for one day only, curious and unknown documents relating to Devon which are held at the Somerset Heritage Centre.These include a...
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New Book Celebrates the History of Exeter's First School for the Blind
To celebrate its 25th anniversary, the West of England School Association (WESA) is to publish a comprehensive history of the West of England Institution for the Instruction and Employment of the...
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