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26th Feb 2015 Exmoor Society Talk - The Exmoor Society Archive
The Barnstaple Group of the Exmoor Society are holding a talk on 26th Feb 2015. The speaker is Dr Hilary Blackman who will be speaking about the Exmoor Society Archive.For further details see the flyer:
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Bampfylde Lecture 2015: Historic Gardens of Somerset - Lost and Found - 27 Feb
Hestercombe Gardens Trust has sent us news that may be of interest to DHS members: the Bampfylde Lecture 2015 - Historic Gardens of Somerset - Lost and Found - to be held at Hestercombe, Somerset, on...
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Centuries of Change – or how to write the history of the last thousand years...
A talk by Dr Ian MortimerDevon Heritage Centre, Sowton, ExeterWednesday 8th April 2015, 7:30 pmAdmission: £7In his new book, Centuries of Change, Dr Ian Mortimer asks which of the last ten centuries...
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The Ivan Roots Memorial Lecture
supported by:Devon & Cornwall Record SocietyThe Devonshire AssociationThe Devon History SocietyThe Historical Association (Exeter Branch)The University of ExeterDr Stephen Roberts `The Devon...
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Aerial film reveals Torre chapel site
A drone movie commissioned by Torbay Council provides a spectacular overview of the Council's woodland management work at the hitherto-obscured site of St Michael's Chapel, a 13th century chapel on a...
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Starcross History
Monica Lang has sent us news of Starcross History, a newly-formed group for Starcross, on the west shore of the Exe Estuary: a village whose history goes back at least to the 12th century and the...
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Exe Heritage Leaflet
The Exe Estuary Management Partnership have created a new leaflet which is available as a hard copy from tourist information centres and other outlets such as the RSPB shop at Darts Farm and Powderham...
View ArticleThe Shakespeare Authorship Question
Thu 23 April 2015, 19:30pm, Exeter Cathedral (£9.00)Dr Ian Mortimer (author of the bestselling Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England') gives the first presentation of his new paper The Shakespeare...
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Poltimore Village on the Eve of the First World War
Saturday, 25 Apr 2015An exhibition of research and maps of Poltimore Parish (as it was in 1910). Learn about the houses in the village and the families who lived there.Members of the Poltimore Estate...
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Huguenot Summer
Huguenot Summer runs from May to September and is designed to highlight the contribution that Huguenots (French Protestants) made to this country. The first Huguenot museum will open in Rochester Kent...
View ArticleSave North Devon Record Office
Urgent response needed by Friday 10th April please! Devon County Council have recently applied to their own Planning Officers for a Change of Use at the Library and Record Office, Barnstaple from D1...
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The South West Heritage Trust shared with its Advisory Forum an update of its progress since it was formed last November and have agreed that this can be made available to others who are interested....
View ArticleEast Dartmoor History Association - research course
East Dartmoor History Association (EDHA) has sent us details of its forthcoming course on research methods, to be held at Bovey Tracey Library over summer 2015. EDHA is a voluntary group which was set...
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New Historical Information Panel Unveiling
24 May 2015, 14:00An invitation to the unveiling of the new Historical Information Panel at the Mint Methodist Church, Exeter.
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The Tinners of Scoriton & Holne
Saturday, 30 May 2015, 19:30Dr Tom Greeves talking on the Tinners of Scoriton & Holne at Scoriton Village Hall.
View ArticlePolitical Research and Archives Workshop
Monday, 11 May 2015, 10:00-13:00Devon Heritage Centre, Bittern Rd, Exeter, EX2 7NL.As part of the From the Grassroots project, the Devon Heritage Centre will be running a free workshop in archival...
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Devon history: a personal compendium
Ray Girvan writes: "Having run the Devon History Society website for nearly 15 years - I hadn't realised it had been so long - I think it's well overdue for new blood, and as of this week I retire...
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War Memorials - How Will We Remember Them?
Help us to preserve the memory of those who gave so much to protect our nation in wartime.Take action and take part in a project of national significance to identify, protect and conserve the nation’s...
View ArticleStone Circle at Sittaford Tor, Dartmoor
A stone circle was 'discovered' on Dartmoor in 2007 by an independent academic researcher, Alan Endacott. It is the first to have been reported in over a century. The location is 300m SW of Sittaford...
View ArticleJane Shore (1915 BFI Silent film) + Laura Rossi new score performed live by...
A unique opportunity to watch Jane Shore - a 100 year old British Film Institute silent film made at Ealing Studios (the first British Epic film) with a new live musical score in Exeter and...
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