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Saving a Century - Photographic Exhibition
The Victorian Society are presenting a photographic exhibition, Saving a Century, curated by noted architectural historian Gavin Stamp, which will be on show, free of charge, in Paignton Library and...
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We sadly announce the death, on Tuesday, 30th June, of Ray Girvan who was for many years the DHS webmaster. His funeral will be at 2.30 on Thursday, 16th July at Exeter Crematorium.Our thoughts are...
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'Of making many books there is no end'
Lecture and seminar on the Bibliography of Devon, Past, Present and Future, byIan Maxted28 July, 201514:15Exeter Central LibraryPlease see the flyer:
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Napoleon & Plymouth: 1815 | 2015
Saturday, 5 September 2015A day of public talks on the international context, the local impact and images, and memory.Theatre 2, Roland Levinsky Building, Plymouth UniversityWeb site:...
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The International Agatha Christie Festival 2015
TORQUAY | DEVON, UK | 11 – 20 SEPTEMBER 2015Torquay will be marking this year’s 125th anniversary of Dame Agatha Christie’s birth in the town on 15 September 1890 with an international festival...
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Ordnance Survey Maps - 25-inch 1855-1943
The following e-mail has been sent to the Devon History Society:Dear Devon History Society WebMaster,In searching for something else, we came across this really nice blog posting on your website at...
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How do you empty a museum full of treasures?
The answer: very very carefully! When work begins on Plymouth’s new History Centre, the double fronted Edwardian buildings on North Hill will have to be empty. Even though the museum will remain open...
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Devon History News, Issue 16, August 2015
The sixteenth issue of Devon History News, the newsletter of the Devon History Society, is now in print or available here:Devon History News 16, August 2015 (PDF format).
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Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival 2015
A number of national historians will be appearing at this year's Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival which runs from 17th - 20th September. Full details can be found at www.budlitfest.org.uk.Of...
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Grenville Manor House, Bideford
Grenville Manor House Buildings Preservation Trust (Reg Charity 1156875) are seeking help with a project in Bideford, North Devon where they are trying to raise money to save a local building that once...
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The Whipping Man: Theatre Royal, Plymouth
The Theatre Royal, Plymouth are currently producing a show called The Whipping Man which will be performed from Thursday, 17th September to Saturday, 3rd October.The play is set in 1865 in Richmond,...
View ArticleAxminster History Society - Forthcoming Events
Wednesday, 7 October 2015The Rust Red Rocks of Eddystone: The 300+ years history of the Eddystone Lighthouse. Alan Nicholas, a retired lighthouse engineer will tell the fascinating tale of...
View ArticlePaper Making in the Culm Valley
Wednesday, 16 September, 19:30Feniton History Group and St. Andrew's Church invite you to a talk by Colin Harris entitled 'Paper Making in the Culm Valley'.St Andrew's Church, Feniton, near...
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Devon Parish Taxpayers, 1500 - 1650 Abbotskerswell to Burlescombe
The Devon & Cornwall Record Society are publishing the first volume, in a series, of parish rates of Devon.For further details and an order form see the flyer:
View ArticleThe Making of Morchard
Thursday, 15 October 2015Kennerleigh Village Hall19:30Richard Knight will be presenting the " Making of Morchard": an AV presentation consisting of 200 slides depicting the history of Morchard and...
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A Peep at the Pixies: exploring the life and literary archive of Anna Eliza Bray
The West Sussex Record Office holds an archive which has recently been catalogued, the papers of Anna Eliza Bray (1790-1883). Anna Eliza Bray was a Victorian novelist and much of her work was based on...
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Devon Remembers Heritage Project
The Devon Remembers Heritage Project is being launched with a new project team and an ambitiousprogramme of events and arts, new research and the creation of an archive. Over the next three years, we...
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WW1 Changing Faces of Heroism
The University of Leeds has partnered with the BBC to deliver a free online course, 'WW1: changing faces of heroism'. The course begins Monday 9 March and is for anyone with an interest in WW1 history...
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Legacies of British Slave-ownership
Legacies of British Slave-ownership workshops, September - November 2015UCL are planning a series of all-day workshops for the latter part of 2015. Each event will include a presentation from LBS about...
View ArticleThe Devon Historian, Volume 84, 2015
The Devon Historian, Volume 84, 2015 is now in print. See the Journal page for general contents. Since Volume 82, we have been publishing full abstracts of our journal articles.The Devon Historian,...
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