Details of our annual conferences
Our 2026 Annual Conference took place on Saturday 12 September at Buckfast Abbey Conference Centre, Buckfast, Devon. Programme 09:30 Registration with tea/coffee/biscuits 10:30 Welcome and introduction (DA Chair) 10:45 Presentations from authors chaired by...
Our 2025 Annual Conference took place on Saturday 13 September at Two Bridges Hotel, Dartmoor National Park, Devon. Programme 09:30 Registration with tea/coffee/biscuits 10:30 Welcome and introduction (DA Chair) 10:45 Presentations from authors chaired...
Our 2024 Annual Conference took place on Thursday 12 September at Escot House, Talaton, Ottery St Mary, Devon EX11 1LU. Programme 09:30 Registration with tea/coffee/home-made biscuits 10:30 Welcome and introduction (DA Chair) 10:45 Presentations...
Our 2023 Annual Conference took place at The Mint Methodist Centre, Exeter on Friday 8th and Saturday 9th September. In the Conference leaflet printed for the event, Dr Sue Andrew, Chair of the Executive...
After two years during which we were forced by COVID to hold our meetings online, we were pleased to hold our 2022 Annual Conference and AGM at the Royal Hotel in Bideford from Friday...
FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Notice of the Annual General Meeting 2021 and the Presidential Address August 2021 Dear Member As you will be aware, the DA’s Executive Committee took the decision to cancel the...
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of The Devonshire Association was held by videoconference on Saturday 3rd October 2020 at 11 a.m. Agenda Statement from the Chair regarding the temporary amendment to the quorum (Rule 22)....
On Thursday 4 June 2020, Sue Andrew, DA Chair, and Ian Varndell, Hon. Secretary, met with John Allan outside a deserted Exeter Cathedral to present him with a token of The Devonshire Association’s gratitude...
The Devonshire Association’s 158th Annual Conference and AGM was due to be held at the Royal Hotel in Bideford from Friday 5 to Sunday 7 June 2020, but it had to be cancelled due...
The Devonshire Association’s 157th Annual Conference and AGM was held at the The Eagle House Hotel and the Town Hall in Launceston, Cornwall from Friday 31 May to Sunday 2 June 2019. As the...