Content about Devon
This Presidential Address was given by Rachel Thomas CBE, DL at the DA’s annual conference in Dulverton in June 2009. Rachel Thomas has also recorded a presentation on a related topic for our 2020...
Back in March 2019, Will Hawkes, a PhD student at Exeter University’s Penryn campus, gave a superb talk to the Entomology Section on insect migration. It was astonishing stuff. Trillions of insects constantly detectable...
Full title “William Pengelly, The Devonshire Association, and 150 Years of Scholarship.” by Dr Robin Wootton. You can download a copy by clicking on the downward-pointing icon in the middle of the toolbar below....
Full title “Borough, or Burrough, in Northam and its Inhabitants.” by Rev. Prebendary J. F. Chanter. You can download a copy by clicking on the downward-pointing icon in the middle of the toolbar below.
Up to at least the First World War, Torquay was a great magnet for the literati. This paper from 1918 lists many who lived there or visited the resort. There are some who are...
This paper by John Allan is in pdf format and can be read using the viewer below. Alternatively a higher resolution copy can be downloaded via this link. John Allan’s year as President of...
This paper by Sue Andrew was originally published in Ecclesiology Today, issues 55 & 56, published May 2018, and is reproduced here with the kind permission of The Ecclesiological Society. The paper is in...
This video is a presentation by Dr Ian Varndell based on an article that he wrote for the Devon History Society in 2019. The video is hosted on YouTube, and can also be...
This paper by Helen Wilson has been adapted from an article originally published in the Dartmoor Tinworking Research Group Newsletter 48 (2015) pp. 14-17. It is in pdf format and can be read using...
This annotated presentation by Professor Malcolm Hart was originally given by him at the DA’s Forum in Sidmouth in March 2020. It is in pdf format. A low-resolution copy can be read using the...