The Anglo-Saxon Mint at Lydford (2002)
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...
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Harry Hems and St Peter’s Revelstoke (2018)
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...
The Life and Tragic Death of Simon Levy, Silversmith (video, 2020)
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...
The Grose Family of Ilsington, Devon (2015)
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...
Geology Section: history, interests and the importance of Devon’s geology (2020)
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...
Stories on the Stones: William Shillibeer: Sculptor, Schoolmaster, Surveyor (2017)
By Dr Susan Andrew (This article first appeared in Dartmoor Magazine: https://dartmoormagazine.co.uk/, Winter 2017) On the south side of Walkhampton church a slate surmounting a chest tomb bears the following inscription: Deposited Beneath ARE...
John and Jane Cranch. The role of natural history in a Georgian domestic crisis (video, 2019)
This video is an abbreviated version of the presentation given by Dr Varndell at our 2019 Conference. The video is hosted on Youtube, and can also be seen on that site here.
The Emergence of the Pinwill Sisters (2016)
This paper by Helen Wilson was originally published in the Devon Buildings Group Newsletter 34 (2016) pp. 59-67. It is in pdf format and can be read using the viewer below. Alternatively the pdf...
Sixty-sixth Report on Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms, with Dialect Map (1962)
By Miss Gillian F. Moore, B.A. (Recorder) WHEN I gave my first report at South Molton two years ago I said I hoped to produce a series of dialect maps; I am very pleased...
The Three Hares in Medieval Devon and Beyond (2016)
This chapter, full title “Friend or Foe? Three Hares in Medieval Devon and Beyond” by Dr Sue Andrew, is extracted from Greeves, T., Andrew, S., and Chapman, C., The Three Hares: A Curiosity Worth...