A Devon By-Election: South Molton, 1891 (2010)
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Mobility and Persistence of Families in Cheriton Bishop (2007)
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Old Traine, in Modbury; the House and its Early Owners (1927)
By Rev. J. L. E. Hooppell, F.S.G. (Read at Exmouth, 21st July, 1927.) When the enraptured traveller through our glorious Devon approaches the old-world town of Modbury from its northern side—journeying, maybe, from Dartmouth...
Book review – The Lords of Widecombe and Farmers of Bonehill
Tim Whitten, The Lords of Widecombe and Farmers of Bonehill. Widecombe History Group, 2019. 160pp. ISBN 978-152723408-6. Published by the Widecombe History Group and supported by the Moor Than Meets The Eye landscape project,...
Book review – Mr Sugar Face and his Moll
Nigel & Caroline Webb, Mr Sugar Face and his Moll. Legini Press, 2019. 216pp. 29 plates. Paperback. ISBN 978-0-9553311-2-1. This is an entertaining romp through the lives and legacies of George Webb Medley (1826–98),...
Book review – Turning Paignton’s Pages 1500–1700
John Pentney, Turning Paignton’s Pages 1500–1700. Grandad Publishing, 2018. 42pp. Pamphlet. ISBN 978-1-9995931-0-0. £6 John Pentney, a member of the DA and former Chair of the Paignton Heritage Society, has written a booklet looking...
Book review – Beautiful Devon: A Portrait of a County
Nigel Hicks, Beautiful Devon: A Portrait of a County. Aquaterra Publishing, 2018. 80pp. Paperback. ISBN 978-09927970-2-7. £9.99 This book contains a selection of superb, annotated colour photographs by renowned professional photographer and travel/tourism author...
Book review – Stratton Churchwardens’ Accounts 1512–1578
Joanna Mattingly (editor), Stratton Churchwardens’ Accounts 1512–1578. Woodbridge: Devon and Cornwall Record Society/The Boydell Press, 2018. 332pp. 6 colour plates, 8 B&W figures. Joanna Mattingly has added greatly to our understanding of the sixteenth-century...
Book review – Footprints in the Sand, The Story of the Carews of Devon 1086–1945
Rivers Carew, Footprints in the Sand, The Story of the Carews of Devon 1086–1945. DuBois Publishing, 2018. 374pp. ISBN 978-1-9998074-4-3. Rivers Carew was the last of the Carew baronets to live at Haccombe, the...
Book review – The Medieval Exe Bridge, St Edmund’s Church, and Excavation of Waterfront Houses, Exeter
Stewart Brown, The Medieval Exe Bridge, St Edmund’s Church, and Excavation of Waterfront Houses, Exeter. Devon Archaeological Society Monograph 1, Devon Archaeological Society, 2019. 195pp. 95 figs. ISBN 978-0-9527899-1-8 (softback £15), 978-0-9527899-2-5 (hardback £22)....