Inspired by Devon
A collection of short pieces contributed by our members on topics related to Devon that have inspired them. You can contribute too. Just email your piece to inspired@devonassoc.org.uk together with an optional photo. We...
Category: Other highlights
Other highlights, such as celebrations, major publications, etc.
From The Chair – No. 25: Autumn Walk
An ongoing series of short reports by written our Chair, Dr Sue Andrew, musing on current life in Devon. This follows on from Sue’s earlier series of reports made during walks from her Tavistock...
From the Chair 14. Porch
A series of fourteen short pieces written during the first 2020 coronavirus lockdown by our Chair, Dr Sue Andrew, musing on discoveries made during excursions from her Tavistock home. For a continuation series that...
East Devon Branch celebrates 70 years
The East Devon Branch of The Devonshire Association was inaugurated seventy years ago on 4th November 1949 when twenty members met at Church House, Sidmouth. Formed to serve the surrounding towns and villages of...
Buildings Section 30th anniversary celebration, 2 July 2017
The Craft of Building Conservation: Decorative Arts Upper Gatehouse, Dartington Hall, Sunday 2 July 2017. See the events page for booking details. This symposium on the conservation of the decorative arts brought together four specialists...
President’s Walk & Talk, 12–22 May 2017
DA’s former President, Dr Todd Gray, walked from Lyme Regis to Hartland over eleven days in mid-May 2017 stopping overnight in towns and villages to give a talk promoting The Devonshire Association. He invited...
The Devon–Newfoundland Story, April 2017
The Devon–Newfoundland Story celebrated historical and cultural connections. Organised by the Devonshire Association working with the Devon Family History Society, it marked nearly 500 years of contact and interaction between the two communities. Devon...
Launch of A New Flora of Devon
2016 Book launch of A New Flora of Devon by DA Botany Section members Roger Smith, Bob Hodgson and Jeremy Ison. Running to almost 850 pages, this monumental work is an absolute triumph of...
Artists of the Devonshire Association – an exhibition
The DA held its first ever art exhibition entitled ‘Artists of the Devonshire Association’ in October 2014. This beautifully presented and phenomenally successful three-week event was staged at the elegant gloss-Art Exeter gallery and...