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October 2026
The Edgcumbes: a fascinating South West family (Plymouth Branch)
Full title – The Edgcumbes: the rise and rise of a fascinating South West family and their gentle descent A talk by Clive Charlton, geographer, local and maritime historian. Note temporary venue: Green Taverners'…
Find out more »The Geology and Industrial History of Bideford Black (IA Section)
A talk by David Dickinson. Meet at 10.30 for coffee with talk at 11 am. Bideford Black is a carboniferous clay-like mineral found only in and near Bideford. It is found alongside seams of…
Find out more »Devonian Forests (Geology Section)
An online Zoom Lecture by Dr Chris Berry. Mid Devonian Cairo fossil forest in New York The Devonian Period (420-360 Mya) was the time when the Earth transitioned to be a forested planet. This…
Find out more »The Secret Life of Caroline Hart (Bideford & N Devon Branch)
A talk by Nick Arnold. In the 1900’s the world’s best-selling author was a town councillor from Devon named Charles Garvice, sometimes published as ‘Caroline Hart’. This talk tells the surprising and often funny…
Find out more »Villa rustica, villa suburbana (History Section)
Full title: Villa rustica, villa suburbana: How Italy came to the English Town A talk by Dr Rosemary Yallop FSA. Italian architectural forms have, over the centuries, had a profound influence on English domestic…
Find out more »West Devon Excursions (Tavistock & W Devon Branch)
Full title "West Devon Excursions: in the footsteps of 18th- and 19th-century travel writers". A talk by Andrew Thompson, with an optional visit to the Tavistock Subscription Library thereafter. This is a joint meeting…
Find out more »Autumn Meeting and AGM 2026 (Buildings Section)
Plympton St Mary's history is deeply intertwined with Plympton Priory, one of Devon's wealthiest Anglo-Saxon and medieval religious houses. Originally established in the 9th century, it was later refounded as an Augustinian Priory in…
Find out more »November 2026
Westcountry Women of Science (IA Section)
Speaker Colin White of the Industrial Archaeology Section presents Westcountry Women of Science, a sister talk to his very popular Quartet of Engineers and Scientists, this time with the gender balance redressed. He will…
Find out more »Proper Maids: More Remarkable Devon Women (History Section)
A full day symposium of six talks celebrating the cultural contribution of Devon women. Programme 10:00 Registration. Coffee/Tea 10:30 Welcome from the Organisers 10:40 Keynote Address: Dr Julia Neville, Between the Acts: the Pursuit…
Find out more »Colonel Stephens’ Railways in Devon & Cornwall
An online Zoom talk to be given by Chris Jackson from the Col Stephens Society. The Victorian engineer Lt-Colonel Holman Fred Stephens (1868–1931) was a great believer in the potential of light railways to…
Find out more »The Mudges of Plymouth in the 18th and 19th centuries (Plymouth Branch)
A talk by Mark Cardale, a descendant of this well-known Devon family.
Find out more »What’s going on in Iceland (Geology Section)
Online Zoom lecture from Prof. Hazel Rymer. Currently Hazel is Emeritus Professor of Environmental Volcanology at the Open University. Her research has focussed on finding ways to use geophysics to understand more about…
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