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May 2022
President’s Symposium, May 2022
Our 2022 Symposium “Devon in 2050” will be hosted by our president Dr Robin Wootton, on Saturday 14 May 2022. Full details, including how to book are available on the dedicated Symposium page.
Find out more »September 2022
2022 Annual Conference
Our 2022 Annual Conference and AGM will be held at the Royal Hotel in Bideford from Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th of September. Booking closed on 13 August, but you can see all the…
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Sing for the Season
The Devonshire Association presents Sing for the Season on Sunday 11 December 2022 at The Boniface Centre, Crediton Carols from Landkey, Devonshire and seasonal songs and music with Jim Causley, Marilyn Tucker and Paul…
Find out more »March 2023
Devon’s Antarctic Connections
A Zoom talk presented by Paul Davies – President of the Devon & Cornwall Polar Society. This illustrated talk will cover some of Devon’s links to the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration (1901-22) drawing…
Find out more »April 2023
The Prayer Book Rebellion of 1549
A Zoom talk presented by Mark Stoyle – Professor of History at Southampton University. This lecture tells the story of the Western Rising of 1549 – the so-called ‘Prayer Book Rebellion’- which saw thousands…
Find out more »May 2023
President’s Symposium, May 2023
Our 2023 Symposium “Devon's Ceramic Heritage” was hosted by our president Professor John Mather, on Saturday 13 May 2023. Full details are on the dedicated Symposium page.
Find out more »Marine viruses: lubricants of the great engines of planetary control
A Zoom talk presented by Willie Wilson – Professor of Marine Virology; Director of the MBA Plymouth. Professor Willie Wilson is a Marine Virologist specialising in algal viruses. He has over 30 years’ research…
Find out more »June 2023
Below Dartmoor: the prehistoric landscape of lowland Devon
A Zoom talk presented by Win Scutt – Senior Properties Curator (West) English Heritage. Win’s role at English Heritage involves the conservation and research of many of the 120 monuments in his ‘patch’, most…
Find out more »September 2023
2023 Annual Conference
Our 2023 Annual Conference takes place at The Mint Methodist Centre, Exeter on Friday 8th and Saturday 9th September. For full details see the Conference main page. Booking closed on 31 August.
Find out more »Devon in the 1920s: Building a new understanding of our past
A Zoom talk presented by Julia Neville – Devon in the 1920s Project Manager and Honorary Research Fellow at Exeter University. Julia Neville’s special interest is in the history of social change in the…
Find out more »October 2023
Rescuing Ruins – the work of The Landmark Trust
A Zoom talk presented by Alastair Dick-Cleland – Project Development Manager for the Landmark Trust. Alastair Dick-Cleland is a building surveyor with over 25 years’ experience of working for the Landmark Trust. He changed…
Find out more »November 2023
Manuscript Maps of Devon
A Zoom talk presented by Todd Gray MBE – Historian and Author. Dr Todd Gray was born in New England, USA and first visited Devon on a school trip in 1973. After his first…
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