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September 2018
Spider Identification Workshop (Entomology Section)
Spiders are our newest order to the Entomology Section (with honorary insect status) and the Devon Recorder, Matt Prince, will lead this practical session on starting to identify spiders. Specimens will be provided as…
Find out more »October 2018
Lewtrenchard Manor visit 2 (Buildings Section)
A second visit this year to Lewtrenchard Manor, the Forgotten Garden, the Holy Well and St Peter’s Church. Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924), President of the Devonshire Association in 1896, is well known as a…
Find out more »Art, illusion and wing patterns of butterflies and moths (Entomology Section)
An illustrated talk by Professor Philip Howse. The visual world of animals is very different from ours and insectivores see images in the wings of butterflies and moths that we cannot see unless we…
Find out more »Devon Heritage Centre (Buildings Section)
A visit to the Devon Heritage Centre, the repository of documents relating to Devon. Includes an introduction to the archive and a tour of the building. In the Search Room there will be a…
Find out more »Plymouth’s Lost and Industrial Railways (IA Section)
A talk by John Burkhalter. £3.00 for DA members, £5.00 for non-members. No limit on numbers.
Find out more »November 2018
AGM 2018 (Buildings Section)
Ashburton was the centre of the tin trade from Roman times and became a Stannary Town in 1285. It contains many historic buildings. St Lawrence Chapel is a unique and important Grade II* listed…
Find out more »Handmade Jewellery, Gold and Silver become a story that is treasured forever (Lit & Art Section)
Wayne Victor Meeten, who lives near Crediton, is one of the finest goldsmiths and silversmiths in the country, one of a handful in the world to have mastered the Japanese techniques of Mokume Gane,…
Find out more »Atlantic Telegraph Cables (IA Section)
A talk by John Dike. DA members £3. Non-members £5. Coffee and biscuits will be provided and there are provisional plans for lunch afterwards at the Waie Inn, Zeal Monachorum Map Ref. SS 721…
Find out more »Devonian extinctions in Devon (Geology Section)
A talk by Dr Kevin Page (Plymouth University) on ‘Devonian extinctions in Devon'. Booking not necessary.
Find out more »The medieval glass of Exeter Cathedral (History Section)
A talk “Recent research on the medieval glass of Exeter Cathedral” given by John Allan, President of the Devon Archaeological Society.
Find out more »Mount Dinham, Exeter. 2nd visit (IA Section)
After our well-attended visit on 31 May, we have been able to arrange a further visit to Mount Dinham Cottages / Almshouses and to St Michaels Church in Exeter. It is a Conservation Area,…
Find out more »January 2019
Rural Electrification in Devon (IA Section)
A talk by Bill Nichols. £3.00 for DA members, £5.00 for non-members. No limit on numbers.
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