Exeter Branch report: Feb to Jul 2018
Our first spring lecture, entitled Landscape Gardens and F. W. (Frederick William) Meyer, was given on February 7th by Carolyn Keep. Born in 1852 in Grünhof, Meyer worked in his native Germany, Ghent and...
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156th Annual Conference, Dartmouth 2018
The Devonshire Association’s 156th Annual Conference and AGM was held at the Royal Castle Hotel and the Flavel Arts Centre in Dartmouth from Friday to Sunday, 1–3 June 2018. Rev. Peter Beacham OBE, Chairman...
A mystery photo
This group photo, part of our growing photographic archive curated by Dr Helen Wilson, was probably taken at of one of our Annual Meetings, maybe in the 1920s. Unlike many of the photographs in...
Industrial Archaeology Section Newsletter 2
The pdf file can also be downloaded via this link.
Industrial Archaeology Section Newsletter 1
The pdf file can also be downloaded via this link.
DA Photographic Archive
The DA holds its own archive of historical material, mostly composed of group photographs at Annual Meetings and past Presidents, together with some other less formal images, dating from 1893 to 1982 with lots...
Tavistock & West Devon Branch report: Sep 2017 to Jan 2018
In early September an intrepid group of members took part in the last of our summer walks from Fernworthy Reservoir to Sittaford Circle led by Alan Endacott, who has the unusual distinction of being...
South Devon Branch report: Sep 2017 to Jan 2018
On a fine September morning about ten Branch members assembled at Steamer Quay in Totnes for a boat trip down the Dart estuary. Accompanied by the captain’s eccentric commentary, we noted all the major...
Exeter Branch report: Sep 2017 to Jan 2018
Our autumn programme began in September with an excellent annual lunch at the Exeter Golf & Country Club preceded by DA President David Fursdon talking about his duties as Lord Lieutenant of Devon, the...
East Devon Branch report: Sep 2017 to Jan 2018
In September and as a prelude to our winter series of talks, many branch members enjoyed our ‘Meet the President’ Members’ Luncheon at the Belmont Hotel in Sidmouth when our invited guest was the...