A talk, full title: “The Effect of the Industrial Revolution and Empire on the Gardens of Devon”, to be given by Suzanne Jones. At the start of the 19th century gardening techniques and tools...
To be held by Zoom video conferencing. A talk “The History of Bideford Grammar School” to be given by Dr John Bennett who attended the school in the 1960’s and went on to gain...
To be held by Zoom video conferencing. A talk about the Hidden Cities Project by Dr Kate Osborne and Professor Fabrizio Nervola (University of Exeter). ‘Hidden Cities’ is a European project aimed at bringing...
A talk “Cries from the Workhouse Steps” about Newton Abbot’s Workhouse, to be given by John Ellis. The Union workhouse opened in 1839. By the 1890s it housed several hundred people and the conditions...
This update covers unreported lectures given from the end of 2019 to March 2020, commencing with an October 2019 presentation by Dr Simon Pittman about the Plymouth Sound National Marine Park. The official launch...
Please note that this event has been cancelled as a precautionary measure against the anticipated spread of the coronavirus. See our dedicated page for the latest updates. John Ellis will talk to us about...
A talk by Dr Hugh Reed. He will describe his research and the background to his recent book delving into the long, interesting and colourful history of a Devon town that, until the mid...
In early August (2019), several of our members joined local historian Dr David Pugsley at the Half Moon pub in Clayhidon for A re-enactment of the infamous 1853 Clayhidon Murder. Over coffee in the...
A talk The picture of Plymouth 1812 by Edward Luscombe.
A talk Breton woodworkers in early Tudor Devon by John Allan, FSA, DA President 2019-2020. In this talk John will show that Devon and Cornwall had a large immigrant population at the end of...