The Devon Rural Archive has sent us its evening lecture programme for 2012:
DEVON RURAL ARCHIVE
Evening Lecture Programme 2012
5th April 2012
‘Radford House: gone but not forgotten’
Robin Blythe-Lord, Historian
3rd May 2012
‘Dowsing for Devon’s Heritage’
Alan Neal, Professional Dowser and Author
7th June 2012
Seeing Sin & Salvation:
medieval roof bosses in Devon & their context.
Dr Susan Andrew of Plymouth University
5th July 2012
‘What’s in a name? Devon Place Names and Archaeology’
Win Scutt, Archaeologist and Broadcaster
2nd August 2012
‘Pevsner Revisited’
Peter Beacham, Former Heritage Protection Director for English Heritage
6th September 2012
‘The Dartmoor I love’
Tony Beard, The Widecombe Wag
4th October 2012
‘Four Hundred Years of Garden History’
Letta Jones, Horticulturalist and Garden Historian.
1st November 2012
‘Pioneer Photographers of Dartmoor in the 1860s and 70s’
Dr Tom Greeves, Cultural Environmentalist
6th December 2012
`Devon’s Most Remarkable Churches’
Dr Todd Gray, Historian and Honorary Research Fellow at Exeter University.
All lectures will be held in the lecture theatre of the DRA building at Shilstone at 7pm.
Doors open at 6:30pm for refreshments.
Admission £5
ALL WELCOME
To book in advance please contact Abi on 01548 830832 or email abi@dra.uk.net.
Devon Rural Archive, Shilstone, Modbury, PL21 0TW
A part of the Fenwick Charitable Trust – Registered charity no. 1007957
The DRA is at Shilstone, Modbury: see www.devonruralarchive.com for further information.
- RG
Devon Rural Archive: 2012 lectures
2nd February 2012
‘Escot: the fall and rise of a country estate’
John-Michael Kennaway of Escot House and Park
1st March 2012 ... fully booked
‘Shilstone discovered and restored’
Sebastian Fenwick, of Shilstone and DRA Trustee
