The ninth issue of Devon History News, the newsletter of the Devon History Society, is now in print or available here: Devon History News 9, February 2012 (PDF format). Contents:
1. (Front Cover - Royal Albert Memorial Museum).
2. Editorial introduction. Ann Bond, Editor.
2-3. Chairman's Report. Shirley Purves, Chairman.
3. Reminder from the Treasurer (re membership fees). Graham Bliss, Treasurer.
4. DHS Programme of Events. Jane Bliss, Programme Secretary.
4-6. RAMM - Home to a Million Thoughts. Report on the RAMM relaunch. Robert Mackenzie, Marketing Assistant, RAMM.
6. Book Reviews for The Devon Historian. Mitzi Autherlonie, Reviews Editor.
6-7. Devon History Society Book of the Year Awards. Philippe Planel. Vice Chairman.
8. More news from the Plymouth and West Devon Record Office. Louisa Mann, City Archivist.
8. North Devon Athenaeum (a note concerning its new online catalogue).
9-10. Affiliated Society Corner. Report on Alphington Local History Group and its Living Here local history website. Rowena Kirkpatrick, Secretary - Alphington Local History Group.
11. Devon Record Office Open Day.
11. Peter Orlando Hutchinson Project Conference (see also DHS website).
12. (Back cover) Official DHS contacts.
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Devon Rural Archive: 2012 lectures
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.
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DEVON RURAL ARCHIVE
Evening Lecture Programme 2012
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
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.
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Hatred is the Key: update
I've just updated the post Hatred is the Key: Dartmoor historical novel, concerning Graham Sclater's 2009 novel.
Hatred is the Key highlights a little-known period of history, being largely set in Dartmoor Prison in the period when it was Princetown War Prison, used as an internment camp for American prisoners during the Anglo-American war of 1812-1815. See also previously, Dartmoor War Prison.
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Hatred is the Key highlights a little-known period of history, being largely set in Dartmoor Prison in the period when it was Princetown War Prison, used as an internment camp for American prisoners during the Anglo-American war of 1812-1815. See also previously, Dartmoor War Prison.
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Taunton Stop Line Live
Caroline Wookey sent us news of Taunton Stop Line Live, a commemorative art project, part of the Lightworks Olympic Torch celebration, spanning Somerset and Devon.
The Taunton Stop Line - see previously - is a line of World War 2 pillboxes and other defences spanning Somerset and East Devon, designed against the possibility of German land attack on the strategic port of Bristol.
Over the course of ten nights - 24 February to 4 March 2012 - the visual artist team Illuminos will be moving southward along the Line, illuminating and projecting artwork on the bunkers, along with modern local-contributed commentary, in an ongoing event to commemorate "the usage, mystery and uniqueness of the Taunton Stop Line". The final zones of the project, at the beginning of March 2012, take place at locations moving south from Axminster to the mouth of the Axe at Seaton.
The project is being coordinated through the website Taunton Stop Line Live, which collates user-submitted texts for the project, and provides locations and dates.
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The Taunton Stop Line - see previously - is a line of World War 2 pillboxes and other defences spanning Somerset and East Devon, designed against the possibility of German land attack on the strategic port of Bristol.
Over the course of ten nights - 24 February to 4 March 2012 - the visual artist team Illuminos will be moving southward along the Line, illuminating and projecting artwork on the bunkers, along with modern local-contributed commentary, in an ongoing event to commemorate "the usage, mystery and uniqueness of the Taunton Stop Line". The final zones of the project, at the beginning of March 2012, take place at locations moving south from Axminster to the mouth of the Axe at Seaton.
The project is being coordinated through the website Taunton Stop Line Live, which collates user-submitted texts for the project, and provides locations and dates.
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