The origins of a set of Elizabethan wood panelling have been revealed more than 160 years after the demolition of its first home.

The DHS is run by a Board of Trustees that determines the general direction of the Society and checks that it runs smoothly and efficiently.

On a beautiful sunny June day in 2023 DHS members enjoyed a trip to Bideford

The August 2023 newsletter has now been published.  Please click the image below to view:  

Please see below for details of the DHS Autumn 2023 events programme.

Following on from the talk given by Bill Gilbert on January 26th

The February 2023 newsletter has now been published please click the image below to view:

Devon’s 1920s’ Houses – the joint Devon History Society/Devon Buildings Group Spring Symposium

We’ve just opened booking for our first in-person Society Showcase of 2023, sharing the work of the Way of the Wharves project in Bideford. Click to view full size The Society Showcase is a new way of sharing the achievements of some of DHS’s fantastic local groups. For this Society Showcase in June, we’ll be

‘The cult of St Urith in pre-Reformation Devon’, by Esther Chant,