‘The cult of St Urith in pre-Reformation Devon’, by Esther Chant, who works at the Devon Heritage Centre, appeared in The Devon Historian, vol. 91 (2021). Esther’s article has been chosen as one of the three runners-up in the British Association for Local History Publications Awards 2023, in the ‘long article’ category, and, it appears, was only just pipped to the post and could have easily have been the overall winner.
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The Devon History Society is delighted to announce the winners of our 2025 prizes for new writing about Devon's history. The standard was very high this year, reflecting the variety and quality of research taking place across the county. Ben Towells, Gillian...
DHS were delighted to hear that Dr Julia Neville had been awarded one of two personal achievement awards given this year by the British Association of Local History (BALH). The formal announcement was made at BALH’s AGM held on 22 May. Julia is of course...
The major Festival news over the last weekend has been the opening of the National Trust properties in Devon hosting 1920s related exhibitions. Four properties contribute to our picture of the landed gentry and the wealthy incomers to Devon in the 1920s. * Arlington...
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