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The Devon Historian Vol 19

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Articles

  • Farmhouse cider-making equipment in the County of Devonshire, Stanley F. Baldock
  • Miss Lydia Sellon and the Devonport Sisters, David J. Hawkings
  • The population of Hartland in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Greg Finch
  • Growing up in Shamwick, E.D. Parsons
  • The East Worlington hoard, Norman Shiel
  • Notes on the Culm Valley, Robin Stanes
  • Culmstock as an industrial town, Pat Sampson

 

The Devon Historian Vol 18

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Articles

  • Religious Worship in Devon in 1851, Bruce Coleman
  • The Freedom of Hangman Hill, Norah Gregory
  • Benjamin Bowring, Watchmaker, Clive Ponsford
  • The Law of Settlement in Practice, R.R. Sellman
  • A College Hostel before the First World War, Brian W. Clapp
  • Roads in the South Hams 1760-1840, Leslie B.Hutchings
  • South Molton and District Archive, William H. Pearce
  • Transport References in Thomas Moore’s History of Devonshire, Walter Minchinton

 

The Devon Historian Vol 17

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Articles

  • Penny Readings, Jeffrey Porter
  • The Chamber of Exeter in Crisis, 1687-1688, Robert Newton
  • Brunel and Teignmouth, Harold Trump
  • The 1569 Muster Roll, R.R. Sellman
  • Vernacular Architecture and the Local Historian, Peter J. Hunt
  • Peter Kropotkin and Devon Agriculture, Jeffrey Porter
  • The Parochial Registers and Records Measure, 1978, Margery M. Powe

 

The Devon Historian Vol 16

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Articles

  • The Devon Historic Buildings Trust, John Mejor
  • The Papers of a North Devon Mariner, Michael Bouquet
  • Moretonhampstead and District Museum and Local History Society, F.K. Theobald
  • Industrial Housing in Devon before 1770, Stanley D. Chapman
  • Staunton – A Deserted South Hams Village, Christian Michell and Margaret Common
  • Air Photographs for the Devon Historian, Walter E. Minchinton
  • The University of Exeter and Devon History, a Second List, Walter E. Minchinton

 

The Devon Historian Vol 15

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Articles

  • Devon – Stead fast and Changing – An Essay in Analytical local Administrative History, Jeffrey Stanyer
  • Oil for the lamps of Devon, William Reader
  • The Early Years of Hydroelectricity for Public Supply in Devon, D.G. Tucker
  • The Tiverton Museum, W.P. Authers
  • Devon Labour History 1919-39, Jeffrey Porter

 

The Devon Historian Vol 14

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Articles

  • The Local Historian and the Town Planner, Robin Sherlock
  • The Dartmoor Husbandman, Freda Wilkinson
  • The Plymouth Athenaeum, J. Allan Young
  • Bulkworthy Iron Mine, M.J. Milne
  • Widecombe-in-the-Moor Parish Officers Accounts, Iris Woods

 

The Devon Historian Vol 13

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Articles

  • Deserted Medieval Settlements in Devon, John Hall and Ann Hamlin
  • The Devon and Cornwall Record Society, Margery M. Rowe
  • Local Studies provision in Devon Library Services, R.G. Charlesworth
  • Birth, Marriage and Death in East Budleigh, 1555-1810, R.R. Sellman
  • Blundell’s School Accounts 1670-1679, J.R. Viles
  • The Warren in the Manor of Dawlish, H.G. Morgan
  • Ashburton Museum – Twenty years of local effort, W.R. Hatch

 

The Devon Historian Vol 12

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Articles

  • Crab Fishermen in South Devon, Melvin Firestone
  • Devon Place Name Studies, M.G. Dickinson
  • William Boycot, Cartographer, in Devon, Dorothy Wright
  • Ilfracombe Museum, John Longhurst
  • A Preliminary Investigation into the Tiverton Parish Register, Mahood Society, Blundell’s School
  • What’s in a Name? Some Genealogical Ramblings, H.G. Morgan
  • Cookworthy Museum. Historical Sites Index, Kathy Tanner
  • Materials Used in Clothing for the Poor by the Widecombe Overseers in the 18th and 19th Centuries, Iris Woods
  • Poundhouses: A Survey, Walter Minchinton

The Devon Historian Vol 11

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  • The Pre-Conquest Church and the Old Minsters in Devon, C.A. Ralegh Radford
  • Printed Maps of Devon, 1575-1900, Susanna Guy and J.B. Harley
  • Male Illiteracy in Devon on the eve of the Civil War, W.B. Stephens
  • Kelly Iron Mine, near Bovey Tracey, Michael Atkinson and Christopher Schmitz
  • The Changing Structure of Dairying in Devon since the 1930s, Victor G. Beyon
  • The Honiton and Allhallows Museum, John Yallop
  • Local History in the South Hams 1975, Kay Coutin
  • Summer Museum Exhibition at Salcombe, David Murch

 

The Devon Historian Vol 10

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Articles

  • The Compton Census, Part 2, Robin Stanes
  • John Huxham’s Medical Diary 1728-1752, Norman Pounds
  • The Paupers of Pomeroy, Ray Freeman
  • The Local History Library in Plymouth, K.V. Burns
  • A Surname and a Source? R.F.J.H. Pinsent
  • Some documentary Sources for the History of Morwellham in the Eighteenth Century, Amber Patrick
  • Some Resources for History Teachers in Devon, Tony Wood

 

 

 

The Devon Historian Vol 9

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  • Local History some problems and possibilities, Jack Simmons
  • The Noncomformists, Allan Brockett
  • The Compton Census for the Diocese of Exeter 1676. Part 1, Robin Stanes
  • Theses on Devon History, Linda Thomas
  • Local History at Rolle College, Barbara Currie
  • Seeking History’s hidden pages, Mary Collier

 

The Devon Historian Vol 8

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  • The University of Exeter and Devon History, Walter Minchinton
  • The Exmoor Press, Victor Bonham Carter
  • Exeter Cathedral Library and Archives, Audrey Erskine
  • Archaeological Check Listing in Devon Parishes, Susan Pearce
  • Dawlish Museum, Elsa Godfrey
  • The Burnet Morris Index, Robin Stanes
  • Devon Life Boat History, Grahame Farr
  • Some Recent Local History Publications, R.R. Sellman

 

The Devon Historian Vol 7

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  • Images of Urban Life in the Nineteenth Century, H.J. Dyos
  • The Devon and Exeter Institution Library, Sheila Sterling
  • The Devon Historic Buildings Trust, Walter Minchinton
  • ‘A Letter from my Aunt’ or a Study in Genealogy, H. Stevenson Balfour
  • The Old Grammar School, Kingsbridge and the Cookworthy Museum, I.G. Leech
  • Talaton Taphouse Tophouse or Fairmile Mill, R.E. Wilson
  • Local History Research Activities in the South Ham s 1972-1973, Kay Coutin
  • A Village Church Band and its Music, Rollo G. Woods

 

The Devon Historian Vol 6

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  • Wrecks on the South Devon Coast, David F. Murch and Tom A.Q. Griffiths
  • Single Family Surnames in Devon, T.L. Stoate
  • Industrial Archaeology and the County Council, Frank Booker
  • Devon County Library Headquarters, Ken Hunt
  • A Replica of History, Dorothy Bowhay

 

The Devon Historian Vol 5

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  • Devon Houses: a request for help, N.W. Alcock 
  • Names Again. Another approach to Parish Registers, R.J.F.H. Pinsent
  • Exeter City Record Office, Margery Rowe
  • Roadside Stones in Devon, E.N. Masson Phillips
  • Population and local history, R. Schofield
  • Rural Education: Problems and Sources, R.R. Sellman
  • Tombstone Recording, Jennifer Barber

 

The Devon Historian Vol 4

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Articles

  • The Study of field systems, H.S.A. Fox
  • A Survey of Loddiswell Parish based on Milles’ Enquiries, Christian Michel
  • The Joys and Sorrows of writing a Parish History – some object lessons, Hugh Peskett
  • The Society of Elizabethan Devon: the value of the evidence, John Roberts
  • Books concerning Devon Subjects published 1969-1971, G.J.Paley

 

The Devon Historian Vol 3

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  • The Elizabethan Church, John Roberts
  • Bideford Pottery Industry, R.H. Phillips
  • What’s in a name? From the particular to the general in population study, Iris M. Woods
  • The Petre Charter, W.B. Atkinson
  • The collections of local archaeology and history in the City Museums, Exeter, Susan M. Pearce
  • A day in the life of the Devon Record Office, M.G. Dickinson

 

The Devon Historian Vol 2

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  • Some sources for the history of Devon farms, Audrey Erskine
  • The Devonshire Domesdays, R. Weldon Finn
  • The Bideford Pottery Industry – Part 1, R.H. Phillips
  • Prospects for Trade Union History in Devon, Jeffrey Porter
  • Emigration, John Rowe

 

The Devon Historian Vol 1

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  • Devon’s first local historians, Joyce Youings
  • Tasks for Devon historians, W.E. Minchinton

 

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