Our Journal: Volumes 58 – 76
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The Devon Historian Vol 76
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- Professor Harold Fox (d. 2007): Devon and Leicester – landscape and locality, Andrew Jackson, Robin Stanes & Bob Higham
- The Devonshire (1st) RoyaI Garrison Artillery (VoIunteers) No. 2 Company (Brixham) 1859-1908, Philip L Armitage
- The early years of the Kenton and Powderham Women’s Institute: inclusiveness and local interpretation, Ann Bond
- Raleigh’s ghost: some factors influencing Devon’s involvement in the English civil war, Kevin Dixon
The Devon Historian Vol 75
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- Aileen Fox: a memoir, Malcolm Todd
- The roads from Exeter to London, A. Brian George
- The Manor of Langalier in Bovey Tracey, Bill Ransom
- Captain Jacob Whiddon, Lou Whiddon
- Oliver Cromwcll and Devonshire farming, Robin Stanes
- Mormons in Plymouth, Peter Vousden
The Devon Historian Vol 74
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- The restoration of the village cross at Churston Ferrers, Jean Tregaskes
- Charles Fowler: architect, 1792-1867, Dorothy Presswell
- The Payhembury Yew, Robin Stanes
The Devon Historian Vol 73
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- Thomas Billinger and his broadside poems, Peter Christie
- Devon extracts from ‘ a fruit grower’s diary ‘, Anthony Greenstreet
- Montague Wigzell: Victorian artist and inventor, Gill Selley
- Devon House of Mercy, 1863-1940, Lisa Spurrier
- Acrimony in a market town: the Revd Christopher Clarkson, Rector of Holsworthy 1858-69, Michael Weller
The Devon Historian Vol 72
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- Continuity in local and regional identity: the evidence of family names, David Hey
- Lost churches and chapels of Torquay; part 2: non-conformist chapels, Lorna Smith
- The ‘Great Sir Thomas’ Acland and his Norwegian namesake; Part 2: Sir Thomas meets his namesake, Keith G. Orrell
- A Victorian obsession: William Wykes-Finch and North Wyke, Greg Finch
The Devon Historian Vol 71
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- Looking back at the Bude Canal, Helen Harris
- Archaeology above ground level: the archaeologist’s contribution to the study of historic buildings, Stuart Blaylock
- The ‘Great Sir Thomas’ Acland and his Norwegian namesake; Part 1: the establishment of the Acland-TeJlefsen connection Keith G. Orrell
The Devon Historian Vol 70
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- The manors of Sigford and Staplehill, Ilsington, Bill Ransom
- Exe bridges in Exeter, D.L.B. Thomas
- Demolition and construction: Victorian church restoration, Michael Weller
- A Coadestone statue in Exeter, C.G. Scott
- Lost churches and chapels of Torquay, Lorna Smith
- Odams manure factory, Ebford Wharf. Woodbury, Gill Selley
The Devon Historian Vol 69
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- W G Hoskins remembered, Michael Havinden, Harold Fox and Peter Beacham
- Dr Samuel Johnson in Devon, Anthony Greenstreet
- Exeter’s old and new High Goals in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Anthony Greenstreet
- Bathing machines, Philip Carter
- Artisitic licence and historical accuracy, Mary Freeman
- Brief guide to Exeter and Plymouth newspapers, 1857, C G Scott
- DHS meetings over the years, Robin Stanes
- Devon Record Office
- St Petrock’s Church, Exeter
The Devon Historian Vol 68
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- Three old photographs of Exeter St Petrock’s Church revealed, Sadru Bhanji
- Domesday Ilsington, Bill Ransom
- Devon’s place in the development of shops, Philip Carter
- The story of Sahib Begum, John Pike
- Rendel’s proposal for a railway route in 1840 from Exeter to Plymouth
- Change of Chairman
The Devon Historian Vol 67
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- Edward I and the churches of Dcvon,1297, Jonathon Good and Nicholas Orme
- Ottery St Mary’s worsted factory, Ronald F. Homer
- Gothic revival in north-west Devon – some examples of Victorian church restoration, Part 2, Michael Weller
- Emigration to North America from Torquay, R.A. Perkins
- The changing purpose of parish histories. Poltimore, Rewe and Stoke Canon, Andrew J.H. Jackson
- A half-truth in a legend, R.J. Glanvill and Mary Freeman
- A plaque for W.G. Hoskins, Robin Stanes
- Obituary: Dr Basil Greenhill, CB, CMG, Adrian Reed
The Devon Historian Vol 66
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- Gothic revival in north-west Devon – some examples of Victorian church restoration, Michael Weller
- Two Tavistock legends re-examined, R.J. Glanvill and Mary Freeman
- A Scotsman in Exeter. Devon’s place in the development of tourism, Philip Carter
- Scandal in Ashreigney, Gill Selley
The Devon Historian Vol 65
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- The development of Devon’s road system, A. Brian George
- Towns in nineteenth century Devon, Philip Carter
- Ilsington parish and the landscaro of Peadington, Bill Ransom
- The lost life of Saint Brannoc of Braunton, Nicholas Grant
- A plaque for Ernie Bevin, Robin Stanes
The Devon Historian Vol 64
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- Medieval Tamar Bridges, D.L.B. Thomas
- Some contributions to medicine by doctors from Devon and their antipodean floral monuments, John Pearn
- Life in Devon in 1813, John Pike
- Growing up in Plymouth before the Second World War, Audrey Deacon
- Reliving the past, Robin Stanes
The Devon Historian Vol 63
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- The Exe valley road in Devon, A. Brian George
- The long bridges of north Devon, D.L.B. Thomas
- The early ‘balloon craze’ in Exeter, S Bhaji
- Mining in Ilsington, Bill Ransom
- An American family at war-time Instow, Anthony Greenstreet
- The Uffculme Archive Group, Peter Wyatt
The Devon Historian Vol 62
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- Rora, of the Manor of Ilstngton, Bill Ransom
- Joseph and William Wimpey, elusive Manorial lords? Richard Bass
- A Hamoaze disaster reported, Anthony Greenstreet
- Common fields enclosed and regretted; a seventeenth century argument among north Devon farmers, Sarah Child
- The Fenny Bridges memorial, Robin Stanes
- The Eddystone lighthouse, Audrey Deacon
The Devon Historian Vol 61
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- ‘An awful place for children?’ Child labour in mid-nineteenth century Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset, W.B. Stephens
- Saint Petroc in Devon, Nicholas Grant
- Shipbuilding at Torquay, Robert Perkins
- Richard Wolston : Brixham entrepreneur extraordinary, Bridget Howard
The Devon Historian Vol 60
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- An eighteenth century carpetbagger: Barnstaple’s MP, Thomas Whetham, William Laws
- Limeburning in Tiverton, John Leach
- The Iron Bridge, North Street and St David’s Hill, Exeter, Brain George
- The Court Barton of the Manor of Ilsington, Bill Ransom
- The Naval Bank, Arnold Sayers
- ‘In aid of the civil power’ some exploits of the Devon Yeomanry, Anthony Greenstreet
- Wartime evacuees in south Devon, John Pike
The Devon Historian Vol 59
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- The north Devon coal and culm trades, 1780-1830, Michael Nix
- The short-lived school of domestic science at Powderham Castle, Andrew J.H. Jackson
- Cadhay Bridge in Ottery St Mary, D.L.B. Thomas
- Parson Froude – villain or victim? S Bhanji
- Plymouth in The Gentleman’s Magazine, Anthony Greenstreet
The Devon Historian Vol 58
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- Edwin Scott Haydon OBE, 1921-98, Harold Fox
- County Coroners and County Magistrates in Devon in the nineteenth Century, G.H.H. Glasgow
- Economic development in Lympstone and Nutwell in the eighteenth century, Rosemary Smith
- Plymouth under fire, Anthony Greenstreet
- From folklore to history: some notes on the evidence concerning the Doones, S Bhanji
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