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Heritage Open Days

Plans are well underway for an exciting Heritage Open Days in Tavistock between September 9th and 18th. Visit the Events page for more...

Historic England supports Tavistock’s Drake Statue Project

£14,750 grant by Historic England to develop a major educational project around the story of Sir

The history of the wool trade in Tavistock

The industrial history of Tavistock is often said to have been dominated by mining. In the Middle Ages, Tavistock's status as a Stannary...

"This annual debauchery": the history of Goose Fair

This piece was written by the late Gerry Woodcock and published in volume 8 of Tavistock's Yesterdays. It is reproduced here with the...

We will remember them

By Alex Mettler On the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, an Armistice was signed at Compiegne, France, dictating cessation of...

Tavistock Guildhall - “The least possible delay”

This piece was written by the late Gerry Woodcock and first published in Tavistock History Society Newsletter of Spring 2014. It is...

Remembering Theophilus Jones

By Alex Mettler On Friday 26th July, following a suggestion by Jane Miller of Westbridge Cottages, a group comprising seven residents of...

Mad, Bad & Fascinating to Know - the Colourful Ancestors of the Dukes of Bedford

By Dr Geri Parlby The Early Years – From John to Edward Russell (c.1485 – 1627) It is amazing to think that a shipwreck could bring such...

A Shopping Bag of Memories

By Alex Mettler In the Tavistock Times Gazette of 30 November 2017, an article appeared requesting information regarding names and...

From Devon to Australia: A 19th Century Narrative

This is a guest post from Virginia Noonan, author of From Devon to Australia: A 19th Century Narrative. This new book on the history of...

A Titanic Death

By Alex Mettler The Rogers family were monumental masons and granite merchants in Tavistock for almost a century, but they also lost a...