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

The new Tavistock Guildhall Centre is opening later this year following a £1.8m redevelopment to transform the town’s historic Guildhall...

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

In the last week of June, visitors to Tavistock’s historic Butchers’ Hall were treated to a glorious display of local artwork organised...

As part of the Guildhall Gateway Centre project, Tavistock Heritage Trust and Tavistock Town Council are delighted to present an Open Art...

It once protected the driveway to one of Devon’s finest medieval mansions, the seat of the notorious Fitz family from the fifteenth to...

At its recent AGM Andrew Main stood down as Chairman of Tavistock Heritage Trust to be replaced by retired architect Ian Penrose. Ian...

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're currently looking to recruit a Development Officer and a Learning & Participation Freelancer to help us deliver the Heritage...

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

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

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

Tavistock Visitor Information Centre reopened today, more than four years after it was closed during local government cutbacks. The...

Tavistock Heritage Trust will be reopening the Tavistock Visitor Information Centre (VIC) this summer to help welcome visitors to the...

On 5th May 1968, the last train left Tavistock North station and the town was cut off from the national railway network. Fifty years...

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...

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

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...

The first ever fundraising event for Tavistock Heritage Trust took place on the 8th November in the old Tavistock Magistrate's Court. The...

The first AGM of the newly formed charity Tavistock Heritage Trust took place on 26th September. Sue Spackman, chair of the Trust, said,...