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    Heritage Open Days
    Geri Parlby
    • Jun 25
    • 1 min

    Heritage Open Days

    Plans are well underway for an exciting Heritage Open Days in Tavistock between September 9th and 18th. Watch this space for more details
    Historic England supports Tavistock’s Drake Statue Project
    Tavistock Heritage Trust
    • Oct 26, 2020
    • 3 min

    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
    Tavistock Heritage Trust
    • Jan 4, 2020
    • 1 min

    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
    Tavistock Heritage Trust
    • Oct 10, 2018
    • 10 min

    "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
    Tavistock Heritage Trust
    • Oct 5, 2018
    • 2 min

    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”
    Tavistock Heritage Trust
    • Sep 6, 2018
    • 3 min

    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
    Tavistock Heritage Trust
    • Aug 10, 2018
    • 3 min

    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
    Tavistock Heritage Trust
    • May 7, 2018
    • 4 min

    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
    Tavistock Heritage Trust
    • Apr 29, 2018
    • 2 min

    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
    Tavistock Heritage Trust
    • Apr 23, 2018
    • 4 min

    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
    Tavistock Heritage Trust
    • Sep 10, 2017
    • 2 min

    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...

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