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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...