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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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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