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

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

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

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

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

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 good fortune to a 16...

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

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 Merrifield family...

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