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The Use and Control of Water in Tavistock's past: Where the 2026 Walks Programme Begins
Every great story needs a strong opening chapter . For Tavistock’s 2026 Heritage Walks Programme , that chapter begins not with kings or charters, but with something far more elemental… water . On the surface, Tavistock is a town shaped by stone. Look closer, and you’ll find it is a town shaped by flow. Hidden channels, diverted streams, piped springs and working leats have quietly powered life here for over a thousand years. And this year’s opening walk, “The Use and Control
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Mar 19
Rediscovering Tavistock Abbey: From Funding Milestone to Delivery
There are moments in heritage work when years of research, partnership building and quiet persistence suddenly crystallise into something wonderfully tangible. This is one of them. The Rediscovering Tavistock Abbey Project is now fully funded, following the award of a £249,226 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Combined with the Historic England grant already secured, funding from Tavistock Town Council and Tavistock Heritage Trust this means we can now move confi
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Feb 12
Bringing the Past Into the Present: Scanning the Vicarage Stones for Future Generations
3 D Scanning of the Vicarage Stones On Thursday 13 November, a quiet corner of Tavistock became the focus of a remarkable step forward in the town’s heritage story. In the garden of the Vicarage—normally closed to the public and known only to a handful of specialists—the Tavistock Heritage Trust oversaw the detailed 3D digital scanning of three extraordinary early medieval inscribed stones. These stones are among the earliest Christian monuments in England, and they are centr
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Nov 13, 2025
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