Website Updates

Recent updates to this website

11/10/2024 - News item about new book on Victorian Crediton

28/09/2024 - An Evening of Folk Songs & Stories in What's On

18/09/2024 - Added the Newton St Cyres History Group winter talks to What's On. Also resurrected the What's New page with item about a new NSCHG booklet.

27/07/2024 - New Todd Gray talk and update to CAHMS' Mid Devon Walking Festival events in What's On

12/07/2024 - Newton St Cyres church tours, and Prayerbook Rebellion guided walk, in What's On

02/07/2024 - CAHMS's excellent winter talks program added to What's On

24/05/2024 - Added the extensive summer talks programme of Okehampton's Museum of Dartmoor Life to What's On

28/03/2024 - Two more April events of a maritime nature added to What's On

23/03/2024 - More events

21/03/2024 - Added Song of the Huntress to What's On

29/02/2024 - Started adding material related to this year's exhibition, mostly on its dedicated page, Customs, Charms & Cures.

23/01/2024 - Provisional details of Our Next Exhibition

15/01/2024 - Added Bow and Newton St Cyres talks programmes to What's On

13/12/2023 - Tranposed the dates of CAHMS' March and April talks. See What's On.

07/12/2023 - Update to Two men were cooking a joint of meat for their Sunday lunch.. on the 1743 page.

01/12/2023 - Update to 2024 CAHMS talks programme in What's On

27/11/2023 - Updated Newsletter page

29/10/2023 - Added 1743 Fire book to Books and Gifts page.

23/10/2023 - Prayerbook Rebellion Talk in Topsham added to What's On

16/10/2023 - Todd Gray bench ends talk in What's On

16/10/2023 - Added 307 Squadron Project event to What's On

16/10/2023 - Updated What's On entry for November's Norden talk

01/10/2023 - Christow exhibition in What's On

24/09/2023 - Added 2 excellent Newton St Cyres autumn talks to What's On

19/09/2023 - Very late revision to Bow History talks programme - History of Clannaborough

15/09/2023 -  Second repeat of July's and August's Great Fire walks, in What's On and the 1743 Project page.

27/08/2023 - Update to Find Your Past page

25/08/2023 - Update to Great Fire walk in What's On. Now sold out.

19/08/2023 - Barnstaple Maritime Exhibition in What's On

17/08/2023 - Tedburn open day in What's On

14/08/2023 - Repeat of last month's Great Fire walk, in What's On and the 1743 Project page.

25/07/2023 - CAHMS' January talk added to What's On

21/07/2023 - Great Fire guided walk in What's On

13/07/2023 - What's On updated with Crediton Local History Day and CAHMS's February talk

09/07/2023 - Article about The Power of Two, book of Harris/Middleton tamily history research in our library.

01/07/2023 - Library section added to archive

29/06/2023 - Added CAHMS autumn talks to What's On

13/06/2023 - Upddate to 1743 Map Project home page

29/05/2023 - Added Bow History Day to What's On

31/03/2023 - Added a selection of SWHT Coffee Time Talks to What's On

15/03/2023 - DCRS AGM in What's On

02/03/2023 - Devon's 1920s Houses symposium in What's On

22/02/2023 - Revised date for CAHMS's March talk in What's On

08/02/2023 - CAHMS double bill March talk added to What's On

01/02/2023 - CAHMS February talk added to What's On.

29/01/2023 - Added WW1 Research info to archive section

29/01/2023 - New Archive Photos page.

25/01/2023 - Published Sandra Phillips' research into the Harris family of Ruxford Barton

25/01/2023 - Moved the Family History research notes into the Archive section, to facillitate searches 

19/01/2023 - Added Devon History Society Zoom talks to What's On

13/01/2023 - Added the excellent 2023 Bow & District Historical Society events programme to What's On

13/01/2023 - Tidied up access to the town trail leaflets

07/02/2023 - Update to 1743 Map Project page

05/01/2023 - Added Parish Church archive to Explore our archives

04/01/2023 - Added the parish magazine collection to Explore our archives

01/01/2023 - Bridge and building links added to Links page

29/12/2022 - January's 1743 fire-related talk added to What's On

20/12/2022 - Updated News Item about DCRS podcasts

15/11/2022 - Report on Archaeological Finds Day added to 1743 Map Project page

12/11/2022 - News Item about DCRS podcasts

21/10/2022 - News Item about the approaching closure of our exhibition.

21/10/2022 - 307 Squadron Guardian Angels events in What's On

02/10/2022 - News Item about new book on the Prayerbook Rebellion

01/10/2022 - Newton St Cyres talk on historic buildings added to What's On

26/09/2022 - Talk on Francis Bedford, photographer, added to What's On

22/09/2022 - Added details of the Finds Day to the 1743 Project and What's On pages.

01/09/2022 - Added several more events to What's On.

29.08/2022 - Amendment to Bow History event dates in What's On

26/08/2022 - Added South West Heritage Trust events to What's On

26/08/2022 - Updated Railway section of archive

17/08/2022 - Church open day in What's On

14/08/2022 - Crediton Library online talk added to What's On

14/08/2022 - Added details of book subscription offer to 1743 Map Project page.

12/08/2022 - Events from Exeter Dissenters Graveyard Trust and Kelly Mine Preservation Society added to What's On

26/07/2022 - CAHMS autumn talks programme added to What's On

12/07/2022 - Added 1743 Map Project page.

19/06/2022 - More details of Crediton library's local history day

15/06/2022 - Further back issues added to the Newsletter page.

08/06/2022 - Various local events for June and July added to What's On

25/05/2022 - Nice tale of re-discovered document in What's New

02/05/2022 - Added two upcoming Newton St Cyres History Group talks to What's On

15/04/2022 - Updated Tedburn History & Information Society opening hours

15/04/2022 - CAHMS's 2022 exhibition added to What's On

06/04/2022 - Update to Links page

04/04/2022 - Update to Find Your Past page.

25/03/2022 - Added Todd Gray lecture in support of Ukrainian refugees to What's On

22/03/2022 - Several more Bow & District Historical Society talks added to What's On

18/03/2022 - Lapford book discovery News Item

15/03/2022 - Crediton Library's April talk added to What's On

14/03/2022 - Added Bow talks in April and May to What's On

11/03/2022 - The General Archive records are now essentially up to date.

10/03/2022 - Newton St Cyres exhibition added to What's On

08/03/2022 - Fascinating article on researching Devon Whitebeam using online newspaper archives.

06/03/2022 - The Property Collection in the archive records is now essentially up to date.

24/02/2022 - Bow History talk added to What's On

15/02/2022 - News item inviting volunteer involvement in family history project

11/02/2022 - Added talk on Mediaeval Stonemasons to What's On

29/01/2022 - Public consultation on next year's exhibition added to What's On

25/01/2022 - Updated Home Page.

13/01/2022 - Added SWHT (3) and Crediton u3a (1) talks to What's On

08/01/2022 - Added the Devon and Cornwall Record Society's Winter and Spring lecture series to What's On

31/12/2021 - News item about Cowley Bridge flood relief video.

24/12/2021 - Added committee's Xmas message to home page.

23/12/2021 - Updated details of Tony Gale's talk "Copplestone: The Story and the Stone"

08/12/2021 - Update to Links page

08/12/2021 - 2022's first 3 CAHZoom talks added to What's On

23/11/2021 - Added downloadable poster for Christmas at the Museum to Homepage and What's On entries

18/11/2021 - Tedburn Open Day in What's On

17/11/2021 - SWHT archive online talk in What's On

16/11/2021 - Link for Crediton Library Youtube channel provide in What's New item, on Links page, and in the What's On listing for each CAHZoom talk

27/10/2021 - DCRS 2021 online lectures in What's On. CAHMS members can attend free of charge by virtue of our membership of DCRS.

27/10/2021 - Polish 307 Squadron event in What's On

21/10/2021 - Details of Christmas at the Museum opening times in What's On

27/09/2021 - Okehampton 150th railway event in What's On

24/09/2021 - Revised Home Page

24/09/2021 - Posted 3 Bow & District Historical Society events in What's On

21/09/2021 - 2 more CAHZoom talks added to What's On

29/08/2021 - Spring 2021 newsletter available to download from newsletter page

29/08/2021 - Article on Shove deposit of WW1 correspondence

20/08/2021 - Article on Hubert Berry added

19/08/2021 - News item about Tedburn St Mary history resource

19/08/2021 - Devon Rural Archive talk added to What's On

12/08/2021 - Trays for sale in Gifts section

09/08/2021 - Covid-19 statement update on home page

18/07/2021 - Added Devon Family History Society talks programme to end of September to What's On

16/07/2021 - Forches Cross fingerpost news item

07/07/2021 - Symposium on Women in the 1920s added to What's On

17/06/2021 - 21st century postage and packing charges for introduced for books.

04/06/2021 - IASDA Zoom talk about the serge trade added to What's On.

22/05/2021 - Minor update to Covid statement on homepage.

29/04/2021 - Added January 2021 newsletter to newsletter back issues page

23/04/2021 - Beatrix Cresswell article.

10/04/2021 - Covid update on Homepage.

09/04/2021 - News Item and book catalogue entry for St Lawrence Chapel booklet, launching new series

09/04/2021 - Some notes about Arthur Richardson, Crediton violin maker.

07/04/2021 - Devon Heritage Centre reopening announcement.

23/02/2021 - Widecombe poor law talks news item

14/02/2021 - Added a couple more DCRS Zoom talks to What's On

10/02/2021 - Crediton boot discovery news item.

09/02/2021 - Added CAHMS's object to Society page

04/02/2021 - Devon Heritage Centre Family History online event

29/01/2021 - Discovered that the Devon Family History Society's interesting program of online talks is open to the public, and added February and March's to What's On

28/01/2021 - CAHZoom talks added to Whats On

20/01/2021 - News items about SWHT and DCRS online talks

19/01/2021 - Devon & Cornwall Record Society Zoom talks added to Whats On

12/01/2021 - Recent past newletters can now be downloaded. See Newsletters page. 

24/10/2020 - 307 Squadron Project online event in What's New

15/10/2020 - Added the latest membership forms and leaflets

05/10/2020 - AGM report in What's New

22/08/2020 - Report on mid-nineteenth century bread riots in Crediton

22/08/2020 - Updated events list to remove cancelled and postponed events. Only the AGM left now.

20/07/2020 - News item about 'Devon in the 1920s' initiative

14/07/2020 - Lockdown reflections by David Nation

07/07/2020 - 4th and final part of An Amateur Tramp in Devon, in which our hero finally gets to Crediton. Our thanks to John Heal for this lengthy and fascinating transcription.

02/07/2020 - Update to Contact Us

02/07/2020 - Update to homepage with CAHMS's Covid-19 actions.

01/07/2020 - Part 3 of An Amateur Tramp in Devon

01/07/2020 - News Item about new Newton St. Cyres book

30/06/2020 - CAHMS talks program for 2020/1 published in What's On. An eclectic mix, with something for everyone. For now it would be prudent to regard them as provisional, and check for changes nearer the time.

27/06/2020 - News Item about sad damage to historic fingerpost.

25/06/2020 - Part 2 of An Amateur Tramp in Devon

23/06/2020 - At last, an event! Crediton local history day in What's On.

17/06/2020 - Intro and part 1 of 4  of 1912 story about journalist posing as tramp in local workhouses. 

09/06/2020 - Article about trade in 19th century Crediton

17/03/2020 - Research Corner temporary closure notification

16/03/2020 - Updated General Archive catalogue file.

25/02/2020 - The next 2 Thorverton & District History Society talks added to What's On

30/01/2020 - The excellent Bow and District Historical Society 2020 talks programme added to What's On

14/01/2020 - Some Moretonhampstead History Talks, which will be of interest to our members, added to the Events List.

21/11/2019 - Corporate reception news item.

15/11/2019 - Added 2 interesting presentations to What's On. Unfortunately they're both on November 22nd.

27/10/2019 - DCRS event about Todd Gray in What's On

22/10/2019 - Ancient Kingship talk

12/10/2019 - Update to competition News Item with picture of the winner.

30/09/2019 - Newton St Cyres historical play in What's On

29/09/2019 - Summer competition winners and results News Item.

26/09/2019 - Amendment to Bow DHS talk on Oct 28th in What's On

17/09/2019 - Forestry Commission talk added to What's On

12/09/2019 - CAHMS 2019/20 talks programme added to What's On

23/07/2019 - Roman event in North Tawton added to What's On

29/05/2019 - Crediton Library Local History Day added to What's On

14/05/2019 - Two more events in What's On - both on June 17th but you can easily attend both. 

02/05/2019 - Newton St Cyres church event added to What's On

11/04/2019 - Added 3 interesting events at the North Devon Record Office to What's On

25/03/2019 - Updated What's On entry for Sandford Heritage Group's Exhibition of Local Heritage

20/02/2019 - Ths year's exhibition 'Crediton Station - A Brief Encounter' added to What's On

17/02/2019 - Amended Newton St Cyres March talk in What's On

29/01/2019 - Added the excellent Bow & District Historical Society talks programme to What's On.

18/01/2019 - Added Crediton film night to What's On.

18/01/2019 - WW1 themed local walking trails to download from the Home Page.

30/11/2018 - FoDA seminar in What's On.

15/11/2018 - Added CAHMS and Newton St. Cyres History Group 2019 talks programs to What's On.

12/11/2018 - School visit News Item.

09/11/2018 - Next week's coffee morning added to What's On.

08/11/2018 - News Item about new CAHMS WW1 book.

01/11/2018 - Crediton Unearthed event added to What's On.

31/10/2018 - 2 Boniface Centre talks in aid of the Holy Cross Roof added to What's On .

22/10/2018 - 3 interesting events due in the next few days, added to What's On.

24/09/2018 - 3 Okehampton talks added to What's On.

17/09/2018 - 2018 summer competitions. News item with winners and answers.

12/09/2018 - Echoes of Wartime performances added to What's On

12/07/2018 - Further material on the Nickels family

12/07/2018 - News Item about Brownies' visit to our current exhibition

11/06/2018 - Shobrooke meeting and Moistown excavation open day in What's On

04/06/2018 - Added Sung in Devon music workshop to What's On

12/04/2018 - Added a few exhibition photos on the What's On and Home pages.

12/04/2018 - FoDA Spring Meeting added to What's On page.

11/04/2018 - Fascinating article on the Nickels family

22/02/2018 - Talk on English Civil War in What's On

01/02/2018 - Next Fingle lecture in What's On

28/01/2018 - Added the 2018 North Devon Record Office talks programme to What's On

16/01/2018 - Added the excellent 2018 Bow and District Historical Society talks programme to What's On.

20/12/2017 - News Item about Crediton Through the Ages book launch.

07/11/2017 - Updated entry for Bow History AGM

07/11/2017 - Talk on Devon Deciphered book added to What's On list

06/11/2017 - WW1 play added to What's On list

30/10/2017 - Updated Links page

30/10/2017 - News Item about MDTEMG website

18/10/2017 - 307 Squadron commemorative events added to What's On list

17/10/2017 - November Coffee Morning added to What's On list.

16/10/2017 - Small Research Corner price rise on Find Your Past page. Downloadable research flier available.

05/10/2017 - New home page picture

30/09/2017 - Fascinating family history research news item.

23/09/2017 - Updated pig naming competition news item with winner's photo

21/09/2017 - Todd Gray agricultural history talk for Mid Devon Tractor Engine and Machinery Group

21/09/2017 - Updated details of What the Saxons did for us presentation

20/09/2017 - 2018 Crediton U3A talks programme in What's On

12/09/2017 - Winning pig name chosen - news item

01/09/2017 - St Nicholas Priory open day in What's On

31/08/2017 - Conserving Maps, Conserving History event.

25/08/2017 - Devon Family History Society AGM in What's On

21/08/2017 - Vintage tractor working day in What's On

20/08/2017 - News item about discovery of old medicine bottles

15/08/2017 - Added press release download to Wyndham event in What's On

02/08/2017 - 2017/8 CAHMS talks programme added to What's On

26/07/2017 - FoDA AGM and Autumn meeting in What's On

18/07/2017 - Repeat of the excellent recent Pathways to the Past exhibition in What's On

14/07/2017 - Silverton event

10/07/2017 - Archaeological Finds Day in What's On

29/06/2017 - Exeter medical exhibition in What's On

06/06/2017 - Two interesting new events at Exeter Guildhall in What's On

05/06/2017 - Crediton Festival procession News Item.

04/05/2017 - Heritage event for all the family at Dowrich, in What's On

25/04/2017 - 3 North Devon Record Office talks added to What's On

20/04/2017 - Added Newton St Cyres History Group's 2018 talks programme to What's On

28/03/2017 - Crediton talk in What's On as part of Todd Gray's 10 day Lyme to Hartland walk and talk.

16/03/2017 - Updated details of CAHMS's visit to the Michael Thorne Collection

07/03/2017 - 2 screenings of south west railway film show in What's On.

05/03/2017 - Corrected date of Stockleigh Pomeroy talk in What's On. Sorry!

16/02/2017 - Stockleigh Pomeroy talk added to What's On.

13/02/2017 - Added 'Feeding Devon in World War I' event to What's On

11/02/2017 - Added several Legacy to Landscape events in February and March to What's On

28/01/2017 - News item about Charlesworth Nicholl map donation

25/01/2017 - Added CAHMS coffee morning to What's On.

24/01/2017 - Added the complete 2017 Bow History talks programme to What's On.

08/01/2017 - Added some early 2017 Bow History talks to What's On. More to follow.

25/11/2016 - Added more maps for sale

17/11/2016 - New event Starcross Unearth discussion

14/10/2016 - New event, steam railway presentation.

12/10/2016 - Added the 2017 Crediton U3A talks programme to What's On.

30/09/2016 - Added current list of old local maps for sale

25/09/2016 - Started links page. Contact us with other suggestions!

21/09/2016 - CAHMS winter coffee morning and Devonshire Association Newfoundland event programme added to What's On.

11/09/2016 - More details of the artefacts acquired from the Mitchell workshop at Knowle in What's New

21/08/2016 - Added reports about A Sailor's Life talk and Morchard Bishop Village Tour

12/08/2016 - Added Moistown Archaeology open day to What's On list.

01/08/2016 - 2 Mid Devon Tractor Engine and Machinery Group events added to What's On list

24/07/2016 - News Item about map donation

23/07/2016 - News item about collection of wheelwright's and builder's tools and artefacts from Knowle

13/07/2016 - Added Crediton Church Heritage Open Day to What's On list.

26/06/2016 - News item about museum quiz

04/06/2016 - Provisional 2016/7 CAHMS talks programme added to What's On

21/05/2016 - Bow talk 'Come to Devon' added to What's On

17/05/2016 - Fascinating family history insight in The Search for Fred

26/04/2016 - Southern Railway slideshow in What's On

18/04/2016 - Updated details of CAHMS Morchard Bishop village tour.

18/04/2016 - News item about Whitestone history research

05/04/2016 - News item about the re-located town model

04/04/2016 - Posted details of replacement April 11th talk in events list.

31/03/2016 - News item about Shobrooke church tombstone

08/03/2016 - News item on WW1 Belgian refugees

24/02/2016 - Added talk on General Buller to What's On list.

20/02/2016 - Provisional info about our 2016 Exhibition

18/02/2016 - The latest Crediton Town Trail leaflet is now available to download

09/02/2016 - Devon History Society's 2016 programme added to our extensive What's On list.

07/02/2016 - Crediton U3A's talks programme for the 1st half of 2016, and E Devon Historic Orchards conference added to What's On page

05/02/2016 - Talk about Rudolf Hess added to What's On page

01/02/2016 - News Item with fascinating pictures from Nick Heard. Of great interest to Kyrtonians who were children in the 1950s.

26/01/2016 - Programme of 4 lectures at St David's Church added to What's On page.

20/01/2016 - Added link to the museum's new Facebook Page

19/01/2016 - Added the 2016 Bow and District Historical Society talks programme to  What's On

14/01/2016 - St Thomas local history day in What's On.

14/01/2016 - 1909 Crediton police register news item.

13/01/2016 - Posted details of the replacement February CAHMS talk, A Sailor's Life.

12/01/2016 - Added the first 3 Newton St Cyres History Group talks of the year, and the CAHMS Spring coffee morning, to What's On

12/01/2016 - Rather belatedly added reports on the Mary Rose, Combe Lancey, and AGM talks. 

26/12/2015 - Updated October's 1953 children's photo News Item

21/12/2015 - Butson family history enquiry news item

10/12/2015 - List of sponsors updated.

01/12/2015 - Arthur Richardson violin News Item

28/11/2015 - photos of the Christmas bazaar

01/10/2015 - Reports on Martin Phillip's Spitfire talk and the Sandford village tour.

01/10/2015 - Crediton U3A announcement in What's New

22/09/2015 - CAHMS Christmas Bazaar on What's On page.

04/08/2015 - New Items about Arts Centre and Cricket Bat

28/07/2015 - Report in What's New about the 2015 Guided Walks

23/07/2015 - Important announcement about the Bow History Society's Sandford visit.

22/06/2015 - News Item about Shoplands of New Buildings

21/06/2015 - CAHMS 2015/6 talks programme on What's On page.

16/06/2015 - Updated News Item about Stephen Dimes memorial. Includes link to Len Darling's extensive research into Mr Dimes life.

09/06/2015 - Article about CAHMS' recent attendance on Paleography course

05/06/2015 - Another event - Saving A Century exhibition in Paignton

05/06/2015 - Event - Talaton WW1 exhibition with Newton St Cyres connections

20/05/2015 - News Item about drought oral history project

19/05/2015 - Event - Step Back In Time

06/05/2015 - Report on Devonmuseums meeting

29/04/2015 - Created April 2015 Newsletter

29/04/2015 - Report on Romans Soldiers talk

29/04/2015 - Report on Exmoor and the Doones talk

29/04/2015 - Updated report on Impact of WW1 talk (2014)

24/04/2015 - News Item - 150th anniversary railway appeal

15/04/2015 - Updated Event - May 11 CAHMS Sandford visit

15/04/2015 - Event - Devon Remembers

10/04/2015 - Event - Devon History Forum Regional Meeting

07/04/2015 - Events - Various Devon History Society 2015 events

06/04/2015 - News Item - Echoes of Wartime

29/03/2015 - Event - Slavery Conference

18/03/2015 - Event - 'Thats Entertainment' Crediton museum exhibition