Links

Links to other websites which members and researchers may find useful.

Devon Bridges - link to fascinating report on presentation to Devon Buildings Group by the late Bill Harvey, Brian George and Stewart Brown. Outlines the principles of bridge structure in layman's terms and historical aspects of UK bridge design, construction and upkeep. The second half describes notable bridges in the Exeter area. There's also much more general bridge material in billharveyassociates.com.

Devon Buildings Group - encouraging awareness and preservation of historic buildings in Devon.

Exeter University Library - contains the former Crediton Parish Church library, a collection of chained books mainly from the 17th century.

South West Heritage Trust - which manages the Devon Heritage Centre at Sowton, the former Devon Record Office. 

Heard family history - Nick Heard's site detailing the history of the Heards and other connected local families

Genuki Crediton - Genuki Crediton pages, especially notable for the Trewman's Flying Post extracts in the Newspaper section

NLS OS map page - National Library of Scotland images of old County Series Ordnance Survey maps

MDTEMG - Mid Devon Tractor, Engine and Machinery Group

Exeter Local History Society - talks and local walks

Know Your Place - West Country digital mapping project

Clergy of the Church of England database - researching a vicar?. 

Crediton Library Youtube channel - in case you missed a CAHZoom talk. Other interesting stuff here too.

Crediton Library local history collection - a growing collection of local documents (e.g. Venn), freely downloadable.

100 Ballads - a website of over 100 hit songs from 17th-century England, including images, new recordings and a wealth of other information. Item 44 is about a woman from Devon who murdered her husband because she loved another man.

Okehampton's Museum of Dartmoor Life