A look back to 2012

News from Crediton Area History & Museum Society for 2013

01 November 2013

Our affiliated society, the Sandford Heritage Group, has brought out a second book of Sandford farm histories.

24 October 2013

Around 10 members of the Society spend each Tuesday morning at Downes getting to grips with the backlog of filing & cataloguing our collection.

11 October 2013

CAHMS have established a new Education Group to focus on children and younger age groups

29 September 2013

We were recently asked to help identify a bit of harness decoration that was dug up in one of the Exhibition Road allotments in Crediton:

15 September 2013

Many of the villages around Crediton have active local history groups and some mount an exhibition to coincide with Harvest Festival.

25 August 2013

Crediton Area History & Museum Society stall at Crediton Farmers Market

25 August 2013

The family of Crediton area's first professional footballer Stan Hurst visited the museum where his cup winners medal is on display.

24 August 2013

Sandford Heritage Group visited Tavistock in July 2013

23 August 2013

CAHMS News-sheet No. 53

13 August 2013

Fascinating website about the history of medical practice in Bow

28 July 2013

An appeal for support for an event celebrating the life of the poetess Cicely Fox Smith, who is buried at Nymet Tracey.

25 July 2013

New archives added to the website this month

24 July 2013

CAHMS is collecting material for an exhibition in 2014 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War 1.

22 July 2013

Did your village once have its own brass band?

01 May 2013

Win a meal for two at the Magdalen Chapter in Exeter!

21 April 2013

In response to increased interest we are extending the hours when the Research Corner at the museum is open

01 April 2013

Opening of Crediton Museum service point enables visitors to research their family history.

29 January 2013

CAHMS News-sheet No. 52

29 January 2013

Devon Heritage Centre (formerly Devon Record Office) has agreed that our museum can become one of their Service Points.

29 January 2013

As some of you may know, Angela Perkins (formerly of Gaters Sandford) died in mid December after a stroke.

29 January 2013

Crediton businesses have responded splendidly to our request for funding help to ensure the future of our museum.

29 January 2013

Our Society has long been committed to recording memories of past times.