Crediton Area History & Museum Society events, and other local events of interest to CAHMS members, in 2015
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| Talk by Robin Langhorne on the Ownership & Governance of Crediton Parish Church (CAHMS event) |
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| Talk on West Country Buildings from Bronze Age to Farmhouse by Paul Rendell (Newton St Cyres History Group event) |
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| Meeting of the Shobrooke Local History Group. |
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| Talk on 200 Years of Dartmoor Prison by Simon Dell (Bow and District Historical Society event). Please note the non-standard venue. |
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| Talk on Exmoor and the Doones (CAHMS event) |
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| The story of Haldon Belvedere and the Palks of Haldon House by Rev Christopher Pidsley (Newton St Cyres History Group event) |
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| Talk on the history of North Tawton School by Dr Alan Parkinson (Bow and District Historical Society event) |
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| CAHMS spring coffee morning |
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| Talk on The Life of the Roman Soldier (CAHMS event) |
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| Illustrated talk by Peter Marsden ‘Cesspits, Cemeteries and Sewers: Being an Archaeologist’ (Holy Cross Roof Appeal) |
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| Talk on Railway in Devon by Amyas Crump (Newton St Cyres History Group event) |
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| Talk on Dartmoor's pioneer photographers by Dr Tom Greaves (Bow and District Historical Society event) |
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| Talk by Dr Ian Mortimer: Centuries of Change – or how to write the history of the last 1000 years without leaving Devon (Devon Heritage Services) |
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| Talk on The Restoration and Rebuild to Flying of Spitfire RR232 (CAHMS event) |
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| Talk by Hermione Skrine illustrated by some of the clothes of the Quicke Family from past centuries. (Newton St Cyres History Group event) |
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| Programme of talks on WW1 at Devon Heritage Centre |
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| This year's themed museum exhibition is 'That's Entertainment' - ilustrating how local people have entertained themselves over the years. |
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| Talk on the life of Mary Howard by Laura Quigley (Bow and District Historical Society event) |
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| Talk by Dr John Allan: The excavations around Crediton Church (Holy Cross Roof Appeal) |
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| Celebrate the Tivvy Bumper's 80th Birthday at Tiverton Museum |
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| Talk relating to historical survey and restoration of the gardens, followed by guided walk. |
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| Tour of Sandford (CAHMS event) |
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| Devon History Forum Regional Meeting |
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| The History of the Parish Church of Newton St Cyres, by John Scott, aided by the History Group (Newton St Cyres History Group event) |
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| Talk on the Crediton to Okehampton Railway by Dr Michael Ireland and Chris Bligh (Bow and District Historical Society event) |
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| Programme of talks and events relating to Chulmleigh |
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| Guided walk around the east end of town. Part of Crediton Festival. |
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| Conference organised jointly by Devon History Society & the History Section of the Devonshire Association |
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| Talk on the households of Elizabethan Exeter, by John Allen (Bow and District Historical Society event) |
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| Guided tour of Crediton railway station. Part of Crediton Festival. |
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| Victorian Society’s photographic exhibition Saving a Century, curated by noted architectural historian Gavin Stamp. |
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| Guided walk around west Crediton. Part of Crediton Festival. |
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| Exhibition of memories and stories from the Great War |
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| Old technology and archaeology festival |
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| Bow and District Historical Society AGM and social |
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| Bow and District Historical Society summer visit, to Sandford. Please note the recent (July 23rd) change to the parking arrangements. |
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| CAHMS Annual General Meeting 2015, followed by an "Audio-visual presentation of historic industries & events in Devon & Somerset". |
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| Talk on the Courtenays of Powderham Castle by Felicity Harper. (Newton St Cyres History Group event). |
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| Talk on Devon Castles by Robert Hesketh (Bow and District Historical Society event) |
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| Talk on Mary Rose by Peter Marsden. (CAHMS event) |
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| Talk on the Seaton Down Roman coin hoard by Simon Tootell. (Newton St Cyres History Group event). |
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| An AV presentation consisting of 200 slides depicting the history of Morchard and surrounding parishes from 600 AD to the 1970s |
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| Talk by Dr Todd Gray (Bow and District Historical Society event) |
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| Talk by Alex Woodcock on The Green Man in Devon (Holy Cross Roof Appeal) |
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| Talk on The History of Combe Lancey by Michael Maddock. (CAHMS event) |
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| Report on project aiming to uncover how much Britain benefited from slavery. |
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| Talk on the History of Upton Pyne by Nick Baker (Newton St Cyres History Group event) |
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| Bazaar and coffee morning |
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| Talk by Peter Hood on Food - Prehistory to Victorian, with examples. (Newton St Cyres History Group event) |
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| CAHMS Christmas Party |