Crediton Area History & Museum Society events, and other local events of interest to CAHMS members, in 2016
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| Talk on Family History by Eric Rodd. (CAHMS event). Please note the date of this event has been revised since it was first published. |
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| Talk on Broadsheet Ballads (A Newton St Cyres History Group event) |
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| Talk by Dr Nigel Browne on the history of Devon organ building (A Bow and District Historical Society event). |
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| Railway oriented local history day at St Thomas, Exeter |
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| Talk by David Dornom. (CAHMS event). Please note that this talk replaces the one previously advertised. |
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| Talk 'Legal Eagle to the High Court' by Rt. Hon Sir Neil Butterfield QC. (A Crediton U3A event) |
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| Talk on animals in warfare (A Newton St Cyres History Group event) |
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| Lecture by Professor Jeremy Black of Exeter University on the Battle of Waterloo. Part of the St David's Church Transformation Project. |
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| Talk by Mark Norman mysteriously entitled Cockstrides & Carriages - ghosts in folklore. (A Bow and District Historical Society event). |
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| First coffee morning of 2016. There will be cakes, coffee and tea, and secondhand books. Donations welcome but, above all, please come! |
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| Devon History Society study day on Early Victorian Schools |
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| Lecture by Robert Pocock on Gen Mercer, Waterloo hero who is buried in St David's churchyard. Part of the St David's Church Transformation Project. |
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| Lecture by Dr Todd Gray on the Veitch family, Exeter horticulturalists. Part of the St David's Church Transformation Project. |
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| Talk on General Sir Redvers Buller, Boer War commander and owner of Downes House. |
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| Talk on Myths & Tall Tales of the Moor by John Stuart. (CAHMS event) |
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| Talk 'Geology of Crediton' by Dr Richard Scrivenor. (A Crediton U3A event) |
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| Talk on the Histories of Hayne and Coldharbour (A Newton St Cyres History Group event). |
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| Talk by Dr Ian Mortimer entitled Medieval Horizons. (A Bow and District Historical Society event). Please note the venue. |
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| Talk by folklore researcher Mark Norman entitled Black Dogs in Devon. (CAHMS event). N.B. this is a replacement for the previously advertised talk. |
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| Launch of book on landscape gardener F W Meyer |
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| Talk by 'An Artist in Devon. Inspired by the Landscape' by Celia Olsen. (A Crediton U3A event). |
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| CAHMS 2016 museum exhibition takes transport as its theme. The permanent, general part of the exhibition is also enlarged this year. |
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| East Devon AONB Heritage Conference: Orchards in the Landscape; East Devon orchards and the wider world; Heritage, history, and biodiversity |
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| Bickleigh Local History Day |
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| Talk on Murders in Devon by Simon Dell (A Newton St Cyres History Group event) |
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| Lecture by Revd Williams of St David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire on St David and his Ministry. Part of the St David's Church Transformation Project. |
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| Devon History Society spring meeting, hosted by Lympstone History Society |
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| Talk by Dr P Selley entitled Doctors of Bow – 350 years of Medicine in Mid-Devon (A Bow and District Historical Society event). |
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| Guided walk around Morchard Bishop. (CAHMS event) |
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| Talk on Miners and Mining in Newton by Brian Please (A Newton St Cyres History Group event) |
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| Talk by Hugh Mellor on The Country Houses of Devon. A Devon History Society lecture. |
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| Talk on the career of Hitler's deputy, his flight to Scotland and 40 year incarceration in Spandau prison |
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| Talk 'The Future of Air Power' by Alan Woolley. (A Crediton U3A event) |
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| Slideshow by Amyas Crump on the Southern Railway in North Devon, following the Dartmoor Railway Supporters' Association AGM. |
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| Talk recalling pre-war holidaying in Devon by Paul Cleave. (A Bow and District Historical Society event) |
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| Poor Law Records - Researching Illegitimacy, Poverty and Lunacy in a mid-Devon village. A Devon History Society lecture |
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| Talk 'The Building of Exeter Cathedral' by John Allan. (A Crediton U3A event) |
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| Devon History Society summer meeting hosted by Holsworthy History Society |
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| Visit to Sandford Village, hosted by Sandford Heritage Group. (A Newton St Cyres History Group event). |
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| Talk by Lt. Col. Tim Courtenay on the Battle of the Somme (A Bow and District Historical Society event). |
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| Lecture and seminar on The Devon Manorial Documents Project organised by Devon History Society |
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| Talk by Gerald Wilkinson on Working Horses in Devon (A Bow and District Historical Society event). |
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| Moistown excavation open day |
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| Mid Devon Tractor Engine and Machinery Group working day - vintage tractors and other equipment ploughing etc. in a field |
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| Devon History Society study day on Early Victorian Schools |
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| Open day at Holy Cross Church |
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| CAHMS 2016 Annual General Meeting, followed by presentation "Crediton in the 20th Century" by John Heal |
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| Talk on Exeter Airport in the War Years by Robin Gilbert (A Newton St Cyres History Group event) |
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| Talk on Local History Sources in the Devon Heritage Centre by Brian Carpenter. (A Bow and District Historical Society event). |
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| DHS AGM and conference on the theme of Farming in Devon |
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| Talk on the City of London by Richard Adams. (A Crediton Area History and Museum Society event). |
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| Seminar & Workshop: Putting your Ancestors in their Place - a Guide to 19th and 20th Century One-Place Studies organised by Devon History Society |
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| Talk on the life of a Roman Soldier by John Smith (A Newton St Cyres History Group event) |
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| Talk by Dr Todd Gray. (A Bow and District Historical Society event). |
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| Presentation by railway authority and photographer Simon Foote on steam railways. |
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| Lecture: Forgotten Delights: Lantern Slides from the Royal Albert Memorial Museum collection - organised by Devon History Society |
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| Talk on Bullers in Cornwall by Carole Vivian. A Crediton Area History and Museum Society event. |
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| Talk on Farming in Devon 1800-1950 by Michael Winter (A Newton St Cyres History Group event) |
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| Starcross History hosting discussion about Project Unearth at St Paul's Church, Starcross. |
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| Illustrated talk in aid of St Swithun's Church roof appeal. |
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| Bow and District Historical Society Annual General Meeting and Social Evening |
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| CAHMS winter coffee morning. There will be cakes, coffee and tea, and secondhand books. Donations welcome but, above all, please come! |
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| CAHMS 2016 Christmas Party |
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| Devon Tales / Carols with Chris Lee and Sonja Andrews (A Newton St Cyres History Group event) |