Crediton Area History & Museum Society events, and other local events of interest to CAHMS members, in 2024
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| .. or were they in Coldridge all the time? Ongoing work examining the claimed links Edward V had with Coldridge. |
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| A Bow & District Historical Society event |
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| Women in WW1. The under-reported story of the women who stepped up to do the jobs abandoned by the men who left to fight in WW1.
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| Stories from the Great Fire of Crediton 1743. A Newton St Cyres History Group event. |
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| A Bow & District Historical Society event (postponed from last year) |
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| Launching the 2024 museum exhibition. |
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| Renowned mill historian Martin Watts talks about Devon's tucking (fulling) mills. A Newton St Cyres History Group event. |
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| A Bow & District Historical Society event |
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| CAHMS's 2024 exhibition
Please note that the exhibition will remain open for a week longer than originally planned, i.e. until November 2nd. |
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| Dr Peter Muden, a 17th century Dutch surgeon and midwife (who lived and worked in Devon). |
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| Talk by local railway historian Amyas Crump. A Newton St Cyres History Group event. |
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| Talk on historic steamship restoration project at Bideford (recently granted Heritage Harbour status). A Sandford Heritage Group event. |
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| An evening of historical fantasy |
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| Programme of 7 talks. |
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| A Bow & District Historical Society event |
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| A day's programme of events relating to the Norman Conquest, presented by the University of Exeter. |
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| DCRS AGM & Conference |
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| A Bow & District Historical Society event |
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| A Museum of Dartmoor Life event |
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| A Museum of Dartmoor Life event |
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| A Bow & District Historical Society event. Note this is not the usual venue. |
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| A Museum of Dartmoor Life event |
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| A Museum of Dartmoor Life Event |
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| A Museum of Dartmoor Life event |
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| Program of talks, and information stands by local history organisations. |
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| A Museum of Dartmoor Life Event |
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| A Museum of Dartmoor Life Event |
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| Full title Dewer, The Devil And Old Crockern: The Master Of The Wild Hunt By Many Names
A Museum of Dartmoor Life event |
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| Historical activities at Feniton church and village hall |
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| Romano-British Winkleigh dig |
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| A Museum of Dartmoor Life event |
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| A Murderous Midsummer - The Western Rising
Presentations on the significant part Sampford Courtenay played in the Prayer Book Rebellion |
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| Guided walk, examining how the Prayerbook Rebellion affected Crediton.
** SOLD OUT **
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| Exeter’s role in the British Empire discussed by Todd Gray in Guildhall talk |
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| A reassessment of Aethelred the Unready.
This talk follows the CAHMS AGM.
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| Guided tour of Grade 1 listed church |
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| Merchants and Mayors, the Chappell Family in Tudor Exeter |
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| Guided tour of Grade 1 listed church |
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| A walk around local railway history |
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| A Museum of Dartmoor Life event |
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| Part of the Royal Cornwall Museum's lunchtime lecture series. |
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| A Bow & District Historical Society event |
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| Local history walk |
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| A Museum of Dartmoor Life event |
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| A Newton St Cyres History Group event |
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| Talk based on historical novel interpretating the lives of agricultural labourers in 19th. century North Devon |
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| A Museum of Dartmoor Life event |
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| A play by Sarah Dickenson, directed by Martin Berry, about the Western rising and siege of Exeter |
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| Presented by CAHMS and the Folklore Library & Archive |
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| A Bow & District Historical Society event |
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| A CODS presentation at Queen Elizabeth School |
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| Afternoon of talks commemorating the 70 years since the publication of Hoskins' Devon. A Devonshire Association event. |
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| How to read a cemetery |
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| Zoom talk on undersea Bronze Age discoveries off South Devon. A Harberton and Harbertonford History Society event
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| A Newton St Cyres History Group event |