The Lustleigh Society

The Lustleigh Society

The Lustleigh Society was formed in 1978 as a society for lectures on local history. In the years following, much material relating to the history of the village was donated to the society and stored in the village reading room, located in the Church House, an ancient building in the centre of the village. Today, the society still stages monthly talks and organises visits to places of historical interest.

The Lustleigh Community Archive

In the mid 1980’s this collection relocated to a small room in the Old Vestry, until 2006 when a larger room within the same building became available. There followed an application to the Heritage Lottery Fund – and other funding bodies – to completely renovate the room to archival storage standard. The archive re-opened in April 2009 having been completely reorganised and re-catalogued.

The Archives of Lustleigh provide an important insight into the development of a village situated on the edge of Dartmoor, which has origins in prehistory.

The Lustleigh Community Archive consists of parish records; registers and census data; maps, including the original parish copy of the 1837 Tithe Map; a complete set of Parish Magazines dating from 1889; minutes of village organisations; press-cuttings; over 4000 photographs and postcards, artworks; books and other ephemera/documents of historic interest. The Archives of Lustleigh provide an important insight into the development of a village situated on the edge of Dartmoor, which has origins in prehistory. Much of the archive’s primary material is professionally conserved and scanned.

The archive often attends local history and village events displaying exhibitions about many aspects of Lustleigh Parish. The society and archive are run on a wholly voluntary basis with society membership fees and public donations supporting the ongoing costs of the archive room.

The Lustleigh Society has published several books (some of which have won awards) the details of which can be found on their website.

THE ARCHIVES ROOM IS SITUATED ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE OLD VESTRY IN THE CORNER OF LUSTLEIGH CHURCHYARD

OPENING TIMES

MARCH TO OCTOBER:

MONDAY - 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. (except Bank Holidays)

THURSDAY - 10 a.m. to 12 noon

NOVEMBER to FEBRUARY – CLOSED

We are happy to open at other times by appointment; please contact the Archivist.