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Devon and Cornwall Record Society
Exeter
Promoting the study of history in the South West of England through publishing and transcribing original records.
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Charities
The Devon and Exeter Institution
Exeter
An independent heritage library and educational charity, founded in 1813 to promote science, literature and the arts and to illustrate the history of Devon and Exeter.
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Devon Communities Together
Exeter
Devon's only Rural Community Council, supporting rural and coastal communities to create real impact and lasting change.
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Devon Historic Churches Trust
Bovey Tracey
Devon has one of the best collections of churches in the UK. The Trust aims to keep it that way, with grants, advice and support.
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Devon Rural Archive
Modbury
An independent heritage centre for the study of the county's buildings and landscapes, holding maps, photographs, books, documents and oral histories.
Dartmoor quiz
“The granite tors still lift their lofty heads to the sky, the heather and gorse still bloom on the moor, the stream yet pursues its way over its rocky bed, and all is here unchanged.”
Which book is this from?
Magazines & Publications
Transactions of the Devonshire Association
Silverton, Exeter
The annual volumes of the Devonshire Association: more than 150 volumes since 1862, with well over 2,000 peer-reviewed papers on every aspect of Devon.
Charities
The Devonshire Association
Silverton, Exeter
A charity dedicated to the study and exchange of information and ideas on all matters concerning the county of Devon, through research, recording and publication.
Tors & Landmarks
Drake's Leat
Meavy
Stone-lined watercourse, about 17.5 miles long, built in 1590-91 to carry water from the River Meavy on Dartmoor to Plymouth. Francis Drake was closely involved in getting it built.
Dartmoor People
Dinah Tuckett
Two Bridges
Keeper of Dunnabridge Pound for over 50 years, presented to Edward VIII in 1936. The shelter inside the pound is known as Dinah's Chair.
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Plate from Guide to Dartmoor, page 101, 1909“He sits very quiet now for hours at a time, perched on a moor-stone so still as a heron.”
Also on Our DartmoorFive hut circles near Yealm Steps — Five Bronze Age stone hut circles on the south-eastern edge of a larger settlement near Yealm Steps.
