Devon History Society AGM 2026
A nearby outing: this event is just outside Dartmoor, a short trip from the moor.
The Devon History Society AGM 2026 and Book Awards will be followed by a panel discussion on poverty, vagrancy laws and slums
Whats next for Our Dartmoor ?
by Paul Harris - Glavind Strachan Photography Our Dartmoor started life as a zine: an attempt to bring together people…
A Vast Solitude
A Vast Solitude by Paul Harris - Glavind Strachan Photography A review of "An Exploration of Dartmoor and its…
Will the real Mary Maria Colling please stand up?
Will the real Mary Maria Colling please stand up? (A Dartmoor Story about a lowly Tavistock resident in the Nineteenth…
Bowerman’s Nose: Legends are like memes in slow motion
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Exercise Baskerville
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In the Footsteps of Francis Drake
In the Footsteps of Francis Drake by David J. Hawkings As a boy growing up in Plymouth, I often found myself looking to…
The Loneliest Place
The Loneliest Place by George Wall A solitary hawthorn twists improbably out of the earth. The silhouette of a distant…
Prehistoric Dartmoor
Prehistoric Dartmoor by Andrew McAuley Most visitors to Dartmoor National Park are aware that it is a landscape full of…
