The Book of the Axe
George Pulman, born in Axminster 200 years ago this year, can justly claim to be Devon’s finest local journalist and editor. The newspaper he founded…
Local History
Everything outside of battlegrounds, churches, historic houses
Wife for Sale!
IT WAS ONCE THOUGHT LEGAL by many country folk in rural Devon, that a man could sell his wife at public auction, providing certain procedures…
A Visit to South Tawton House
It's always a delight when it's possible to see centuries-old buildings, hardly changed from the day they were built. South Tawton village houses such a…
Haccombe St Blaise tombs in South Devon
There are many amazing historical artefacts across Devon, our churches being particularly extensive repositories of family history. It never ceases to surprise me what richness…
Devon and the English Civil War
FOR SOME OF US, THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR HAS NEVER ENDED: today’s splendid re-enactment societies like The Sealed Knot for example attract huge crowds throughout…
Devon’s Apple Heritage
Nigel Jones suggests that the humble apple is possibly the world's most important fruit, Devon has certainly benefitted from its perennial bounty over the centuries.…
The Ship Canal: Bridgewater Bay to Beer
The Copper Bolt fixed in the wall of Axmouth church is still there, inside the Tower of the Church itself, a reminder of an age…
Great places to visit at north Dartmoor
Dartmoor has a mercurial attraction for me, I find it forever invites exploration, there's lots there to discover, you can literally spend years rummaging around,…
The French Prisoners on Dartmoor
THOUSANDS OF CAPTURED FRENCHMEN were imprisoned in Devon during the Napoleonic wars which, off-and-on, ran between 1803 and 1815. Eleven thousand of them died here…
The Lunnun Coach
Devonshire men stopped and raised their hats, women bobbed their curtsies and small boys cried “Halloo!” whilst the whole county set its clocks by the…
Poltimore House
On my travels the other day I’d popped over to Poltimore House after seeing a local event they’d promoted on HUBCAST.co.uk A flower festival was being…
The Cant Language
PLENTY OF INTEREST FROM READERS since our last issue on the subject of Bamfylde-Moore Carew, Devon’s so-called King of the Gypsies and more particularly about the…