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The Devon History Society promotes the study of all aspects of Devon’s history through regular lectures and talks, research projects, workshops, annual prizes, affiliation with other local groups and organisations, and much more.

Devon History Society is delighted to announcethat the Dartmoor Day is the 2026 Societies Showcase, hosted by Chagford L...
09/06/2026

Devon History Society is delighted to announce
that the Dartmoor Day is the 2026 Societies Showcase, hosted by Chagford Local History Society. More details of talks and events to follow!!

29/05/2026

There are still places available for the fascinating talk by author Tom Hughes who is travelling all the way from America to speak about his recently published book 'A Shattered Idol: The Lord Chief Justice and His Troublesome Women' on 20 May at The Mint, Exeter.

The Coleridge family of Ottery St Mary is known around the world in part because of the poetic genius of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, but also because of his nephew Sir John Taylor Coleridge and great-nephew, Lord Chief Justice John Duke Coleridge, the first Baron Coleridge (1820-94).

Tom Hughes has written the first complete account of the separate but nearly simultaneous domestic crises that overshadowed the last decade-plus of his lordship's life.
For further details and booking -

https://ticketsource.com/whats-on/exeter/the-mint-methodist-centre/a-shattered-idol-the-lord-chief-justice-and-his-troublesome-women/2026-05-20/19:00/t-mjjkryv

16/05/2026

An event taking place later this year in Exeter:

Dr James Downs will be telling us about early photography and the first studios which opened in Devon in the 1830's. We'...
11/05/2026

Dr James Downs will be telling us about early photography and the first studios which opened in Devon in the 1830's. We'll get to see some very old cameras as well as examples of Daguerrotypes (highly detailed mirror finished images on silver plated copper sheets), carte-des-visites and lantern slides. In addition, we will see photographic booklets, prints, postcards and other photographic accessories from the 19th century - many very specific to Devon.

See you all next Monday May 18th!!

29/11/2025

Earlier this year RAMM purchased a 1,130 year old Saxon silver penny dating to the reign of King Alfred the Great. 🪙 It’s only about the size of a modern 20p, but is hugely important to the history of Exeter. Not only is it the first coin to be made in Exeter but, in many ways, it marks the start of modern Exeter.

Join us on 15 Jan 2026 for an online talk with RAMM’s Assistant Curator Tom Cadbury. Tom will tease out the stories behind the object – how this coin was made, why it was so important to Exeter’s existence, how it came to be re-discovered and how, after a 150 year chase, it finally came home to Exeter.

Find out more and book at https://rammuseum.org.uk/whats-on/discover-exeters-king-alfred-the-great-penny/

📸 Simon Tutty

24/11/2025

Join us on Tuesday 25th at 10:45am as South West film producer John Tomkins reflects on his 5-year journey documenting Torbay’s music heritage and the collaborators who helped bring the films to life.
Tea/coffee from 10am.
Free for TMS members / £5 for non-members (pay at the door).

19/11/2025

In anticipation of his forthcoming volume from the Devon and Cornwall Record Society, Des Atkinson offers an insight into 'extents' - how medieval nunneries kept track of their manorial holdings.

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