http://www.dartmoorsociety.com/events en-us Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:20:40 +0000 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:20:40 +0000 http://www.dartmoorsociety.com/rss CWCMS info@dartmoorsociety.com info@dartmoorsociety.com 3600 http://www.dartmoorsociety.com/events#event33 Dr Phil Newman, MIFA, FSA Phil Newman was awarded his doctorate from the School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester in 2010, and this lecture will bring the results of his original research to a public audience. Phil Newman is a former field archaeologist with the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England) and English Heritage, working within south-west England, and has carried out numerous important archaeological surveys of the Dartmoor landscape for these bodies in the past twenty years or so, especially relating to tinworking and other mining. He has published and edited several significant academic papers on the archaeology of the Dartmoor tin industry and on mining in the south-west of England. His two books are The Dartmoor Tin Industry – A Field Guide (Chercombe Press, 1998) and The Field Archaeology of Dartmoor (English Heritage, 2011), both of which are essential reading.Phil Newman’s talk will be the fourth of The Dartmoor Society’s Research Lectures. These are intended: to bring the results of new research on Dartmoor topics to members and a wider public audience to generate support and income for The Dartmoor Society’s own Research Fund through which projects will be funded. The first such project was carried out during 2010 in partnership with the University of Plymouth on ‘Small Dwellings on Dartmoor 1900-1951: their planning (development control) architectural and social context’ and a report on this will be available during 2011. A light buffet with tea/coffee will follow the lecture. The Dolphin Hotel bar will be available both before and after the lecture which will start at 7pm. Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:36:58 +0000 http://www.dartmoorsociety.com/events#event33 http://www.dartmoorsociety.com/events#event29 This very popular Society event, open to all, is hosted once again this year by “Footloose” and guests. Raffle prizes are always very welcome, and if you wish to donate one please contact a Committee Member or e-mail info@dartmoorsociety.com. Please bring your own drink (glasses provided). Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:30:49 +0000 http://www.dartmoorsociety.com/events#event29 http://www.dartmoorsociety.com/events#event34 Our host will be John Draisey, County Archivist. The tour will consist of a walk down the corridor behind the search room, through one of the strong rooms, and back through the conservation studio; this gives us a chance to see most aspects of document storage and care. There will be no conservation work happening on a Saturday but it is still possible to get an idea of the different processes involved. We will be split into 2 groups of 15 people and whilst one group is enjoying the tour the other group will have a chance to study documents that John Draisey has specially selected for us which will be of great interest and have a Dartmoor theme. There are detailed driving directions and parking instructions on the Devon Record Office website. Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:42:59 +0000 http://www.dartmoorsociety.com/events#event34 http://www.dartmoorsociety.com/events#event35 Mr Graeme Hart has kindly invited us to visit historic Sydenham House in West Devon. This private house dates from circa 1600, and was built by Sir Thomas Wise, High Sheriff of Devon, on the site of an earlier property which the Wise family held from the 14th century. It was further added to by his grandson, Sir Edward, who completed the building in 1656. Cherry & Pevsner (1989) say ‘The present house is one of the few of the C17 in Devon that are really imposing.’ The house was acquired by the Tremaynes of Heligan and Collacombe Manor by marriage. The Wise and Tremayne families owned the Manor of Willsworthy (Peter Tavy) on the west side of Dartmoor from medieval times until at least the mid-18th century. There is a surviving deed dated 29 March 1428 which was written at Sydenham and which confirms the grant of land at Willsworthy in AD 1242. The Tremaynes used the house as a shooting box and dower house until 1938, when it was sold to Major Despenser-Robertson, of jam fame. He was also Tory MP for Salisbury and commissioned Philip Tilden, an architect who worked on Chartwell for Winston Churchill, to restore it. The house was used as a boarding school for girls during the Second World War and then until 1963. Since then there have been five different owners. The present owners acquired it in 1991 and have been slowly restoring the house and upgrading the farm and buildings. Park at the house. Further reading Cherry, B. & Pevsner, N. (1989) The Buildings of England – Devon (Penguin Books, London, 2nd edition) pp 774–776. Gray, Todd (ed.) (1995) Devon Household Accounts, 1627–59, Part I [including] ... Sir Edward Wise of Sydenham, 1656–9 (Devon & Cornwall Record Society Vol. 38). Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:50:05 +0000 http://www.dartmoorsociety.com/events#event35 http://www.dartmoorsociety.com/events#event36 Devonia Sheepskin is the last remaining sheepskin tannery in the county, where we will be shown the process through to the finished article. There is also a small museum and visitor centre. The visit should take about 1½ hours. Directions Turn off the A38 at Dart Bridge towards Buckfastleigh, then turn right at the first roundabout. Go past Buckfast Abbey and continue towards Buckfastleigh Industrial Estate, where Devonia Sheepskin is signposted on the first right turn. There is ample parking on site. Sat, 05 Nov 2011 10:11:34 +0000 http://www.dartmoorsociety.com/events#event36