Harberton & Harbertonford

History Society

Welcome

The Harberton and Harbertonford History Society encourages the study of the local history of Harberton Parish and the surrounding County.

There are approximately 5 meetings with speakers each year and at least one field excursion. Meetings take place in Harberton or Harbertonford on alternative dates, details of which can be found in the Programme.

Members of the Society have gathered information on the past history of the villages, personalities and the Parish including the preparation of historic walks around both Harberton and Harbertonford. The Society is making collections of photographs and some artefacts and have embarked on an oral history project to build an archive of first hand histories in both villages.

Subjects covered in previous meetings have included:-

The History of Harbertonford Mill Pilotage on the River Dart

The Construction of the Avon Dam Victorian Crime in Totnes

Tuckenhay Paper Mill Church Houses in Devon

Vagrants and Travellers in 17 Century Harberton

The Trist Family of Harberton

Field Trips have included visits to:

Finch's Foundry at Sticklepath

Grimspound and Bellever Neolithic Sites, both accompanied by an

Archaeologist from Dartmoor National Park

Membership is open to anybody interested in local history and is £10 per year with talks free to Members. Non members are wecome to meetings at the cost of £3 per meeting.

The Society is keen to receive photographs/articles/family records for the archives which can also be added to our website.

Please contact our secretary Jill Powell - [email protected]

We are affilliated to The Devon History Society - see links page

Chairmen:--

Derek Robinson in Harbertonford 01803 732442

Stanley Oldfield in Harberton 01803 864654

Membership signup

* Notice of AGM and Next ZOOM Talk * ~.

Join us for our Agm AND next ZOOM talk on Tuesday, 11 May at 7.00 pm

Martin Weller and Dr Will Barrett

"The Day we played Brazil" : The Amazing story of Exeter City's tour to South America in 1914

We would encourage as many members as possible to attend the AGM to ensure we have the required number when adopting the accounts and voting. We aim to keep the meeting as short and simple as possible and it is followed by what promises to be a very interesting talk.

NOTE: This talk is free, but we will be asking non_members for donations towards costs when we send out full details.

Click here to register for the meeting

We are not able to continue with physical meetings during the COVID 19 pandemic, but we plan to host ZOOM meetings whilst the situation persists.

Please sign up for our newsletters to keep you up to date on all future online talks using the link.

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