NEXT MEETING VENUE - Harberton Parish Hall
7.30 pm Tuesday 3rd September 2024 by Rosemary Griggs
An Audience with the Lady Katherine
Travel back in time with the Lady Katherine and learn about her life in Tudor Devon. Born into a well connected Devon family Katherine Champernowne spent all her life in the county and lived to see her name in print. She as the mother of the explorers and colonisers Sir Humphrey Gilbert and Sir Walter Raleigh.
Author and Speaker, Rosemary Griggs has been researching Devon's sixteenth century history for years. She has discovered a cast of fascinating characters and an intriguing network of families whose influence stretched far beyond the West Country. She loves telling the stories of the forgotten women of history - the wives, sisters, daughters and mothers who stood behind more famous men. Her novel, A Woman of Noble Wit, tells the story of Sir Walter Raleigh's mother and features many of the county's well loved places. Rosemary also researches, creates and wears sixteenth century clothing to bring history to life in talks for museums and community groups all over the West Country. Out of costume she leads heritage tours of the gardens at Dartington Hall.
You can find out more on Rosemary's website - https://rosemarygriggs.co.uk
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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, or via Zoom sessions - 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 £12 per year with talks free to Members. Non members are welcome 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 - jill.powell-redlion@outlook.com
We are affilliated to The Devon History Society - see links page
Chairmen:--
Derek Robinson in Harbertonford 01803 732442
Stanley Oldfield in Harberton 01803 864654
Harberton & Harbertonford
History Society
