Have you ever wondered about the history of Poltimore House and Estate, curious to know what happens next? Now is the chance to hear about the house and the Bampfylde family who lived there. Join us for a talk and guided tour followed by tea. Numbers limited so booking is essential.
I have been a keen family historian for over 10 years. I also coordinate the ‘Exeter Single Parent Family Friendship Group (Exeter Gingerbread)’. Since becoming a single parent two years ago I have developed a connection with the single parents in my family tree. I have researched the circumstances that led to them becoming single parents and how they made a living in the historical and social context in which they lived.
My journey into researching family history began with my great, great grandfather’s birth certificate. Tubal Casely was born in 1848 in Wanstead, London. He is...
One thousand keen-eyed volunteers are required to count one of the UK's most elusive birds in more than a thousand woods across the UK. The 2013 national woodcock survey is being organised by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) and the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO).
The woodcock is a beautifully camouflaged bird, with a long slender bill, that can be identified by its very distinctive flight and call. Because of their secretive nature, there has long been uncertainty about the status of the breeding population of woodcock in this country. Until 1970, breeding...
Herbert Read set up his ecclesiastical woodcarving business in 1888, in Sidwell Street. The inheritor of the Read family business is Hugh Harrison who will be presenting his talk about The Read Family, to Friends of Higher Cemetery on Thursday 19th June. Following the talk, in the cemetery chapel, there will be a visit to the Read family grave. Adult entry is £4, £2 for FoHC members, £1 for accompanied children under 16. For information email fohcexeter@gmail.com or see https://sites.google.com/site/friendsofhighercemetery/programme
