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Fordjeld Hutcherleigh   Villages      Blackawton
DHRG No. 102696
Land transferred from 1. John Ford & wife to 2. Peter Jellard and Nicholas Pering. 1st April 1708.

Wadstray House Sale   Villages      Blackawton
DHRG No. 102698
to be offered at a very low reserves. Particulars of the well built & splendidly place old world country residence called ''Wadestray House''. Situated in the parish of Blackawton, South Devon.

Lillian Blanche McGeagh, Her Diary   Villages      Blackawton
DHRG No. 102699
Extracts from the travel diary of Lillian Blanche McGeagh from Pittsburgh, aged 23 & visiting with her father: concerning her visit to Blackawton in 1896.

Our Local Pioneer Aviator   Villages      Dittisham
DHRG No. 102702
A. Liwentaal 1894.
Printed : 2009.

Stoke Fleming Images. Rural Archive Collection   Villages      Stoke Fleming
DHRG No. 102704
List of images of Stoke Fleming in the Rural Archive Collection Totnes.

Stoke Fleming East   Villages      Stoke Fleming
DHRG No. 102705

Stoke Fleming West   Villages      Stoke Fleming
DHRG No. 102706

Stoke Fleming Apportionments – Lines 1 to 1324   Villages      Stoke Fleming
DHRG No. 102707

Dartmouth History Research Group’s own history   Social History      Clubs and Organisations 20thC 21stC
DHRG No. 102710
A history of the group since its formation in October 1991.

Dartmouth Museum, list of documents and other items   Social History      Clubs and Organisations      Dartmouth Museum 17thC 18thC 19thC 20thC
DHRG No. 102711
List of documents and other items held in the archives of Dartmouth Museum (covers Museum reference numbers from 1990-early 2009). For further information please contact them on 01803 832923 or by email: reception@dartmouthmuseum.org.

Maiden Race   Social History      Clubs and Organisations      Dartmouth Steeplechase 19thC
DHRG No. 102713
This report on the novices race was in the September 1877 Chronicle.
See also the Race Meeting and the Novice Race Reports.

Notice of Steeplechase event   Social History      Clubs and Organisations      Dartmouth Steeplechase 19thC
DHRG No. 102714
This notice was in the Dartmouth Chronicle, September 1877.
See also the Race Meeting and the Novice Race Reports.

Steeplechase 1877 Race Report   Social History      Clubs and Organisations      Dartmouth Steeplechase 19thC
DHRG No. 102715
Image of Dartmouth Chronicle report.

Presidents   Social History      Clubs and Organisations      Old Dartmothians Association
DHRG No. 102719
List of Presidents from 1923 - 2005.

Area Map, Castle Cove   Social History      Clubs and Organisations      Dartmouth Amateur Swimming Club 19thC
DHRG No. 102721
Location of swimming club facilities.

Plan of new bathing house   Social History      Clubs and Organisations      Dartmouth Amateur Swimming Club 20thC
DHRG No. 102722
Image of proposed new bathing house, 1906

Map of South Hams District Council land, Castle Cove   Social History      Clubs and Organisations      Dartmouth Amateur Swimming Club 20thC
DHRG No. 102723
Map showing path to bathing area and impact of cliff falls in recent decades.

Associated Plan   Social History      Clubs and Organisations      Dartmouth Amateur Swimming Club 20thC
DHRG No. 102725
Sketch of 1906 showing "encroachment" of DASC.

Certificate of Service, WW I   Social History      Historic Events      First World War 20thC
DHRG No. 102728
Image of certificate given to Austin Drake, example of certificates given by Borough of Dartmouth to those who served in the forces during the First World War.

Names on Dartmouth War Memorial, Royal Avenue Gardens   Social History      Historic Events      First World War Social History      Historic Events      Second World War 20thC
DHRG No. 102730
List of all those named on the War Memorial in the Royal Avenue Gardens Dartmouth including civilians. Covers 1914 - 1919, 1939 - 1945 and later conflicts. For more information on those who died in the First World War see www.dartmouthgreatwarfallen.org.uk and DHRG No 103086 on this website. For more information on those who died in the Second World War see DHRG publication 40, When War Came to the Dart, chapter 8.