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Dartmouth Town Guide 1920 Publications Historic Publications
DHRG No. 102942
Illustrated Guide to Dartmouth.Published by R Cranford & Son c1920
Flora Thompson, author of “Lark Rise to Candleford” and other books Family History Named Families 19thC 20thC
DHRG No. 102956
Article by Ted Flaxman.
Born Flora Jane Timms in 1876, in the small rural hamlet of Juniper Hill in north Oxfordshire. She left home at the age of 14 to start work in the nearby village of Fringford as assistant to the Post Mistress until she was 20. Married in January 1903 to John Thompson, she came to Dartmouth when John was appointed Postmaster at Dartmouth in August 1927. The couple moved to Brixham during the Second World War. Flora died of a heart attack at the age of 70 in May 1947 at Brixham followed by John a year later. She is buried Longcross Cemetery, Townstal.
FORDJELD HUTCHERLEIGH, BLACKAWTON PARISH. Villages Blackawton
DHRG No. 102957
One of deeds declaring uses of a fine levyed by John Ford and his wife to Peter Jellard and Nicholas Pering of a messuage and tenement of 33 acres in Hitchley, alias Hutchisley or Hutchesley in Blackawton. (Now Hutcherleigh)
Memories W S Dimes Villages Blackawton
DHRG No. 102962
From Devonshire, Historical, Descriptional and Biographic :-
GREAT FIRE AT BLACKAWTON OLDSTONE HOUSE DESTROYED Villages Blackawton
DHRG No. 102963
The old family mansion of the Dimes family was on Saturday night-destroyed by one of the most disastrous fires which has ever occurred in the neighbourhood of Blackawton.Dartmouth and South Hams Chronicle February 15 1895.
EXTRACTS FROM THE TRAVEL DIARY OF LILLIAN BLANCHE McGEAGH Villages Blackawton
DHRG No. 102964
LILLIAN BLANCHE McGEAGH from Pittsburgh, aged 23 & visiting with her Father:- nconcerning her visit to BlackawtonTuesday. August 25. 1896
THE GOLD PROSPECTORS OF DITTISHAM Villages Dittisham
DHRG No. 102965
Most people in ‘Ditsum’ probably don’t realise that one local family rose from ‘rags to riches’, built several houses in the village and left fortunes to many children, all from finding Gold ‘down under’.This is the story of two brothers William and George Hutchings, sons of John Hutchings a Dittisham Bargeman,
Memories of two London evacuees to Dittisham Villages Dittisham Social History Historic Events Second World War 20thC
DHRG No. 102966
Memories of two London evacuees to Dittisham during the Second World War, Henry Robert Butt and Leslie (Jock) Harper.
KINGSWEAR BEFORE THE RAILWAY CAME. Villages Kingswear
DHRG No. 102967
In this article from the Dartmouth History Research Group Mike Emms explains the fascination of finding out about Kingswear from the 1851 Census returns.
Transcript; notes concerning Alan and Arthur Sherwin, Newfoundland Family History Newfoundland Connections 18thC
DHRG No. 102968
DHRG No. 102969
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Minutes of various council meetings Ref R9/1/C Nov 1930 to Oct 1931 Nov 1931 to Oct 1932 Nov 1934 to Oct 1935.
27a-b, 28, 29a-b, 30, 31a-b, Nov 40 – Oct 41 missing. Dartmouth Borough Council Minutes to 1974 at Devon Heritage Centre; also Dartmouth Town Council minutes 1974-2002. More recent records held by the Town Council.
Minutes of various council meetings Ref R9/1/C Nov 1930 to Oct 1931 Nov 1931 to Oct 1932 Nov 1934 to Oct 1935.
27a-b, 28, 29a-b, 30, 31a-b, Nov 40 – Oct 41 missing. Dartmouth Borough Council Minutes to 1974 at Devon Heritage Centre; also Dartmouth Town Council minutes 1974-2002. More recent records held by the Town Council.
DHRG No. 102970
Index of documents found in “Miscellaneous Accounts” bundle, Corporation of Dartmouth, various dates 1852-1937, Guildhall. Many are accounts and receipts, 1850s. Documents now deposited with Devon Heritage Centre. Index compiled by Dartmouth History Research Group, 2007.
See also Guildhall Documents 1, 103051 and Guildhall Documents 2, 102988.
Notes on Wills: J.H.Foale Bennett of Dartmouth 1852; Nathaniel Ellis of Blackawton 1885 Town Administration Documents 19thC
DHRG No. 102971
Documents found in Wills Folder, Guildhall (July 2006)
1. Will of J.H.Foale Bennett of Dartmouth 7/5/1852, with 2 Codicils.
2. Abstract of Title of Freehold in Blackawton, by Trustees of Nathaniel Ellis deceased, 1885 No.331.
See Guildhall Documents 1, 103051
DHRG No. 102973
TO/Ad/LE/010 Will of Mark Fox Esq 18 October 1889, of Summerland Villa, Dartmouth. Original with Devon Heritage Centre. Death 13 June 1893, examined with probate 18 March 1911. Also mentioned Annie Austin – wife; James Fox – brother; Frederick Henry Whittle – nephew.
See Guildhall Documents 1, 103051.
Chancery Case Attorney-General vs Corporation of Dartmouth 1880, schedule of papers Town Administration Documents 14thC 15thC 16thC 19thC
DHRG No. 102974
TO/AD/LE/015 Schedule of certain papers relating to 1880 case in Court of Chancery: For the plaintiff the Attorney-General, vs Corporation of Dartmouth, represented by John Bulley and William Neck, nominal defendants as surviving trustees. Case was about whether trust of 1599 was charitable and hence whether revenue from town property could be generally applied or was for certain specified charitable purposes.
See Guildhall Documents 1, 103051.
Notes on Minutes of Evidence to Local Legislation Committee on the Dartmouth Bill, 1928 Town Administration Documents 20thC
DHRG No. 102975
TO/Ad/LE/031 Notes on Minutes of Evidence to Local Legislation Committee on the Dartmouth Bill 13th March 1928. Original at Devon Heritage Centre. There were 93 Clauses, many passed without discussion; their content is not set out in this document.
See Guildhall Documents 1, 103051.
Friends of Dartmouth Borough Museum,1959 Social History Clubs and Organisations Dartmouth Museum 20thC
DHRG No. 102976
Rules of the friends of Dartmouth Borough Museum, as altered up to 17 Feb 1959
The Museum – how it started. Social History Clubs and Organisations
DHRG No. 102977
The Museum - Some facts and history about how it started.By Harold G White
Dartmouth Museum – Percy Russell Trust Social History Clubs and Organisations Dartmouth Museum 20thC
DHRG No. 102978
Percy Russell Settlement, Controlling Document 1958 (transcript)