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 To Buy a Whole Parish: Rousdon and the Peek Family
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Posted 15/12/2018

To Buy a Whole Parish: Rousdon and the Peek Family

For more than 10 years, Nicky Campbell has been researching the history of the Rousdon Estate and the Peek family. She tells the wonderful story of how wealthy philanthropist, Sir Henry Peek, [...]

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 Talk: The Defences of Devon during WW2
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Posted 19/09/2018

Talk: The Defences of Devon during WW2

In this illustrated talk for the Axminster Historical Society, Bill Horner, County Archaeologist, explains how, as the fear of German invasion grew from 1940, the British Defence Executive set [...]

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 Talk: Eland the Stationers
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Posted 17/09/2018

Talk: Eland the Stationers

In this talk for Axminster Historical Society Richard Holladay gives a potted history of his Great Grandfather Henry Septimus Eland’s business founded in 1868. With a branch in Trinity [...]

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 Talk: Sugar Barons in Bristol: The Conrad Finzels
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Posted 16/09/2018

Talk: Sugar Barons in Bristol: The Conrad Finzels

In this talk for the Axminster Historical Society Jane Ferentzi tells the wonderful story of a penniless  German migrant arriving in England in 1810, who went on to make his fortune designing a [...]

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