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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
