High Bickington Historical Society

 

2023-24 programme 

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   Sept 27th: "Uncle Tom Cobley and All". Todd Gray. A celebration of the history of the Widecombe Fair ballad.

 

     Oct 25th: "Folklore in North Devon from 19th Century Newspaper Reports". Peter Christie.

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    Nov 22nd: "A WW2 Prisoner Of War in North Devon". Lisa Chanter.

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            Dec: No meeting.

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     Jan 24th: "Pre-history in the Taw and Torridge Area". Michael Griffith-Jones.

 

     Feb 28th: "The Rise of Women (1860-1939)". Jonathan Edmunds.

 

     Mar 27th: "Local North Devon characters". Richard Lethbridge.

 

     Apr 24th: "The Six Chulmleigh Prebends". Brian Jennings. Prebends were stipends from church revenue allocated to canons or similar.