The Dartmouth Archives - A Dartmouth History Research Group Project

Miscellaneous Social History Files

Receptical for all Social History archives not included in other Sub-categories

Kings & Queens of England

List of Kings & Queens of England view document

Audio Memories

Document Held: Mus
Memories of Dartmouth residents recorded in the 1980's by Ray Freeman and more recently view document

Putting a date to Fashion

Hints on dating photo's from the style of clothing worn view document

Cruise from the Dart

A Cruise from the Dart in January 1880.
The Dartmouth History Research Group were recently given a copy of a diary passed to Nigel Way of the Royal Castle Hotel by a guest, who is a descendant of the writer. No one can now remember the guest’s name, so if he sees this article will he please contact the Group so that we can thank him?

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Witches of Dartmouth

Researched by Todd Gray
With acknowledgment to Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries for making the above available. view document

Mayors of Dartmouth

Mayors of Dartmouth from 1329 to 2006 view document

Health & Housing in Dartmouth 1914

Dartmouth Paper 1
Dr Mivart’s Report on the Public Health &
Housing in Dartmouth 1914
INTRODUCTION
In April 1914, Dartmouth was the subject of an official report of the Local
Government Board, the Whitehall department then entrusted with the supervision
of England's local authorities. The report, written by the Board's
investigator Dr. F. St. George Mivart, criticised extensively the administration
of housing and public health in Dartmouth. Fault was found with the
conduct of both council and its officers with respect to the introduction of
new housing legislation, administration of sanitary laws and regulations,
provision of a water supply, arrangements for isolating victims of infectious
diseases and supervision of trades such as butchers, dairies and bakeries. view document

Dartmouth, a station for foreign mail packets

Dartmouth Paper 2
DARTMOUTH: THE ADVANTAGES OF ITS HARBOUR AS A STATION FOR FOREIGN MAIL PACKETS AND A SHORT NOTICE OF ITS
ANCIENT AND PRESENT CONDITION. IN A LETTER TO
SIR J. B. YARDE DULLER, BART.,
M . P . for the SOUTHERN DIVISION OF THE COUNTY OF DEVON. BY A. H. HOLDSWORTH, ESQ.LONDON: J. ONWHYN, 4,CATIIERINE-STREET, STRAND.1841. view document

Report on the Borough of Dartmouth c 1830

Dartmouth Paper 3
There were two reports on the boundaries of the borough in the 1830s.
The first was by the Parliamentary Boundary Commission as a result of the Reform
Act of 1832. The second was by commissioners appointed to establish revised
boundaries after the Municipal Corporations Act, 1835-One of their number, John
Buckle, reported on Dartmouth in 1837. view document

Dartmouth Buildings Paper 4 PDF

Dartmouth Paper 4
William Holborow's paper on building development in Dartmouth was written as a third-year dissertation for a degree in architecture at the University of
Liverpool. It is a most welcome restatement and discussion of facts that are in part familiar to us from Percy Russell's work and yet which includes much
information on population in the first half of the l7th century that has not been aired publicly before. It is the sort of work, quite within the capacities of many Dartmouth residents, that one would like to see undertaken more frequently. I am therefore grateful to Mr. Holborow for the opportunity to include it in Dartmouth Papers. All editorial variations have been approved by the author and I have added three maps in redrawn versions which, I hope, make them more readily comprehensible than in their previously published versions in Russell's and Watkin's books.
Tom Jaine, The Carved Angel,1980. view document

Castle Estate, Transcript of sale document 1903

A full transcript of the sale of Castle Estate for £50 to the Borough in 1903 by James Williamson, Henry Egan Hill & Edward Ford North. view document

Certificate of Service, WW I

Image of certificate given to Dartmouth people who served in the forces during the First World War view document

Feoffees St Petrox

Summary of documents held in the Devon Records office Ref. 1163/F/. for St Petrox Feoffees Pre 1421 to 1830
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In the begining

History of Dartmouths Parks & Gardens as remembered by Mr. F. Johns for many years the Head Gardener in the town view document

Charities of Dartmouth - A History

The Dartmouth Charities & the Dartmouth United Charities. A history, Objectives and description as written by H G White (A Trustee) in 1981 view document

Borough Museum Rules 1959

Rules of the friends of Dartmouth Borough Museum, as drawn up to 17th Feb 1959. view document

Stoke Fleming Images. Rural Archive Collection

List of images of Stoke Fleming in the Rural Archive Collection Totnes
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Loyal Address

Loyal Address to the King on completing twentyfive years of reign view document

Directory of Businesses

Contains information on past shops and businesses in Dartmouth. This page is still under development. New information is always welcome, with the source if possible. view document

WWII Air raids Dartmouth and District

Extracts from a diary kept of air raids over Dartmouth and the surrounding area during World War II from July 1940 to June 1943 view transcript

Index to documents found in the Guildhall 2

Document Held: DRO
Town Documents 2 Folders C4 to 7 & C8

Index to various documents found in the Guildhall

There are in addition a number of other documents under:- Guildhall Documents 1
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POST-MEDIEVAL BURIALS NEAR DARTMOUTH CASTLE

Report on an excavation of human remains uncovered when building an extension to a house near Dartmouth Castle. view document

1906 Charity Commission Report

PDF of 1906 Charity Commission Report on the Dartmouth Charities with details of Property, Tenants, Income, Terms Etc.
The Charities are not named view document

Dartmouth Museum, A brief history

A brief history of the museum from its early beginings up stairs in the old Library in Newcommen Road as remembered by Harold White a Town Councillor at the time. view document

Commission of inquiry into Charities of Dartmouth 1841

Doner or Title, Beneficiary,s & Parish of Dartmouth Charities in 1841 view document

The Coleridge Hundred

This paper was prepared and written as part of the requirement for an honors degree in law at Exeter University. In such circumstances, a considerable knowledge of both history and the English legal system was assumed. I hope this does not detract from the general interest for the reader.

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Dartmouth MP's

A history of MP's for Dartmouth since 1289 by a member of Dartmouth History Group & published in the Chronicle. A list of all known local MP's has been added view document