The Devon Historian, Volume 61 (October 2000)

Second Hand. Good condition. Some minor wear.

Journal of the Devon History Society.

Contents:

  • Notices
  • ?An awful place for children?? Child labour in mid-nineteenth century Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset, W.B. Stephens
  • Saint Petroc in Devon, Nicholas Grant
  • Shipbuilding at Torquay, Robert Perkins
  • Richard Wolston : Brixham entrepreneur extraordinary, Bridget Howard
  • Reviews:
    • Parson Jack Russell: the hunting legend 1795-1883, by Charles Noon (lvan Roots)
    • Plymouth (Drake’s) and Stonehouse leats, by Ray Bush (A. Brian George)
    • Policing the peninsula (1850-2000), by Simon Dell (Ian Maxted)
    • The Torbay Paint Company,by Bridget Howard (Ian Maxted)
    • Exeter, the travellers’ tales, vol. one, ed.Todd Gray (D.L.8. Thomas)
    • Early Devon maps, ed.Mary R. Ravenhill &Margery M.Rowe (0,1.8. Thomas)
    • The Devon Almanac, by Todd Gray (Helen Harris)
  • Some recent books on Devon you may have missed (Ian Maxted)
  • Other publications received
  • Contributed information
  • News from local societies

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