Westcountry Studies Library
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Devon Heritage Centre
Great Moor House
Bittern Road
Sowton
Exeter
England
EX2 7NL
Telephone: 01392 888 7000
Open: Tuesday-Friday 10-5
Closed: 1st two weeks of February
- Wheelchair access
- Proof of identity required
- Readers ticket required
Reprographics: full copying service
ARCHON code: 1728
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Businesses (1)
- GW Pridham, pharmacist Exeter, Devon
Organisations (2)
- Bishopsteignton Working Men's Library Bishopsteignton, Devon
- Hatherleigh parish Hatherleigh, Devon
Persons (98)
- Anderson-Morshead, John Yonge, (1846-1923), Barrister Antiquary
- Andrews, John Hugh Barker, (c1907-1985), Sub Dean of Exeter and local historian
- Baring-Gould, Sabine, (1834-1924), rector of Lew Trenchard, antiquary, folklorist and hymn writer
- Barrett-Lennard, Sir Thomas, (1762-1857), 1st Baronet Antiquary
- Bartlett, Lewis Edward, (1859-1938), Vicar of Countess Wear Antiquary
- Beach, Thomas, (1738-1806), portrait painter
- Bishop, Edmund, (1846-1917), Liturgical Scholar Historian
- Blackmore, Richard Doddridge, (1825-1900), author
- Brayley, Edward Wedlake, (1773-1854), Topographer and Archaeologist
- Brown, Charles, (1781-1856), Rector of Whitstone, Devon
- Chalk, Edwin Spencer, (c 1875-1936), Rector of Kentisbeare Antiquary
- Chanter, John Frederick, (1853-1939), Prebendary of Exeter Antiquary
- Chick, Elijah, (1852-1921), Devon Antiquary
- Constable, John, (1776-1837), landscape painter
- Cottell, William Henry, (fl 1871-1891), Genealogist
- Crabbe, William Richard, (d 1878), Devon Antiquary
- Cresswell, Beatrix Feodora Clara Augusta Grace, (1862-1940), Devon antiquary and topographer
- Crossing, William, (1847-1928), Devon Antiquary and Folklorist
- Dashwood, Edmee Elizabeth Monica, (1890-1943), writer
- Davidson, James, (1793-1864), Devon antiquary and bibliographer
- Drake, Maurice, (1875-1923), Glass Painter Historian Novelist
- Dredge, John Ingle, (1818-1897), Methodist and Anglican Clergyman Antiquary
- Dunn, W H, (fl 1860), Devon Antiquary
- Dymond, Robert, (1824-1888), Devon Antiquary
- Englefield, Sir Henry Charles, (1752-1822), Knight Antiquary and Scientific Writer
- Fursdon, Charles Alfred Thomas, (1861-1938), Devon Antiquary
- Galsworthy, John, (1867-1933), author
- Gendall, John, (1790-1865), Painter
- Granville, Roger, (1848-1911), Sub Dean of Exeter Antiquary
- Harte, Walter James, (1866-1954), Historian
- Harvey, Christopher, (1846-1926), Fleet Surgeon RN Genealogist
- Hawker, Robert Stephen, (1803-1875), vicar of Morwenstow, poet and antiquary
- Hill, Arthur, (fl 1924), Genealogist
- Hill, Richard Henry Ernest, (fl 1893-1911), Antiquary
- Hingeston-Randolph, Herbert Castillion, (c1870-1945), Rector of Ringmore, antiquary
- Hoskins, William George, (1908-1992), historian
- Hutchinson, Peter Orlando, (1810-1897), Botanist and Antiquary
- Hyde, Henry Barry, (1854-1932), Prebendary of Exeter Antiquary
- Jewers, Arthur John, (d 1920), Antiquary
- Johnston, George Douglas, (1886-1971), barrister and topographer
- Jones, Winslow, (1815-1895), Devon Antiquary and Attorney
- Jukes, Worthington, (1849-1937), Rector of Shobrooke Antiquary
- Kernahan, John Coulson, (1858-1943), writer
- Lane, Richard, (1772-1858), Perpetual Curate of Brixton Devon Antiquary
- Le Hardy, William Henry Clement, (1889-1961), Colonel Record Agent Archivist
- Lega-Weekes, Ethel Clelia, (c1864-1949), Devon antiquary
- Long, Edward Tudor, (d 1977), Historian and Topographer
- Luke, George Sercombe, (1794-1835), Anglican Clergyman Devon Antiquary
- Maclean, Sir John, (1811-1895), Knight, archaeologist and civil servant
- Marriott, John, (1780-1825), anglican clergyman, poet and hymn writer
- Molland, Lawrence, (d ? 1953), Devon Antiquary
- Morris, Reginald Burnet, (1859-1952), antiquary and bibliographer
- Munk, William, (1816-1898), Physician Medical Biographer
- Murray, Sir Oswyn Alexander Ruthven, (1873-1936), Knight, Knight, civil servant and genealogist
- Newton, Robert, (1908-1983), historian of Exeter
- Northcote, James, (1746-1831), painter and author
- Oliver, George, (1781-1861), Jesuit historian of Exeter
- Payne, William, (c 1760-1830), Watercolour Painter
- Phillpotts, Eden, (1862-1960), writer
- Powell, David Thomas, (1773-1848), antiquary
- Powell, John Robert, (1827-1920), rector of Buckland Filleigh and antiquary
- Prideaux, Francis Beville, (1871-1938), Lieutenant Colonel Indian Administrator Genealogist
- Prosser, Richard Bissell, (1838-1918), historian of patents and inventions
- Pulling, Joan King, (fl 1920-1933), Novelist
- Ramsden, Josslyn Vere, (1876-1952), Lieutenant Colonel Mineralogist
- Reichel, Oswald Joseph, (1840-1923), historian
- Reynolds, Stephen, (1881-1919), author
- Risdon, Tristram, (? 1580-1640), Topographer
- Rogers, William Henry, (1868-1944), Devon Antiquary
- Rowe, Joshua Brooking, (1837-1908), Devon Antiquary Naturalist and Solicitor
- Rowe, Samuel, (1793-1853), Vicar of Crediton Antiquary
- Saunders, John Charles Kitching, (c 1824-c 1910), Anglican Clergyman
- Savage, James, (1767-1845), antiquary
- Sherwood, George Frederick Tudor, (fl 1890-1939), genealogist
- Short, John Smale, (fl 1840-1850), Devon antiquary
- Skinner, Alfred James Page, (1857-1934), Devon Antiquary
- Smith, Charles Hamilton, (1776-1859), soldier, naturalist and antiquary
- Southcott, Joanna, (1750-1814), prophetess Devon
- Sperling, John Hanson, (1825-1894), Anglican Clergyman Antiquary
- St Aubyn, William John, (c 1795-1877), Rector of Stoke Damerel Antiquary
- Sumner, Herbert George, (c1856-1932), Devon antiquary Devon
- Tapley-Soper, Harry Tapley, (1875-1951), Librarian Antiquary Archaeologist
- Thomson, Francis Drake, (1839-1922), Anglican clergyman
- Thornton, William Henry, (1830-1916), Rector of North Bovey, author
- Torr, Cecil, (1857-1928), Devon Antiquary
- Tuckett, John, (fl 1850-1862), Devon antiquary
- Venn, Tom Walters, (d ? 1973), Soldier Orientalist and Antiquary
- Wainwright, Thomas, (1826-1916), Librarian of North Devon Athenaeum Antiquary
- Walrond, Humphry, (b 1638), Devon Antiquary
- Westcote, Thomas, (? 1567-c 1640), Topographer
- Whale, Thomas William, (1825-1906), Schoolmaster Rector of Dolton Devon Antiquary
- White, Bartholomew, (b 1621), Devon antiquary
- Whitley, Henry Michell, (1845-1928), Devon antiquary and topographer
- Willcocks, Mary Patricia, (1869-1952), novelist and biographer
- Williams, Henry Frank Fulford, (1885-1966), clergyman and antiquary
- Wolcot, John, (1738-1819), poet and satirist, pseudonym Peter Pindar
- Woollcombe, Henry, (1777-1847), Mayor and Recorder of Plymouth Antiquary
- Woollcombe, William, (d 1822), physician and antiquary
Diaries (2)
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (1)
- NRA 38987 Westcountry Studies Library, Exeter: MS collections