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Charlotte Larpent’s Enduring Legacy
Charlotte Larpent is well-known locally as a benefactor. She was instrumental in building Leusdon School and Leusdon Church in the 1850s and 1860s. We have produced a new book as a result of research that we have carried out into her life both before she came to Leusdon and during her life there. Visit the…
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Medieval Documents: Glossary and ‘Wodehaye’ Addendum Added
Glossary Many of the terms used in the ‘Revisiting Some Medieval Documents of Widecombe Church’ paper may be unclear to readers, especially those not familiar with the area of Dartmoor discussed, or those who are perhaps unacquainted with some of the ecclesiastical terminology. A glossary has therefore been provided to help with this problem. Wodehaye…
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Researching Robert Dymond
We have started a project to investigate the life of Robert Dymond and family and their descendants, particularly as they relate to the parishes of Leusdon and Widecombe-in-the-Moor. Please visit the project page to find out more and perhaps provide some information.
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Medieval Documents of Widecombe Church
A paper was published in the 2023 edition of the Devonshire Association Report and Transactions that investigated the earliest documents relating to Widecombe Church. The paper aims to clarify what these documents reveal about the events and personalities recorded in them and considers how Widecombe Church integrated into the wider context of the Church in…
