Kingswear Village Hall, 7.30pm. Monday 8th December. This talk by Jonathan Turner will look at the involvement of persons from Dartmouth and Kingswear - both as slavers and as slaves. It is an interesting episode in the history of our port. As its the last talk before Christmas, there will be a glass of wine …
KH and DHRG Events Nov 2025
This month gives 2 opportunities to explore events relevant to Kingswear and Dartmouth. Kingswear Historians Our next talk at 7:30pm on Monday 10th November continues the naval theme, this time looking at Three-hundred and Forty Years of Admiralty Hydrographic Surveys. We are lucky enough to have another local speaker, Bob Mark who is an expert …
KH Meeting 13 October at 7:30pm
The Fighting Temeraire Our next presentation will be by Ian Fraser who will explain the background to Turner's famous painting of "The Fighting Temeraire" Ian will provide an insight to the painting and to the artist including his connection with Dartmouth and Kingswear. More detail is provided here. The meeting will be held in Kingswear …
EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA IN THE 1850s
Dear Historian Its the start of the new term and we have the 2025-6 programme waiting for you. Monday 8th September, 7.30pm. The first talk will by Bill Lindsay who, last year, gave a fascinating and informative talk about emigration from Dartmouth to the west coast of Canada. This time his topic is emigration to …
Arsenic and Old Lace – 14 April 2025
The last meeting of our 2024 / 2025 season is entitled "Arsenic and Old Lace" and will be held in Kingswear Village Hall at 7:30pm on 14 April 2025. Our speaker will be Geri Parlby who has a first class honours degree in History and Theology and, a Masters in History of Art from the …
The Navy in the South-West in the English Civil War
Venue: Kingswear Hall at 7:30pm on Monday 10th March .Speaker: Bob Mark. "Tales of Daring-do, Selfless Courage, & Skullduggery" Bob's distinguished career included the post of Naval Director at the College of Defence Studies. Please join us for what promises to be a fascinating insight to the Royal Navy of King Charles I and why …
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10 February 2025 Meeting and Update
Next Meeting Kingswear Hall at 7:30pm Captain John Jellard of Blackawton (1811-1860) His life, times and mysterious death Speaker; Jonathan Turner John Jellard sailed his barque round the world in 1856, surviving pirate attacks and hurricanes before dying in mysterious circomstance in New Zealand. Please join us in Kingswear Hall at 7:30 pm on the …
Kingswear History 1841 – 1921
A journey through time guided by the Census Records and Historical Archives The Speaker's Notes for this presentation are available here KINGSWEAR 1841 TO 1911 12 Jan 2025 v2 Notes.pdf. Monday 13th January 2025 at 7.30pm in Kingswear Village Main Hall Happy New Year I will be delivering the first presentation of our New Year. …
KH Lecture – 9 Dec 24 – The Death of Nelson
Firstly apologies to anyone who got an email resulting from my attempts to integrate the website and Facebook. I think I have succeeded. If so, this post will appear on our Facebook page: Here. Secondly, our final lecture of 2024 will be at 7:30pm on 9th December in Kingswear Village Main Hall and will be …
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