CREDITON Library is delighted to host four free talks on aspects of our local history on Wednesday, July 7. The Local History Day will take place online this year via Zoom.
The programme includes:
10am Our Region Revealed – A Digitisation Project at the Devon and Exeter Institution by Emma Laws, Director of Collections and Research: A discussion on the project to digitise the prints and drawings collection at the Institution and how to access it.
11.30am Arthur Richardson – “The English Stradivarius” by Mark Norman, Crediton Library: The career of the highly respected Crediton-based violin maker whose blue plaque is on the library wall.
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1pm Church Graffiti in Devon by Pru Manning, Devon Historic Graffiti Survey: A look at the Devon Archaeological Society’s project to record and catalogue surviving graffiti in Devon’s 600 churches, 475 of which are ancient.
2.30pm As I Walked Out – Sabine Baring-Gould and his search for the Folk Songs of Devon and Cornwall by Martin Graebe, Folk song researcher and writer: Based on Martin’s double-prizewinning book, a look at the antiquarian Sabine Baring-Gould and includes performances of songs.
Book your free ticket at: bit.ly/CreditonHistory21 .
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