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Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust): 2021 Accessions

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  • Devon Quarter Sessions: papers, incl constables' presentments, jury lists and lists of freeholders 1599-1792, manuscript copy of broadside sheet 1710, constables' certificates rel to health of horned cattle 1747, land tax assessments 1790-1792, accounts and receipts, notice regarding impounding of stray animals, Wonford Division 1856 16th-19th cent (QS)
  • Huyshe family of Sand, Sidbury: family and estate papers, incl pedigrees, plans, correspondence files, religious texts, loose photographs, photograph album, personal papers 19th-21st cent (2530M)
  • Bound volume containing papers rel to the Exeter Theatre Disaster Fund 1887-1912 (77/10)
  • Watcombe Park, Torquay: historic architectural plans and drawings (37) of Watcombe Park, now known as Brunel Manor, incl sketches, plans and drawings for James R.Crompton 1870s, sale plan c1876, plans of mansion and of proposed improvements for Colonel I. C. Wright 1876-1877, drainage plans for Sir John Edwards Moss 1907, and lithographs by Waterlow and Sons c1873-1900 (WAT)
  • Leon Schulz Collection: digital version of document relating the story of Leon Schulz, a French minor refugee in England during the second World War 21st cent (ZBAB)
  • Watcombe Park, Torquay: survey plan rel to the early development of Watcombe Park for Isambard Kingdom Brunel, showing routes of roads and lanes mid 19th cent (ZBAU)
  • Lockdown Legends: records of exhibition showcasing stories of local people showing kindness, courage, humanity and ingenuity during the covid-19 pandemic crisis. Exhibition was created from a selection of the stories and photographs of those nominated by members of the public and sent to Royal Albert Memorial Museum in summer 2020 21st cent (ZBBS)
  • Reverend John Swete (1752-1821), antiquary and poet: watercolour sketches (2) of Paignton, dated June 1793, on each side of a single sheet of sketchbook paper 1793 (ZBCM)
  • George Beer (fl1887), of Aveton Gifford: notebook diary, incl pages (2) recording bell ringing at churches in South Devon, Devonport, Plymouth, Newton Abbot, Exeter and in Cornwall. Also records events at Queen Victoria's Jubilee celebrations at Aveton Gifford, and a story written in Devon dialect [possibly a copy] 1887 (ZBCN)
  • Bishops Nympton manor: maps (3) 1871 (ZAZP)
  • Herbert Read Ltd: additional records, incl correspondence with customers, some colour photographs and negatives, material rel to ecclesiastical and other wood and stone work; also incl files rel to restoration work done at Windsor Castle after the fire, at the Houses of Parliament, House of Commons, and at St. James's Palace 20th-21st cent (6854B)