Medieval Bridge over Exe
Medieval Bridge over Exe

               List of Walks/Visits                                      2002 to date

 

2002

 

 

11 July

Heavitree Local History 

Higher Cemetery guided tour

5 Sept

Peter Wale

Tuckers Hall 

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A walk through Northernhay Gardens

2003

 

 

29-May

Kevin White

Tour of Exeter school buildings & museum

10-Jul

Christine Trigger

Historic & Water

11-Sep

 

St Nicholas Priory

2004

 

 

13-May

Susan Foot

Exeter Synagogue

08-Jul

Geoffrey Harding

Countess Wear Village

09-Sep

Michael Hall

Tour of 5 churches inc St Martins, St Petrocks etc

2005

 

 

12-May

 

Visit to the Devon  Exeter Institution

14-Jul

Christine Trigger

Tour of St Thomas

September

David Risdon

Exeter Cathedral's Education Centre

2006

 

 

09-Apr

Poltimore House

Reenactment of signing the Treaty of Exeter

13-May

 

Devon Record Office

13-Jul

Jacqueline Cummings

Guided Tour of Topsham

14-Sep

Bill Olive

Tour of the Guildhall

2007

 

 

24-May

 

Visit to Downes, Crediton,

home of General Redvers Buller

05-Jul

David Snell

Visit lesser known parts of Exeter Cathedral

20-Sep

Tony Bulgin

Visit to Dean Clark House (formerly the RD&E)

17-Nov

 

Exeter Local History Day at the Guildhall

2008

 

 

15-Mar

 

Exeter's Underground Passages

08-May

 

Whimple's Local Heritage Centre

10-Jul

 

Cricklepit Mill

27-Sep

 

Custom House

2009

 

 

03-May

 

21 The Mint & the Catacombs

23-Jul

 

Bowhay House

09-Sep

 

Pynes Water Treatment Plant: history of supply

2010

 

 

08-Jul

 

The Exwick Trail and supper at the Thatched Hse

26-Aug

 

Tuckers Hall with wine and nibbles

06-Sep

 

Exeter Cathedral's Stone Masons Yard

2011

 

 

05-May

 

St Katharine's Priory, Polsloe

26-May

Crediton History & Museum Society

Tour Crediton Town and Church

14-Jul

Richard Parker

The Two St Marys, starting at St. Mary Arches

22-Sep

 

Bill Douglas Centre, Exeter University

 

 

 

2012

 

 

03-Mar

 

Exeter Local History Day

13-Mar

 

Masonic Temple, Gandy Street

14-Mar

 

Bowhill House

17-May

 

Visit to Coldharbour Mill

13-Jul

David Cornforth

Exeter Ship Canal by boat

19-Jul

 

Walk around Heavitree

05-Sep

 

Police HQ, Middlemoor

06-Sep

Julia Sharp

Deanery Roof

2013

 

 

13-Mar

 

Exeter Cathedral Library & Archives

16-Apr

 

Mols Coffee House - see the view from the roof etc

17-Jul

Nigel Bush

Northernhay & Rougemont Gardens

25-Sep

Richard Halsey

The Exeter Synagogue

03-Oct

Ruth Hawker

Salvation Army Temple visit

2014

 

 

30-May

Malcolm Grigorey

Great Duryard & Duryard House

21-Jun

Malcolm Grigorey

Topsham Museum

19-Jul

Malcolm Grigorey

Dissenters Graveyard

12-Sep

Malcolm Grigorey

The University Campus in its early days: Walk

17-Nov

Tom Cadbury

Behind the Scenes at RAMM

2015

 

 

January

 

County Hall: Behind the Scenes

March

 

Tavistock Museum

May

 

Cygnet Theatre: behind the scenes. Colleton Crescent etc

July

Malcolm Grigorey

Central Exeter: Architecture Above the Skyline

September

 

Great Duryard reborn as the Steiner Academy

November

Frances Allwright

The Mosque

2016

 

 

14 January

Malcolm Grigorey

The Barnfield Theatre

10 March

 

Methodist Church, Sidwell Street, visit

12 May

Malcolm Grigorey

Pinbrook House, the church and others

14 July

 

Bike Shed on the Quay

15 September

Frances Allwright

Recycling Centre and history of rubbish disposal

12 November

John, the Mace Sergeant

Behind the Scenes at the Guildhall

2017

 

 

January

 

Belmont Park & the Orthodox Chapel

9 March

Malcolm Grigorey

Exwick's lost industrial history.  Walk  

10-May

Alison Gordon

Guided private tour of Tiverton Castle with the owner

13 July

Malcolm Grigorey

Exeter University Gardens

14 September

Malcolm Grigorey

St Luke's Campus

9 November

 

Guided tour Poltimore House & gardens

2018

 

 

17 January

 

Visit to Fire Station. Talk on history of fire prevention.

14 March

Jackie Holdswoth

Newtown and its history.  Walk

9 May

 

3 churches in Heavitree including tiny St Clare's Chapel

13 July

 

Guided Private tour of Powderham Castle

12 September

Jon

Ashclyst Forest from medieval times to WW2

16 November

 

Cricklepit Mill and the leats supplying the power

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Most talks are now on the second Thursday of a month. All meetings start at 7 pm and are held at LEONARDO Hotel Exeter, Western Way, Exeter EX1 2DB.                                              The nearest car parks are the Triangle Car Park (at the rear of Leonardo Hotel) and the Summerland Gate Car Park (next to Vue Cinema). Parking at the Triangle Car Park is, unfortunately, no longer free in the evenings.

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