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Devon England

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Lecture on the 'Volcanic History of Britain', 1886

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Identifier: Coll-74/7/2
Scope and Contents

Notes for 4 lectures on the 'Volcanic History of Britain', given to the Royal Institution in 1886. Sir Archibald Geikie looked at the emergence of types of geological formations against a geological timeframe and how they have been affected by various processes, especially the action of volcanoes and materials produced by them, within the natural world. He used examples from numerous locations from different parts of the British Isles.

Dates: 1886

Letter to Hubert James Foss from Morris Meredith Williams, 26 May 1942

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2645
Scope and Contents

Letter, 26 May 1942, Devon, M. Meredith Williams to Hubert Foss. Discussing Meredith Williams paintings and sketches of Tovey. Holograph signed.

Dates: 26 May 1942

Letter to John Christie from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, c1895

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L35
Scope and Contents

Letter, [n.d], London, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to John Christie. Reply to an invitation. Typescript copy.

Dates: c1895

South Devon Cow, "Lorna Doone", 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2412
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the South Devon cow, "Lorna Doone" that was calved in 1897 and won many prizes standing in a paddock in the early 20th century. She was bred by J S Wroth, Aveton Gifford, King's Bridge, England.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

South Devon Cow, "Lorna Doone", 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2413
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the South Devon cow, "Lorna Doone" that was calved in 1897 and won many prizes standing in a paddock in the early 20th century. She was bred by J S Wroth, Aveton Gifford, King's Bridge, England.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Vocabulary notes for types of bait, June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/193
Scope and Contents

Vocabulary notes for types of bait including 'Maoirnean = Mactra helvacia Madadh sal = Mediola miodoilus P[ollenia] rudis L Devon'. Each line of text has been scored through horizontally in pencil.

Dates: June 1887

Wild White Cattle of Chartley Park, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1317
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the Wild White herd of cattle at Chartley Park that was sold to the Duke of Bedford by Earl Ferrars in 1905 standing in a fenced-in field.

Dates: 1870s-1930s