Devon England
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Lecture on the 'Volcanic History of Britain', 1886
Item
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
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Edouard Claparede, 6 October 1859
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Identifier: Coll-203/1 folio(s) 552-553
Scope and Contents
Letter, with envelope, to Sir Charles Lyell from Rene-Edouard Claparede sending information on the nature of the research of Johan Japetus Steenstrup and Johan Georg Forchhammer relating to the former peoples of Denmark. He states that although they are interesting from an archaeolological point of view, they do not have the importance that Lyell attaches to them. The findings do not have the same import as the axes discovered in France or Devon. He then gives a precis of the research, 6...
Dates:
6 October 1859
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