Axminster is a small market town in East Devon with a long association with carpet making. Close to the centre of town, at the foot of Castl...

The story begins with a marriage between two biscuit empires - Meredith & Drew, and Peek Freans.  Julius Drew was a descendant of both t...

In 1784, at the age of 34, Jane Parminter having recently inherited her father’s estate embarked on a Grand Tour of Europe with three compan...

A series of 6 postcards sent over about 10 days in May 1907 from a mother in Witheridge, Devon to her schoolboy son who was staying away fro...

Winsford Cottage Hospital It’s easy to imagine the scene.  Outside his church near Piccadilly, the Reverend Charles Voysey listens attentive...

Captain George Peacock was born in 1805 into a naval family in Exmouth. He served in the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy as well as pursui...