Author: Russell, Percy [editor]
Title: Report And Transactions Of The Devonshire Association For The Advancement Of Science, Literature And Art - (Lynton , 1956 ) Volume LXXXVIII [ 88 ]
Description: printed for the Association by the Torquay Times & Devonshire Press, Torquay, 1956, 1st edition. Paperback, VG. xvi+304pp, 31pp b/w plates, b/w illustrations, index, covers slightly edge worn, a nice copy. Paperback , no dustjacket. ¶ Many papers concerning Devonshire natural history, archaeology & history. Contents include, apart from the annual reports of the many sections of the DAASLA : Lynmouth Flood Disaster - Wordsworth & Coleridge on the Confines of Devon - Chapel of St Nicholas, Ilfracombe - Eratics of Saunton & Fremington Area - Notes on the First British Bee Keeping Society - Rebuilding of the Hall of Compton Castle - Waste Berry, Brixton - West Country Ports & the Struggle for the Newfoundland Fisheries in the 17th C - Lympstone - Richard Hole as an 18th C Shakespearian Critic - Teignmouth as a Seaside Resort - Discoveries at the Church of St Andrew Plymouth - Notable Devon Knight, Sir William Courtnay - Dartmoor Blowing Houses - Devon Dovecotes V.

Keywords: devon, archaeology, medieval history, natural history