Dartmoor Stories

In a glass case on the top floor of the Museum of Dartmoor Life is a small wooden collecting box with a sad little picture stuck to it. On the...

Digitised by Jan Goffey, a Museum Trustee Original Book typed by Dr Edward Herbert Young (1862-1932). He lived at Darley House, and was one of the town’s two GPs for...

The gentleman pictured is indeed the Honourable Gwyllym Lloyd WARDLE, Esquire.  MP for Okehampton 1807 – 1812 n.b. Gwyllym is the Welsh spelling of William. Vol 1 History of Okehampton...

Image of Leofric Missal : Bodleian Library, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Vol 1 pg 109 History of Okehampton by EHY. 1931 and J Goffey 2021) Translated from the Anglo-Saxon...

Do you know there are fifteen almshouses in Okehampton? Where are they, what are they, and why are they so beneficial? What is an almshouse? – the recognised definition is:...

Peat has been exploited on Dartmoor for centuries, both for domestic use and as a commercial product. In the 19th century, there were several attempts to produce peat on an...