Upcoming events

12 May - visit to Coldharbour Mill.  More details nearer the time
Our full schedule for 2025-6 can be found on the Meetings and visits page

NEWS!

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A project to excavate the site of a rare Roman Villa between Sampford Peverell and Halberton has just (January 2026) been officially launched, thanks to National Lottery Heritage funding.  The Sampford Peverell Society is one of the partners in the project, along with Exeter University, the Tiverton Archaeology Group, and Devon County Council.  

​For more information and to volunteer see:
​https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/share/2025/12/11/hello-world/
Latest information added:

March 2026, Cotswold Archaeology has been appointed to work on the SHARE project
We now have a number of videos on YouTube.  You can see them here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb4Hlc-MA8KGXiN-0c5YlaA
Sampford Peverell at war

A film of our work to remember Sampford Peverell during the First World War is now available on You Tube.  You can see it here:

https://youtu.be/Gio0Yb0E_1g

Much of the information we have found on those who took part in the war can be found here:

https://spsocresearch.weebly.com/ww1.html​

Help needed
We are keen to hear from anyone who can help with any of the following:​
  • Memories of people living in Sampford Peverll in WW2, or of people from the village who took part in the war.
  • Anyone willing to help with transcriptions of more parish records (computer with Excel needed)
If you can help please contact any member of the committee or via this form: contact form
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For more about Sampford Peverell as it is now see: http://www.sampfordpeverell.org.uk