Current projects
The businesses of Sampford Peverell
We are researching past businesses in Sampford Peverell such as shops, inns, tanners and garages. Work on the books is progressing well but we are still keen to hear from anyone with anecdotes about, or artefacts from, any past businesses in the village. We are currently planning 4 books:
We are researching past businesses in Sampford Peverell such as shops, inns, tanners and garages. Work on the books is progressing well but we are still keen to hear from anyone with anecdotes about, or artefacts from, any past businesses in the village. We are currently planning 4 books:
- Shops - should be ready for sale by mid 2018
- Inns and guest houses
- Trades and services
- Industries
Sampford Peverell at war
We have been working with the British Legion to find out as much as possible about those Sampford Peverell residents who took part in the two world wars, both casualties and survivors, and about the impact of the wars on the village and those living here. Again, we are keen to hear from anyone with stories and photos which they are willing to share.
Details of those men connected with the village who died during WW1 can be read on our research website:
http://spsocresearch.weebly.com/ww1.html
and there is a ring binder in the church containing a printout of this information.
A book about all those who served in WW1, and about life in the village during WW1, should be ready for sale by November 2018
We have been working with the British Legion to find out as much as possible about those Sampford Peverell residents who took part in the two world wars, both casualties and survivors, and about the impact of the wars on the village and those living here. Again, we are keen to hear from anyone with stories and photos which they are willing to share.
Details of those men connected with the village who died during WW1 can be read on our research website:
http://spsocresearch.weebly.com/ww1.html
and there is a ring binder in the church containing a printout of this information.
A book about all those who served in WW1, and about life in the village during WW1, should be ready for sale by November 2018
Other projects
Other projects either in progress or awaiting resources include
Other projects either in progress or awaiting resources include
- A 3D model of the village
- Research into the St Boniface's Home for Waifs and Strays
- Natural history
- Archaeology - investigating the local Roman site, in conjunction with Tiverton Archaeology Group
- Transcriptions of the Uplowman parish registers
- Identifying the locations of properties in the village with historic names, and recording their changes over time
- Book on the Sampford Ghost