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 2020
- Inns and guest houses
- Trades and services
- Industries
Other projects
Other projects either in progress or awaiting resources include
Other projects either in progress or awaiting resources include
- Research into the St Boniface's Home for Waifs and Strays
- 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
- A new edition of Sampford Peverell of Yesteryear - photos and postcards
- Events for 75th anniversary of VE day - 8 May 2020
- More document transcriptions, eg 1910 survey and Land Tax Returns
- Natural History
- Sampford Peverell during WW2