#devon — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #devon, aggregated by home.social.
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Stream at Middlemoor Whitchurch Down, yesterday, #Dartmoor, #Devon #photography
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First foxgloves appearing on the moor, near Whitchurch Down yesterday, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography
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Stream at Middlemoor, Whitchurch Down, today and a foal pulling funny faces 🙂, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography
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Leat (Longash leat), and Kings’s Tor near Fourwinds, Merrivale, #Dartmoor, #Devon a couple of Junes ago. #photography
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What a great job Devon Wildlife Trust have done to ensure Beaver return to Devon. Great talk and walk with them tonight.
#Nature #Wildlife #Beaver #Devon #DevonWildlifeTrust #Mammals #mammalsofMastodon
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What a great job Devon Wildlife Trust have done to ensure Beaver return to Devon. Great talk and walk with them tonight.
#Nature #Wildlife #Beaver #Devon #DevonWildlifeTrust #Mammals #mammalsofMastodon
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What a great job Devon Wildlife Trust have done to ensure Beaver return to Devon. Great talk and walk with them tonight.
#Nature #Wildlife #Beaver #Devon #DevonWildlifeTrust #Mammals #mammalsofMastodon
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What a great job Devon Wildlife Trust have done to ensure Beaver return to Devon. Great talk and walk with them tonight.
#Nature #Wildlife #Beaver #Devon #DevonWildlifeTrust #Mammals #mammalsofMastodon
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What a great job Devon Wildlife Trust have done to ensure Beaver return to Devon. Great talk and walk with them tonight.
#Nature #Wildlife #Beaver #Devon #DevonWildlifeTrust #Mammals #mammalsofMastodon
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River Meavy at Higher Meavy bridge last July, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography
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Wetterupdate für @Thalestria und @Erdrandbewohner.
32⁰C in Southwest #Devon -
The same hawthorn tree near Whitchurch Down, in May and September, can’t guarantee the sheep are the same though ( they roam around Dartmoor), #Dartmoor #Devon #seasons #photography
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Saturday June 27th 2026
9:30 am to 12:00STEAM Cafe & Discovery Centre,
13 Torbay Road,
Paignton,
Devon
TQ4 6AAhttps://
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#STEAM
#Science
#Technology
#Engineering
#Arts
#Maths
#Paignton
#Devon
#UnitedKingdom
#Robotics
#Dragster
#Software
#Hardwae
#OpenHardware
#Arduino
#Events
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Saturday June 27th 2026
9:30 am to 12:00STEAM Cafe & Discovery Centre,
13 Torbay Road,
Paignton,
Devon
TQ4 6AAhttps://
tinkerers.zleap.net#STEM
#STEAM
#Science
#Technology
#Engineering
#Arts
#Maths
#Paignton
#Devon
#UnitedKingdom
#Robotics
#Dragster
#Software
#Hardwae
#OpenHardware
#Arduino
#Events
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Saturday June 27th 2026
9:30 am to 12:00STEAM Cafe & Discovery Centre,
13 Torbay Road,
Paignton,
Devon
TQ4 6AAhttps://
tinkerers.zleap.net#STEM
#STEAM
#Science
#Technology
#Engineering
#Arts
#Maths
#Paignton
#Devon
#UnitedKingdom
#Robotics
#Dragster
#Software
#Hardwae
#OpenHardware
#Arduino
#Events
#Tinkerers -
Saturday June 27th 2026
9:30 am to 12:00STEAM Cafe & Discovery Centre,
13 Torbay Road,
Paignton,
Devon
TQ4 6AAhttps://
tinkerers.zleap.net#STEM
#STEAM
#Science
#Technology
#Engineering
#Arts
#Maths
#Paignton
#Devon
#UnitedKingdom
#Robotics
#Dragster
#Software
#Hardwae
#OpenHardware
#Arduino
#Events
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Saturday June 27th 2026
9:30 am to 12:00STEAM Cafe & Discovery Centre,
13 Torbay Road,
Paignton,
Devon
TQ4 6AAhttps://
tinkerers.zleap.net#STEM
#STEAM
#Science
#Technology
#Engineering
#Arts
#Maths
#Paignton
#Devon
#UnitedKingdom
#Robotics
#Dragster
#Software
#Hardwae
#OpenHardware
#Arduino
#Events
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Oaks and bridleway sign near Sheepstor earlier this month, #Dartmoor #Devon. #photography #mosstodon
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Quartz rock and stream at Moortown, on Wednesday #dartmoor #Devon #photography
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This is the kind of thing one does on a public holiday - taking visitors to see the local heritage railway.
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This is the kind of thing one does on a public holiday - taking visitors to see the local heritage railway.
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Pictures taken this week near Moortown and Pew Tor, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography
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A new 12-part television series exploring the life and imagination of Samuel Taylor Coleridge is set to be filmed in the poet’s birthplace of Ottery St Mary later this year. #Devon
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View of Brentor church from near Mary Tavy last week, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography
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#1288 Margery Rowe (ed) - Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries, Vol XXXIII - Part VIII. Maslands Ltd, Tiverton, Spring 1977.
#Devon #Cornwall #DCNQ #MargeryRowe #Archives #History #Genealogy #Exeter #BookOfTheDay
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#1288 Margery Rowe (ed) - Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries, Vol XXXIII - Part VIII. Maslands Ltd, Tiverton, Spring 1977.
#Devon #Cornwall #DCNQ #MargeryRowe #Archives #History #Genealogy #Exeter #BookOfTheDay
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#1288 Margery Rowe (ed) - Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries, Vol XXXIII - Part VIII. Maslands Ltd, Tiverton, Spring 1977.
#Devon #Cornwall #DCNQ #MargeryRowe #Archives #History #Genealogy #Exeter #BookOfTheDay
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#1288 Margery Rowe (ed) - Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries, Vol XXXIII - Part VIII. Maslands Ltd, Tiverton, Spring 1977.
#Devon #Cornwall #DCNQ #MargeryRowe #Archives #History #Genealogy #Exeter #BookOfTheDay
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#1288 Margery Rowe (ed) - Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries, Vol XXXIII - Part VIII. Maslands Ltd, Tiverton, Spring 1977.
#Devon #Cornwall #DCNQ #MargeryRowe #Archives #History #Genealogy #Exeter #BookOfTheDay
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Successful steam and diesel day at Devon railway http://dlvr.it/TSh868 #Devon #LyntonandBarnstapleRailway #narrowgauge #RailNews
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Taviton brook, near Whitchurch Down on Wednesday, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography
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‘There is no great master plan’: anxiety as UK homes, roads and railways sink into the sea https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/23/uk-homes-roads-railways-sink-into-the-sea #Coastlines #EnvironmentPolicy #ClimateCrisis #Environment #UkNews #Devon
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Daniel Flood – Devonshire hatter
by Christine Swan
I have previously written of my great, great grandmother Mary Flood of Southwark who married William Henry Apthorp, coachsmith and wheelwright, in the grand church of St George’s Hanover Square. In this post, I explore her father’s life.
St George’s Church, Hanover Square
Daniel Flood was baptised on the 8th May 1772, in Honiton, Devon, the youngest son of Peter and Eleanor. Honiton is an historic market town situated on the Roman Fosse Way, and developed around a long High Street. Daniel’s father was a master cordwainer. In this small town, the Flood family were prolific and well-known. Peter Flood’s eldest son Richard, married in Honiton in 1783, when youngest son Daniel, was just eleven years old. In 1791, Richard, and presumably Daniel, were still resident in Honiton, with Richard also a cordwainer. I counted no fewer that eight Floods listed in the town trade directory, representing a wide range of occupations, from bankers to bakers.
Floods in Honiton in 1791
After the birth of Richard’s children, his family moved to London. As the youngest son, perhaps Daniel felt that his future lay there too. I cannot be certain of the year in which they made the journey of just over one hundred and fifty miles to Southwark, but I know that it was between 1792 to about 1798. Across the rolling Devon landscape, passing over the Blackdown Hills, they would have stopped over in towns along the route, most likely Andover and Basingstoke, mirroring a route that I took on childhood family holidays travelling in the reverse direction to Devon.
Borough would have been a shock to the two brothers. I wonder if they knew what to expect. In the early nineteenth century, Southwark still had elements of rural life but the population was to increase rapidly over the coming years. Busy taverns and coaching inns would have brought in people from outside of London, and tradespeople, such as hatters and cordwainers would have benefitted from the increased footfall.
The George Inn, Borough, would have been known to Daniel Flood
Daniel Flood trained as a hatter, but, I have not discovered if he trained in Devon or in London although it is likely that it was the former, as he would have been a minimum of twenty years old when he moved. He would most probably have been apprenticed in a similar way to his brother Richard. Southwark became the centre of the hat trade and many of its processes, which were potentially dangerous, through the use of mercury, were conducted in poorer, more industrialised areas than in the City.
Daniel married Susannah Clarke in 1799, also in St George’s Church Hanover Square. Richard, and his wife Molly, were witnesses to the marriage. I can only presume that this was the bride’s parish as both Richard and Daniel lived in Borough, Southwark.
The marriage of Daniel Flood and Susannah Clarke in 1799
Daniel and Susannah’s first child, Susannah was born the same year, and baptised at St George the Martyr two years later. Daniel and Richard’s families lived in Queen Street, now Union Street in Southwark. Part of this stretch was also delightfully named Bandy Leg Lane, presumably because of the shape of the road. This was in an area that was to become a notorious slum. It was situated within the Liberty of the Mint, which I have described previously, as a preserve of debtors, fugitives and scoundrels.
The Mint in 1825, as it would have been when Daniel Flood lived there. By This file is from the Mechanical Curator collection, a set of over 1 million images scanned from out-of-copyright books and released to Flickr Commons by the British Library.View image on Flickr View all images from book View catalogue entry for book., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32463560
In 1801, Daniel’s second daughter, Elizabeth was born. Susannah and Elizabeth were baptised at the same time, although the former’s birth year is given as 1799. Daniel Jarvis Flood was born in 1803 but, this year was marked by tragedy as his sister Susannah died. Daniel Jarvis also did not survive, and died in 1805. This was a time in history when infant mortality was as high as fifty percent. Daughter Mary, my great, great grandmother, was born in 1806 and thankfully, survived to adulthood. Their next son, Daniel, born in 1808, sadly did not survive, and died in 1810. The couple’s final child, Susannah, was born in 1811.
St George the Martyr Church, Borough, where Daniel’s children were baptised and buried
In the same year, Daniel and Richard’s father, Peter, died in Honiton. Would the two brothers have known? Richard, as the eldest son, may have gained some inheritance, but he himself was to pass away in 1813, aged fifty five years. Daniel remained living in Queen Street, as he had since he arrived in Southwark, at least fifteen years earlier.
Daniel Flood’s burial record from 1833
Daniel’s wife died in January 1833, aged sixty three years, and Daniel was to die almost exactly one month later, at the same age. With only daughters surviving, this branch of the Flood name ceased with Daniel’s passing. Meanwhile, Floods continued to flourish in Honiton during the nineteenth century. Both Susannah and Daniel would have had the pleasure of seeing their daughter Mary married in 1825, and to have seen two of their grandchildren born.
All original photos by the author
#ancestry #Devon #family #FamilyHistory #genealogy #Hatter #history #London #Southwark -
Lane at Moortown this week, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography
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Mossy delights and details near Moortown on Wednesday, western #Dartmoor #Devon #mosstodon #photography
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This walk in South #Devon is from Hope Cove to Bantham. It follows the well marked coast path. Bentham Beach is one of the most spectacular in the area. Chance to visit Burch Island. See https://happyhiker.co.uk/MyWalks/Devon/HopeCovetoBantham/Hiking%20Pages%20-%20Hope%20Cove%20to%20Bantham.htm
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Oak tree growing out of a wall near Pew Tor yesterday, the camera was on the ground looking up, photo of how it was taken in comments, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography #trees
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The UK’s ‘no-go’ beaches for bank holiday swimming revealed
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The UK’s ‘no-go’ beaches for bank holiday swimming revealed
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The UK’s ‘no-go’ beaches for bank holiday swimming revealed
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The UK’s ‘no-go’ beaches for bank holiday swimming revealed
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The UK’s ‘no-go’ beaches for bank holiday swimming revealed
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A magpie flies across the road near Pew tor yesterday, Great Staple tor is in the background on the horizon, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography #magpies
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Grimstone and Sortridge leat runs below Pew Tor today, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography
The late medieval made made water channel was originally designed to serve the manor houses of Grimstone and Sortridge, -
https://www.europesays.com/videos/29982/ Hundreds turn out for WW2 veteran’s funeral in Cornwall | ITV News West Country (South West) #BereAlston #Bodmin #Cornwall #Devon #DevonCountyShow #HelmanTor #itv #ItvNews #ITVNewsInFull #NorthDevon #Somerset #WESTMINSTER
