Archive for September 2019

There is an old saying ‘never judge a book by it’s cover’. This Town Clerk’s letter book for Plymouth, dated 1825-1829 is a prime example. It is one of a series of dull looking books (1808-1843) with a dull sounding name, but they’ve certainly got some startling contents. Drunken soldiers, two African slave girls found…

As some of you will know, the Plymouth and West Devon Record Office in Clare Place closed its doors to the public on 29th August this year. The building was home to the archives for nearly 40 years. The street was named after the Sisters of the Poor Clare’s whose home was at the bottom of…