The Branscombe Project

Talks & Events

 Talks usually take place in Branscombe Village Hall and start at 19:30.

 Everyone is welcome, entrance is free - donations gratefully received.

 (Click on the posters and events to zoom and read more)

The Branscombe Project began in 1992. A group of people, some of whom had lived all their lives in Branscombe, others relative newcomers, decided they wanted to find out more about their village and the wider landscape.

The time-span is anywhere from prehistoric times to the present, and the idea is to explore changing landscapes, changing lives, historical materials, and living memories.

We have taped nearly 200 interviews, dug in the archives and in the ground, and walked the landscape. People have lent us photographs, documents, postcards and objects.

We put on biennial exhibitions, winter talks, documentary dramas and ‘disappeared houses’ walks. We have covered topics as diverse as Branscombe Ghosts, Maps, Farming, Cliff Plats, Orchards, Shops & Trades, the Churchyard, Lace Making, Smuggling, Outside Loos, Road History, School History, Hedgerow Dating, Archaeological Excavation & Field-walking, House & Family Histories, Gardens, the Blackshirts, and the wreck of the Napoli.

Our events and activities are open to all - there is no subscription and no membership list.

We want to make as much of our work available on this website as possible. We hope you’ll enjoy what’s here and find it useful.

NEWS

New Publications

30 Years of the Branscombe project

… a short book celebrating thirty years of the Branscombe project…

lots of pictures and only £5 …

will make an ideal Christmas present!

                                             

                                             An Idyllic Childhood in Troubled Times

                                             By Geoff Squire

                                             The Burnt House at Weston: Winners & Losers in an 18th C Devon Landscape

                                             By Barbara Farquharson & John Torrance

To read more about these books and to order please see the ‘Publications’ page here.

Click here for the Favourite Places Map

Memories of Branscombe Facebook page

Talking Heads

The Branscombe Project created a video, titles ‘Talking Heads’, as part of the East Devon AONB’s 60th anniversary celebrations in July 2023.

To view the video click on the above image

Sunday, October 25, 5:00

‘Peoples Emergency Briefing’

A Film

October 28th 2.30

MEET THE AUTHOR

Barbara Farquharson

The Burnt House at Weston

Winners and Losers in an Eighteenth-Century Landscape

The Sid Vale Association, Church Street, Sidmouth