War is a difficult subject but it’s one of the many things that has shaped Plymouth and made it the city it is today. Although it brings destruction and life-changing situations, war is also a testament to how brave and resilient people can be, even in the toughest of circumstances. Today we’ll be highlighting someContinue reading “War and Conflict”
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Sir Francis Chichester
The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter Perhaps the largest crowd ever to gather on Plymouth Hoe – a quarter of a million people – saw the 65 year-old Francis Chichester sail home to finish the first west-east solo circumnavigation of the world onContinue reading “Sir Francis Chichester”
Letters Reporting the Mutiny of the Plymouth Squadron, 1797
Lee-Jane Giles Twitter Lee-Jane Giles is a PhD candidate at University of Plymouth. Her research focuses on the admiralty general court martial records in the 18th century, specifically 1755-1779, and considers how the charges related within them can shed light on how members of the marine corps constructed masculine values and validations. Lee-Jane is alsoContinue reading “Letters Reporting the Mutiny of the Plymouth Squadron, 1797”
Dame Agnes Weston and Dame Sophia Wintz
The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter Born in London in 1840, Aggie Weston spent more than two decades living and working among the sailors of the Royal Navy. She co-founded two Royal Sailors’ Rests in Plymouth and one in Portsmouth with fellow philanthropistContinue reading “Dame Agnes Weston and Dame Sophia Wintz”
The Royal Navy and the Dockyard
The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter Plymouth has been linked with the history of the Royal Navy for centuries and has the largest naval base in Western Europe. The huge site in Devonport, which dates from the 1690s, covers four miles of waterfrontContinue reading “The Royal Navy and the Dockyard”
Drake’s Island
Welcome to Day 6 of this year’s online History Festival! Today we’ll be looking at a variety of Plymouth landmarks, starting with a look at Drake’s Island. First, here’s a clip from episode 3 of the BBC’s ‘Secret Britain’, which includes a peek at the island as it looks today. Taking a step back toContinue reading “Drake’s Island”
Drake’s Charter
The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter Here’s a fascinating document that relates to Sir Francis Drake’s ‘privateering’… This Elizabethan document from city’s historic collections is dated 1587. It’s a Royal Letters Patent (charter or deed) to Sir Francis Drake committing to him theContinue reading “Drake’s Charter”
Plymouth History Festival 