The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter The team at the Royal William Yard are doing a great job of sharing its interesting history with people during this year’s festival. In case you’ve missed their posts, here are some helpful links: Royal William YardContinue reading “The Royal William Yard”
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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”
Restoring the ‘souls of ships’
The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter 14 figureheads weighing a combined total of 20 tonnes will be on display in the main entrance of The Box when it opens to the public. Carved in the 1800s, and on loan from the National MuseumContinue reading “Restoring the ‘souls of ships’”
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”
Plymouth History Festival 