Kingsbridge Cookworthy Museum

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The Museum's main galleries are closed for the winter, but work on the collections goes on all year round, together with preparations for next season and new exhibitions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resource Centre

Welcome to the Local Heritage Resource Centre.

The Heritage Resource Centre is open Monday to Thursday 10.00 a.m. - 12 noon, Wednesdays 10.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m., and at other times by appointment.

Our volunteers will help you with your researches using our available records, including:

  • Parish records for many local parishes, on microfiche

  • Local newspapers from 1855 to date, on microfilm

  • Library of local history books and trade directories

  • Collection of maps including 6 inch Ordnance Survey maps, tithe maps and apportionments

  • Database of heritage photographs, dating from as early as the 1870s

There is a Devon Record Office service point. Printing and photocopying of Local History databases and other resources. Scanned prints from the Musem's collections, both framed and unframed, are available to order.

There is a small charge per session, and for printing and copying. Friends of the Cookworthy Museum may use the facilities free of charge (except the microfilm reader/printer).

If you are researching anything historical within the South Hams, you really should call in and have a chat as you never know what you might discover.  

Watch a short video explaining what is on offer at the centre.