This is the place to find film, photographs, newspaper articles, posters, programmes, letters, deeds and much, much more that relates to the history of this beautiful Valley.

If you have any material that you think would be of interest then please register as a Community Contributor to add it to this collection so that future generations can learn more about the place they live. It’s not always the big things that make history fascinating, it’s often the little bits and pieces that give us the information about how ordinary people went about their lives – how they made a living, how they celebrated, how they thought and how they talked.

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19/09/2025  

We had a successful Christow Show sharing a stall alongside the Teign Valley History Group selling our books and postcards and meeting old friends and a few new acquaintances too. We have now quite a lot of records about Christow Show in the archive, the most recent being some newspaper articles from the 1990’s onwards. To have a look at these, search for: “Christow Show”

A couple of photos of members of the Davis family, who used to run the Artichoke Inn during the beginning of the 20th century, have recently been uploaded too. To view these, search for: “Davis family”

Also recently put up is a record of “Donn's Map of the County of Devon” dated 1765 showing the Teign Valley and the wider area. To see this search for: “Donn's Map of 1765”

At present our recent exhibition: “Mining and Quarrying in the Teign Valley” is at its last stop on its tour in Hennock Church having previously just been at Ashton Church. It will stay at Hennock until the 19th September.

11/08/2025  

The Archive has been helping Christow Show source documents for their centenary exhibition. You can see it in the Teign Valley Community Hall on Christow Show day – Saturday August 16th. We will be adding some of these pictures and articles to those we already have in the archive very soon, with the articles dating from the 1990’s until the present day. To view these search for: Christow Show.

Recent additions to the archive include:
-A drawing of Christow Almshouses (where the school was pre-1880). Search: Christow Almshouses
-Various records about Pownoll Bastard Pellew (the 2nd Lord Exmouth). To see these, search: Pownoll Bastard Pellew
-A Fatal Occurrence at Bridford Bridge (in 1866). Search: Bridford Bridge
-A booklet about the Kelly Mine (near Lustleigh). Search: Kelly Mine
-An article about Great Fulford. Search: Great Fulford Landscape
-An article about the production of woollen shrouds in Bridford- amongst other things. Search: woollen shrouds
-A series of articles titled “Bridford Long Ago”. Search Bridford Long Ago
-A photo of Bridford Rectory. Search: Bridford Rectory
-A poster and programme for the recent Teign Valley Players production of “Murdered to Death”. For these search: Murdered to Death
-Various posters and programmes of recent fairs, shows, and events in the Teign Valley. To view these, search for: centenary; Bridford Village Fete; Dunsford Summer Show; Teign Village Community Fete; Christow Show 2025

31/01/2025  Latest additions to the archive

These records have recently been uploaded onto our archive. To have a look at them go to the search function and enter the search words indicated.

-Easter Pilgrim in the Teign Valley- a trip around the valley visiting its churches. Search: Easter Pilgrim.

-Recommendations for local walks with pubs as the start/finish point. Search: local walks.

-Case Study for Trusham Church. Search: case study

-Records about the loss of Christow Post Office and the emergence of Christow Community Shop- giving a new lease of life for the village. For these search for: Christow Post Office or for Christow Community Shop

-There are also now several records with links to a website called Legendary Dartmoor which has quite a few interesting articles related to the Teign Valley. For these search: Legendary Dartmoor

09/11/2024  Mining in The Teign Valley

The Teign Valley History Centre is proud to announce the opening of its new exhibition on Mining In The Teign Valley.

This will be held in the Bowden Room of the Teign Valley Community Hall, Christow this coming Saturday the 9th of November from 12 noon to 4 pm.

Entrance is free and there will be tea, coffee and cake on hand.

Learn about the fascinating history of mineral extraction from our valley over the ages. It was once a noisy and dangerous place to live! The exhibition is suitable for all ages so bring the children along too.

We hope to see you there.

19/08/2024  Torbay Half Marathon
Sophie Plows entered the Torbay Half Marathon in memory of her grandfather, who loved the Teign Valley. She kindly raised £147 for the Teign Valley History Centre archive.

You can still donate to her JustGiving page by clicking here

16/04/2024  Teign Valley Tales 2 Launched
We are delighted to announce that the second volume of Teign Valley Tales is now available for sale.

01/01/2024  Civil War Exhibition
The Civil War exhibition has now been in TVCH, Dunsford Church, Christow Church, Doddi Church, The Cridford Inn, and Canonteign.
Look out for our Mining Exhibition, coming later this year

12/11/2023  Teign Valley Railway
A new Article has been posted on the archive about the Teign Valley Railway. The article talks about why the railway was built and why it was never quite successful.

It can be seen here

01/01/2020  The Geology of the Teign Valley
Tim Deane has made his detailed article about the local geology and how it affects mining in the valley.

The article can be read here.