Lustleigh Society & Archives
The Lustleigh Society was formed in 1978 as a society for lectures on local history. In the years following, much material relating to the history of the village was donated to the society and stored in the village reading room, located in the Church House, an ancient building in the centre of the village. In the mid 1980’s this collection relocated to a small room in the Old Vestry, until 2006 when a larger room within the same building became available. There followed an application to the Heritage Lottery Fund – and other funding bodies – to completely renovate the room to archival storage standard. The archive re-opened in April 2009 having been completely reorganised and re-catalogued. The Archives of Lustleigh provide an important insight into the development of a village situated on the edge of Dartmoor, which has origins in prehistory.
The Lustleigh Community Archive consists of…
• Parish records (baptisms/marriages/deaths) , registers and census data
• Maps including the 1837 Tithe Map with Schedule of Apportionments
• Parish Magazines dating from 1889
• Minutes of village organisations
• Press-cuttings
• Over 3500 photographs and postcards
• Paintings, books, oral history recordings and many other documents of historic interest
OUR NEW BOOK:
LUSTLEIGH: A Dartmoor Village in Focus
Is available from the Archive Room and the Dairy in Lustleigh – price £13.50
ARCHIVE ROOM OPENING HOURS
MARCH TO OCTOBER
MONDAY – 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
(except Bank Holidays)
THURSDAY – 10 a.m. to 12 noon
NOVEMBER and FEBRUARY
MONDAY 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
(except Bank Holidays)
December and January – CLOSED
We are happy to open at other times by appointment, please contact the Archivist
