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South Hams / Vereinigtes Königreich

South Hams ist ein District in der Grafschaft Devon in England. Verwaltungssitz ist die Stadt Totnes; weitere bedeutende Orte sind Berry Pomeroy, Dartmouth, Ivybridge, Kingsbridge, Kingswear, Modbury, Salcombe und South Brent. Im Norden liegt ein wesentlicher Teil des Dartmoor-Nationalparks. Der Bezirk wurde am 1. April 1974 gebildet und entstand aus der Fusion der Municipal Boroughs Dartmouth und Totnes, der Urban Districts Kingsbridge und Salcombe sowie der Rural Districts Kingsbridge, Plympton St Mary und Totnes. Bereits 1967 waren die Städte Plympton und Plymstock abgetrennt und mit Plymouth zusammengelegt worden.

Totnes Museum

South Hams / Vereinigtes Königreich

Totnes Museum is a local museum in the town of Totnes, south Devon, in southwest England.The museum is housed with an Elizabethan merchant's house that was built c.1575 for the Kelland family. The house has many original features and has been carefully restored. Totnes Museum has twelve galleries, a courtyard, and a herb garden. The collections date from 5000BC onwards, including coins minted in Totnes during Saxon times, and concern the cultural, economic, and social history of Totnes.The galleries include a Babbage Room, presenting Charles Babbage, the Victorian mathematician who invented the Difference Engine and Analytical Engine, mechanical precursors of the modern computer. Babbage spent his youth in Totnes and studied at King Edward VI Grammar School there. There is a Study Centre at the rear of the building which contains an archive of Totnes-related material - books, fiches, transcripts, photographs, and local newspapers from 1860 - of particular interest to those seeking information on Totnes history, buildings and their own family connections in the area. Experienced researchers are on hand to help on Thursdays and Fridays.

Britannia Royal Naval College

South Hams / Vereinigtes Königreich

Britannia Royal Naval College , commonly known as Dartmouth, is the naval academy of the United Kingdom and the initial officer training establishment of the Royal Navy. It is located on a hill overlooking the port of Dartmouth, Devon, England. Royal Naval officer training has taken place in Dartmouth since 1863. The buildings of the current campus were completed in 1905. Earlier students lived in two wooden hulks moored in the River Dart. Since 1998, BRNC has been the sole centre for Royal Naval officer training.

Devonshire Collection of Period Costume

South Hams / Vereinigtes Königreich

The Devonshire Collection of Period Costume is a collection of historic costumes housed in the Totnes Fashion and Textiles Museum in the town of Totnes, south Devon, in southwest England.The collection includes clothing for men, women, and children, dating from the 18th century to the end of the 20th century. An annually updated exhibition is displayed in Bogan House, a Tudor merchant's house at 43 High Street, Totnes.