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South Hams / Regno Unito

Il South Hams è un distretto locale del Devon, Inghilterra, Regno Unito, con sede a Totnes. Il distretto fu creato con il Local Government Act 1972, il 1º aprile, 1974 dalla fusione dei municipal borough di Dartmouth e Totnes con il Distretto urbano di Kingsbridge, il Distretto urbano di Salcombe, il Distretto rurale di Kingsbridge, il Distretto rurale di Plympton St Mary e il Distretto rurale di Totnes. La parte nord del distretto contiene il Dartmoor National Park.

Totnes Museum

South Hams / Regno Unito

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 / Regno Unito

Britannia Royal Naval College , comunemente noto come Dartmouth, è l'istituzione iniziale di addestramento ufficiale della British Royal Navy. Si trova su una collina che domina il porto di Dartmouth, nel Devon, in Inghilterra. L'addestramento degli ufficiali della Royal Naval si è svolto a Dartmouth dal 1863. Gli edifici dell'attuale campus sono stati completati nel 1905. Gli studenti precedenti vivevano in due baracche di legno ormeggiate nel fiume Dart. Dal 1998, BRNC è l'unico centro per l'addestramento degli allievi ufficiali della Royal Navy.

Devonshire Collection of Period Costume

South Hams / Regno Unito

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.