Recent News
Peter Lugar Archive
Following the success of our Peter Lugar Memorial Exhibition we are delighted to announce that Peter Lugar’s Memory Books are now available to download. There are 11 volumes of Peter’s photographs and anecdotes covering a great deal of the history of Wembury. To view them go to our Publications page or follow this link:
PETER LUGAR ARCHIVE – Wembury Local History Society (wemburyhistory.org.uk)
2026 Programme
Our 2026 Programme of meetings is now available and can be accessed here.
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Recent additions to Publications
Before the Mains Came: Wembury’s water supplies in the interwar years by Pinder, D.
Wembury Mill, an Illustrated History by Pinder,D
Langdon in the late 18th Century by Pinder,D and Rowland R
The Manors of Wembury by Rowland, R
The Manor of Spriddlestone by Rowland, R
The Manors of Staddiscombe and Staddon by Rowland, R
The Molesworths of Wembury by Rowland, R
Admiral Sir John Kingcome KCB and Family by Rowland, R
We have also provided links so that some of our DVD material can be viewed online:
From Raw Recruit to Radar: an oral history by Dee Jordan
Plymouth’s Second World War Rocket Battery by David Hoskin