D. Devereux

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D. Devereux Obituary: Tom Collin Obituary TDGNHAS Series III, 71 (1996), 169(2.35 MB)
D. Devereux E A Hornel and Kirkcudbright Recent, Recent (Social), Recent (Literature & Art), History, Parish History, Genealogy TDGNHAS Series III, 81 (2007), 115(2.95 MB) Abstract This paper is based on the script of a lecture entitled ‘E A Hornel Citizen of Kirkcudbright’ presented by the author as a contribution to a study day arranged by the National Trust for Scotland, which took place in Kirkcudbright, on May 13 2006.
D. Devereux An Observation of Kirkcudbright's Town Wall Mediaeval, Post-mediaeval archaeology, Recent TDGNHAS Series III, 82 (2008), 136(2.63 MB) Abstract Brief report of the exposure of traces of Kirkcudbright's town-wall in the garden ground at number 62 High Street. The evidence from the excavation supports other similar exposures within the burgh.
D. Devereux Favourites from the Stewartry Museum [Presidential Address - a Lecture to the Society, 5th October 2007] Proceedings, Museums, History, Recent (Literature & Art), Recent (Social) TDGNHAS Series III, 82 (2008), 156(2.63 MB) Abstract In an illustrated lecture, the retiring President, David Devereux, Museums Curator for the Stewartry in Dumfries and Galloway Museums Service, presented a wide variety of archaeological and local historical artefacts, fine and decorative art, photographs,
D. Devereux The Lochenkit Moor Covenanters – a Newly Discovered Account of a ‘Killing Times’ Incident Recent, History TDGNHAS Series III, 83 (2009), 229(WARNING large file size: 5.11 MB) Abstract The killing of four Covenanters by Crown forces on Lochenkit Moor near present-day Crocketford in Kirkcudbrightshire in early 1685 was one of the most notorious events of the ‘Killing Times’. Today, a walled enclosure protects the site of their grave and an impressive obelisk nearby records the circumstances of their killing2. However, an account of the incident has been recently discovered in a manuscript book held in the Stewartry Museum in Kirkcudbright, which, if accurate, offers an alternative interpretation of the event.
D. Devereux and Douglas Irving Rev David Edward Marsden MA, BA, DPS (1929 – 2009) Obituary TDGNHAS Series III, 83 (2009), 245(WARNING large file size: 5.11 MB)