Diary of a Devon Antiquary

The Illustrated Journals and Sketchbooks of Peter Orlando Hutchinson 1871–1894

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From his home in Sidmouth, Peter Orlando Hutchinson pursued an extraordinary range of interests, with his geological observations and archaeological research of particular value. These entries from his diaries, sketchbooks and letters provide insights into his life and a chronicle of a provincial Victorian town, from an 1871 expedition to Branscombe church, whose font had been taken for use as a water trough, to his fears in 1894 that May Day celebrations would vanish.

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