Exeter Dissenters’ Graveyard Trust

EDGT owns and maintains the Dissenters' graveyard in Exeter.

[Exeter Dissenters’ Graveyard Trust @ExeterDGT]

New biogs added to https://t.co/uYczy8zA2P for two influential ministers - Rev Micaiah Towgood and his cousin Rev Stephen Towgood. Lots of other excellent biogs have been uploaded this year #Exeter #Devon @godsacre @devonfhresearch

[Exeter Dissenters’ Graveyard Trust @ExeterDGT]

Thanks to everyone who visited the graveyard during @heritageopenday recently. We enjoyed a lovely music performance from the West Gallery Quire to whom we are very grateful. Our gates will be open each Wednesday (10am-4pm) until the end of October.

[Exeter Dissenters’ Graveyard Trust @ExeterDGT]

We've been off-line for a few months, but we've been very busy working on biographies of people buried in @ExeterDGT. We are also installing lots of signs in the graveyard so that visitors can access our research work on their phones.@HeritageFundL_S - https://t.co/uYczy8zA2P

[Exeter Dissenters’ Graveyard Trust @ExeterDGT]

If you like graveyard archaeology you'll love @BBCTwo's Britain's Biggest Dig #BiggestDig (Tuesdays 9p.m. BBC2). We have a link between @ExeterDGT and the #HS2Digs at St James's London - Capt Matthew Flinders and Catherine Hippius. See https://t.co/9l76wMjoLA. @MOLArchaeology

[Exeter Dissenters’ Graveyard Trust @ExeterDGT]

We’re open today and have had a stream of visitors. If you are in @visitexeter today or tomorrow please pop in (11-4). @heritageopenday @godsacre #scanourQR

[Exeter Dissenters’ Graveyard Trust @ExeterDGT]

We will be open this weekend - 12th/13th September between the hours of 11 and 4 for @heritageopenday. We are trialling the use of QR codes in the graveyard to enable visitors to access information in our database. Please pop along if you are in Exeter and #scanourQR!

[Exeter Dissenters’ Graveyard Trust @ExeterDGT]

@unicorncr @tnkuk @HeritageFundUK @TNLUK Thanks Claire - pressed 'K' in place of 'L'. Original tweet deleted and reposted. Doh!!

[Exeter Dissenters’ Graveyard Trust @ExeterDGT]

Huge thanks from @ExeterDGT to all those players of
@TNLUK #NationalLottery for making it possible for
@HeritageFundUK to provide an emergency grant to us. The grant will be used wisely and will help to tell our story to visitors for years to come. #thankstoyou

[Exeter Dissenters’ Graveyard Trust @ExeterDGT]

Just written a short piece for https://t.co/BYPebeRD60 daily blog. They are intending to post one invited contribution each day throughout June and July - it’s an excellent initiative @devonassoc @DevonGardens #DCRSdaily

[Exeter Dissenters’ Graveyard Trust @ExeterDGT]

Great effort to get the DFH out - lots of interesting content as always.

[Devon FHS @devonfhs]

Thanks to a sterling effort by Sally, our Editor and by the printers, the MAY Devon Family Historian has been posted and is hitting the mats in the UK today. The digital version is also online in the Members' Area.
Thanks to all.
Keep well and stay safe.

[Exeter Dissenters’ Graveyard Trust @ExeterDGT]

Delighted that our memorial landscape is included in the @DevonGardens journal. Thanks for accepting our article. @godsacre @devonhistorysoc @DevonHeritage

[Devon Gardens Trust @DevonGardens]

Our latest journal is in the post to our members. Well researched articles include The Edinburgh tree in Exeter and Langstone Cliff Cottage near Dawlish. @thegardenstrust @devon_ex_inst @ExeterDGT @LangstoneCliff

[Exeter Dissenters’ Graveyard Trust @ExeterDGT]

Our booklet on the graveyard is now available at a special discounted price of £2.50+p&p. It covers the origins of the site to the present day conservation work. It's great value and proceeds go to our maintenance work. https://t.co/sDF6yGJB9h @devonfhresearch @devonhistorysoc

[Exeter Dissenters’ Graveyard Trust @ExeterDGT]

We want to turn the negatives created by #Covid_19 into a positive contribution to #Exeter's history. We are seeking memories, anecdotes & photographs of the Dissenters' graveyard, Magdalen Street or George's Meeting House in South Street. See https://t.co/AIYI5glzMI for details.

[Exeter Dissenters’ Graveyard Trust @ExeterDGT]

This is a wonderful exhibition ably demonstrating the exquisite skills of Devon lacemakers. @RAMMuseum #Devon #DevonLacemakers

[Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter @RAMMuseum]

These late 19th-century laces still have original price tickets from Mrs. J. Tucker & Sons of Exeter.
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See them, and more beautiful #Devon #lace, in "By Royal Appointment: Devon Lace-makers," on until 31 May.
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#ByRoyalAppointment #lace-making #DevonLacemakers #DevonLace

[St Nicholas Priory @nixpriory]

Wed 27th Nov, 1pm - come along and hear Dr Ian Varndell @ExeterDGT speak for our next lunchtime lecture!
Tickets £5 and more info at https://t.co/bVNinAwKys… @ExeterHBT @Devon_Hour @visitexeter #exeter #visitexeter

[Exeter Dissenters’ Graveyard Trust @ExeterDGT]

Anna Wilhelmina Merivale (1782-1815) wrote detailed and witty letters to her friends and family. Read the account of her brother's marriage to Louisa Drury in July 1805 https://t.co/gg28Tgm6eS @partoyster @devonhistorysoc

[Exeter Dissenters’ Graveyard Trust @ExeterDGT]

Looking forward to talking about the graveyard at 21 The Mint on 27th November - see https://t.co/nstNX5e9qO. @nixpriory @exploringexeter @devonassoc @devonhistorysoc

[Devon Life @DevonLife]

The story of how Temperance Lloyd, Mary Trembles and Susanna Edwards came to the gallows is a tragic one that serves as a dark reminder of England's superstitious past 🧙‍♀️
https://t.co/rWEd6oJDPf

[Canadian Cemetery History @CaCemeteryHist]

Some people think visiting cemeteries is morbid, but they used to be popular places of recreation:

This 1881 Globe article noted how, "The city burial grounds vie with the city parks in their attractions for the idler on a summer day," and were, "thronged" with visitors. 👍👍

[Exeter Dissenters’ Graveyard Trust @ExeterDGT]

Our gates are open today, so if you feel like braving the wet and windy weather please visit the graveyard and have a look around. More information is available on https://t.co/uYczy8zA2P