Athenæum; derived from the Greek goddess of wisdom Athena.

A literary club-room, reading room, or library.

Collection of the Month

 

The Kennelly Collection

 

This collection consists of a number of scrapbooks which contain photographs, newspaper cuttings, magazine articles and other bits of information and research about ships and shipping in the West Country.  

 

The Record Office has a display this month titled Cod’n’Ships focusing on the links between North Devon and Newfoundland.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

North Devon  traded with various ports around the world.  Although Barnstaple ceased as a port in the nineteenth century, Bideford still continues to trade, all be it on a smaller scale.