Carhampton Parish Heritage Centre
The Heritage Centre will open for the 2023 season on Saturday 1st April with an exhibition and talk on Farming in the Parish Past & Present. The Heritage Centre will then open every Tuesday from 2.30-4.30pm and on Saturday mornings from 10.30am - 12 noon.
Heritage Events Diary
April - July 2023 - Farming Exhibition
Farming has been such an important part of our rural community for well over one thousand years, in this exhibition we look at the connection this has had in the parish and how much has changed in the last 70 years.
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July - October 2023 - Railway and Tourism in Blue Anchor
With the arrival of the railway to Blue Anchor things changed, holiday accommodation became common and many of the houses adapted to take in guests. This exhibition looks at the effect of tourism on the local community and wider area.
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St. Carantoc with the Serpent
Saturday 1st April - Talk on the changes in farming and the improvements made during the life of local farmer Roger Richmond. The event will start at 2pm and be followed by afternoon tea, admission costs £5 to include tea.
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Sunday 30th April - Yesterday's Farming Past & Present. 12 noon onwards refreshments and BBQ available.
Our History
2019 was a significant year for the Heritage Centre with the official opening at the end of April, following on from this the Centre has opened every Tuesday afternoon to receive visitors. Tuesday openings have brought between 5 and 20 visitors to the Centre each week and the feedback has been extremely positive; many have remarked that they had no idea what a fascinating history we have in the village of Carhampton.
The permanent Timeline displayed in the Heritage Centre is a source of continuing interest. During the year three exhitions were mounted covering the Armistice Centenary, Stories from the Parish and another on Apples, Orchards and Cider. Apple Day was a great success with over 100 people visiting the Heritage Centre.
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2022 after Covid and the various lockdowns the heritage centre opened up again and staged two more exhibitions, the first on the Dark Ages and the Pottery Finds and the second on Childhood in the Parish. Several talks associated with the exhibitions were also held as well as a "Carhampton Lifers Tea" focusing on people who have lived all their life in the village. Much information was collected from this event which will be invaluble for future exhibitions.
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2023 an exciting year ahead with two more exhibitions planned.