‘Ruinous, broken and in decay’ Negotiating Devon’s Highways in Times Past

Join Archive Researcher Rachel Ponting for a metaphorical journey on Devon’s roads and bridges from the 18th century onwards, using Quarter Sessions records, Highway Surveyors’ records, diaries, newspapers and maps to show the challenges of keeping Devon’s roads passable for trade and travellers over the centuries since Dame Celia Fiennes described Devon’s roads as ‘exceeding narrow…and so dirty in many places’.