Which direction?

I really enjoy writing and I really enjoy researching the family history, but I think I am losing direction. It has recently occurred to me that whatever I write about the Devon Nelders will never appear in any sort of chronological order, because that is not the nature of research. I think it would be easier to write about the discoveries I make as they happen, instead of trying to collect them together and then put them into order.

So I will start afresh and begin with what I already know. I think it would be nice to include photos, because it is possible that some of the people reading this 'Blog' have never visited Devon, even though they are interested in the Nelder family.

This is Burrator reservoir on the edge of Dartmoor National Park. It was completed in 1898 and then expanded in 1929. At the time of the 1911 census the Park Inn Pub was kept by Josias Nelder (born ca 1866) on the 1911 census it is noted as the parish of Sheepstor. Sheepstor is a small village close to the dam, but I understand that 2 local cottages near the site of the dam were knocked into one to make a pub for the men working on the dam.

From my research I have found that several pubs have been associated with the Nelder family members apart from this one. Of course the Treby Arms in Sparkwell, and also pubs in North Devon and Cornwall. I hope to add more detail about these at a later date.

One more interesting fact about Burrator reservoir. The Tors and moorland behind the reservoir were used by Steven Spielberg in his film 'War Horse'

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