Ma(r)king the Way to Martinhoe
Old Schoolhouse Martinhoe Writing Women on the Devon Land A-Z of Devon Women Writers & Places Marking the Way to Martinhoe Old Schoolhouse Martinhoe The little parish of Martinhoe in north Devon has to represent the 'M' in this A-Z of Devon Women Writers & Places. I began the journey toward writing a book about women many years ago, long before I researched then embarked on the written study of particular women writers. During the late eighties and early nineties, whilst researching and writing up my PhD, I ventured up to the remoter landscape north of the county to find where author/poet H.D.’s once stayed, in north Devon. She was there For several months in 196, during World War One she lived at Martinhoe then along the road at Parracombe . Just as many other women writers associated with the South West, H.D. had significant connections with at least two of its counties, in her case it was with ...