Sid Vale Association

The Sid Vale Association is a voluntary, countryside conservation society based within and around the coastal town of Sidmouth in the English county of Devon.

It was the first Civic Society in Britain, founded in 1846cite web|url=http://www.sidmouthdiary.co.uk/clubs.htm|title=Clubs, charities and societies in the Sid Valley|work=The Sidmouth Diary|author=Richmond Independent|accessdate=2006-11-23] by John Carslake. Its present aims are to conserve, manage and improve areas of the countryside surrounding Sidmouth. The Society owns over 50 acres of the countryside surrounding Sidmouth and has done extensive work within and around the town especially around 'The Byes Walk' that runs from Sidford to Sidmouth. Some of the association's more well-known works were the development of 'Margaret's Meadow' and the preservation of [http://www.devoran.com/images/panoramas/1.jpg'Bluebell Wood'] located on [http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/content/image_galleries/salcombe_hill_walk_gallery.shtml Salcombe Hill] , Sidmouth.

Members

*President - Mr Denzil Taylorcite web|url=http://www.sidmouth.gov.uk/Community%20Information/environmental_services.htm|title=Environmental Services in Sidmouth, Devon, UK|work=Sidmouth Town Council|accessdate=2006-11-23]
*Chairman - Rev Handel Bennett
*Vice Chairman - Mr Denzil Taylor [http://www.eastdevonaonb.org.uk/EastDevonAONBPartnership-individualbiographies.htm#DenzilTaylor]
*General secretary - Mr Alan Darrant
*Treasurer - Mr. Neville Staddon

Publications

* Cornish, James George and Potbury, H.S. "The story of the River Sid" Sidmouth, Sid Vale Association (1927) 12 pp.cite web|url=http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Sidmouth/|title=Sidmouth|work=Genuki|year=2006|accessdate=2006-11-23|author=Brian Randell]
* Gibbens, G H Ed "Strolls Around Sidmouth Using Your Car" Sidmouth, Sid Vale Association (1963)cite web|url=http://www.antiqbook.co.uk/boox/brn/40944.shtml|title=Strolls Around Sidmouth Using Your Car|work=ANTIQBOOK|accessdate=2006-11-23|]
* Wilson, Ronald Eliot "Salcombe Regis sketches". Sid Vale Association (1975) 28p, plates: ill, map, ISBN 0-9504307-0-6cite web|url=http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/SalcombeRegis/|title=Salcombe Regis|work=Genuki|year=2005|accessdate=2006-11-23|author=Brian Randell]
* "Bypaths around Sidmouth : [12 walks with many local notes and a special large double map] " Sidmouth, Sid Vale Association (1983)cite web|url=http://copac.ac.uk/wzgw?id=9605254&field=cau&terms=Sid+Vale+Association+|work=COPAC|title=Search terms: Sid Vale Association ; sorted on Title, date|accessdate=2006-11-26]
* Creeke, Julia "Historic Sidmouth : life and times in Sidmouth : a guide to blue plaques" Sidmouth, Sid Vale Association (c1992) 56p, drawings by David Bridgeman, ISBN 1-85522-179-9

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