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Page last updated at 13:40 GMT, Thursday, 10 December 2009

When Nancy Astor made history
Lady Nancy Astor in 1923 (Getty)
December marks the 90th anniversary of Nancy Astor becoming the first woman MP to take her seat in the House of Commons in 1919.

John Calcott Horsley's Christmas card Taking the credit for cards
Find out how the tradition of sending Christmas cards has its roots in Devon more than 150 years ago.

Grab from Ilford Park documentary Archive film of Little Poland
Ilford Park in Devon has housed exiled Poles since the end of the war, watch archive film from a BBC South West documentary.


MORE HISTORY
Salvaging 'Little Poland'
US troops' Devon story
Teign Valley Railway film
Building bridges
In pictures: historic railways
Uncovering bridge's colour code
The man they could hang

Shedding light on beacons
A-Z of Devon history
Putting Devon on the map
Ancient site found on Dartmoor
Compare the market
History of Smeaton's Tower
Plymouth's proud naval history

HISTORY ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB
Devon Family Historical Society
Devon History Society
Devon Museums
Devon Record Office
Devonshire Association
Virtually Dartmoor
MORE HISTORY ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB

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