TWO recipients have been chosen for the 2025 Heritage Award from the Lustleigh Society.

This is the first time that a double award has been made and is a clear sign of the strength of the candidates this year.

Society President Peter Mason said: ‘Our first Heritage Award recipient is David Morecombe, who, over the years, has built a reputation as one of our Community Archive’s most significant contributors.’

David, who has life-long Lustleigh connections, is an avid collector of Lustleigh postcards and other ephemera and always lodges digital copies of everything he acquires with the archive.

Peter added: ‘He also willingly assists in research projects including the work I am doing on Beryl Trist Newman, one of Lustleigh’s most high-profile artists of yesteryear.’

The second award winner is the Kelly Mine Preservation Society.

Located near Kelly Farm, the mine harvested micaceous haematite, otherwise known as 'shiny ore', during the 18th to 20th centuries.

For more than 40 years, the society has been working to restore the mine which has been described as ‘one of the finest examples of preserved rural industry in the country’.

The award was received by Nick Walter, Secretary of KPMS.

The Lustleigh Society exists to research, care for and promote the heritage of the parish of Lustleigh.

It manages the Lustleigh Community Archive which contains records, maps, parish magazines, photographs and a rich variety of historic documents relevant to the area.