Charles Laycock

Charles Hey Laycock (1879 - 1943)

Charles Laycock loved Devon and Devon ways. He lived in Moretonhampstead, on the Eastern edge of Dartmoor. His collection of articles used in old farm houses formed the nucleus for the collection now held by Torquay Natural History Society in a purpose-built gallery in Torquay museum. He collected folk songs in the county and two volumes of these too were left to the Museum when he died. Sadly, one volume has gone missing. He was a competent musician and singer and is believed to have written a number of Devonshire dialect songs under a pseudonym.

[More to be added, plus photos - Martin Graebe, Oct 2009]