Rosemary Lauder

Rosemary Anne Lauder (born July 1944), of North Devon, England, is a historian of the county of Devon. She started her writing career in the 1980s as a journalist contributing articles on the subject of gardening, in which she retains a strong interest. She received an MA in Garden History from the University of Bristol. She is a long-standing member of the Devon Gardens Trust, in which organisation she plays an active role. She is author and publisher of many books and booklets on the topics of walking in North Devon, the topography of Exmoor and North Devon, and the history of the region. She lived for five years in a former gardener's cottage rented from the Tapeley Park estate in the parish of Westleigh, North Devon. Her historical works concentrate especially on the landed gentry of Devonshire and their mansions and estates, most notably Vanished Houses (1981 and 1997) and Devon Families. Several of her works have been published by Devon's Heritage.

List of works Vanished Houses of North Devon, 1981, 2nd edition 2005 A Guide to Instow and Its Neighbours Fremington, Yelland & Westleigh, 1981 Strange Stories from Devon, with Michael Williams, 1982 Views of Old Devon, 1982 Villages of North Devon, 1982 Market Towns of North Devon, 1983 Exmoor in the Old Days, 1983 An Anthology for North Devon, 1983 Westward Ho! to Welcombe: a Guide to Coast and Country Including Bideford and Torrington, with Frank Scrivener, 1984 Lundy: Puffin Island, 1984 Unknown Devon, with Michael Williams, 1984 A Tale of Two Rivers, with William Atkins, 1986 Seven Days in North Devon, 1986 A Picture of Devon, 1989 A Walker's Guide to North Devon, 1991 Exmoor Travellers, 1993 Vanished Landmarks of North Devon, 1994 Bideford, Appledore, Instow and Westward Ho!, 1996 Vanished Houses of South Devon, 1997 Devon Families, 2002 The Devon Gardens Guide, 2004 Bideford: North Devon's Ancient Port and Market Town: A Guide to the Town of Bideford Including a Map, a Walk About the Town, and Bideford's Past Vanished Houses of Cornwall, 2020

Journal of Devon Gardens Trust Lauder's articles published in the Journal of Devon Gardens Trust include: The Lost Landscape of Tapeley Park, 2009