Identification:
    Object name: programme
    Classification: recreation
    Classification: performing arts
    Title: An Evening With Carlo Curley
    Brief Description: Programme for ‘An Evening With Carlo Curley’, international organist, at St Michael’s Church, Mere, programme signed by Curley as well as trumpeter David Bertie and musical director Peter Mason, 6th August 2005

Production:
    Date: 6.8.2005

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Curley, Carlo
        Person Role: organist
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: Church of St Michael the Archangel
    Event:
        Event Type: concert

Object location:  Box 6

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: recreation
    Classification: performing arts
    Title: Organ Maestro At Mere
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from unknown newspaper, featuring the concert at St Michael’s Church, Mere, by organist Carlo Curley, August 2005

Production:
    Date: 8.2005

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Mason, Peter, Curley, Carlo, Bertie, David
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: church
            Site Name: Church of St Michael the Archangel

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Howe, John
    Event:
        Event Type: concert

Object location:  Box 6

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 11.5 cm
Width: 13 cm

Identification:
    Object name: leaflet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Typewritten leaflet from St Michael’s Church, Mere, describing the history of the new hassocks, begun in 1974

Production:
    Date: 1976

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1974
        Date End: 1976
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: Church of St Michael the Archangel

Object location:  Box 6

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

Identification:
    Object name: lecture
    Classification: local history
    Title: William Barnes, The Dorset Poet
    Brief Description: Twelve pages of lecture notes, ‘William Barnes, The Dorset Poet’, lecture given by Dr David Longbourne to the Mere Historical Society, 8th January 1987

Production:
    Date: 8.1.1987
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1801
        Date End: 1886
    Person:
        Person Name: Barnes, William
        Person Role: poet
    Place:
        Parish: Winterbourne Carne
        County: Dorset
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

Object location:  Box 6

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 30 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: warfare and defence
    Title: Trooper No 7939228
    Brief Description: Twenty-eight typed pages of a memoir by John Burden from Mere of his time in the Army and as a prisoner of war during World War II, undated

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1945
    Person:
        Person Name: Burden, John
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1.1942
        Date End: 4.1944
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: war
        Event Name: World War II

Object location:  Box 5

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: events
    Title: Breezes From The Hills Of Mere
    Brief Description: Small booklet, brown card cover with red string binding, ‘Breezes From The Hills Of Mere’, incorporating poems written by ‘N E’ and photographs, created as a Christmas card, sent from Mary and Dell to Bob and Suzy [?], undated

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1900
        Date End: 1965
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Crown Printing Works

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: festival
        Event Name: Christmas

Object location:  Box 6

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 12.5 cm
Width: 13 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: A Town Shows Its Aspects
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Western Gazette concerning prize-winning entries from Duchy Manor Middle School pupils for the Aspects Of Mere exhibition, held at the library and museum, 4th June 1992

Production:
    Date: 4.6.1992
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: West, Ann, Andrew, Peter, Phillips, Hannah, Redman, Tracey, Buck, James, Orman, Fay, Orr, Laura, Page, Derek, Foot, Aimee

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Cassell, Sonja
        Person Role: chair
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: museum
        Site Name: Mere Museum
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Duchy Manor Middle School
    Event:
        Event Type: exhibition
        Event Name: Aspects Of Mere

Object location:  Box 6

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 19 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: recreation
    Classification: performing arts
    Title: Mere Town Silver Band
    Brief Description: Two typed pages of notes relating to the history of Mere Town Silver Band, disbanded in 1986, 4th June 1999

Production:
    Date: 4.6.1999
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Museum

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1887
        Date End: 1987
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Town Silver Band

Object location:  Box 6

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: recreation
    Classification: performing arts
    Title: The Beast Within
    Brief Description: Photocopied newspaper article, ‘The Beast Within’, exploring Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s opera The Minotaur, undated

Production:
    Date: 2008
    Person:
        Person Name: Service, Tom
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Birtwistle, Harrison
        Person Role: composer
    Place:
        Parish: London
        County: Greater London
        Locality Type: theatre
        Site Name: Royal Opera House
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Royal Opera House
    Event:
        Event Type: opera
        Event Name: The Minotaur

Object location:  Box 6

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 41.5 cm
Width: 29 cm

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: recreation
    Classification: performing arts
    Title: Harrison Birtwistle
    Brief Description: Catalogue of works by Harrison Birtwistle up to 1988, introduction by Andrew Clements

Production:
    Date: 1988
    Person:
        Person Name: Clements, Andrew
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Universal Edition

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1957
        Date End: 1988
    Person:
        Person Name: Birtwistle, Harrison
        Person Role: composer
    Place:
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 6

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

Identification:
    Object name: magazine cutting
    Classification: recreation
    Classification: performing arts
    Title: Here Be Monsters
    Brief Description: Magazine article from ‘Classical Music’ exploring Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s opera The Minotaur, 29th March 2008

Production:
    Date: 29.3.2008
    Person:
        Person Name: Daltas, Kimon
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Classical Music

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Birtwistle, Harrison
        Person Role: composer
    Place:
        Parish: London
        County: Greater London
        Locality Type: theatre
        Site Name: Royal Opera House
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Royal Opera House
    Event:
        Event Type: opera
        Event Name: The Minotaur

Object location:  Box 6

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: magazine cutting
    Classification: recreation
    Classification: performing arts
    Title: Birtwistle’s Secret Theatres
    Brief Description: Magazine article from ‘Opera’ concerning the composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle and his opera ‘The Second Mrs Kong’, April 1996

Production:
    Date: 4.1996
    Person:
        Person Name: Pettitt, Stephen
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Opera

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Birtwistle, Harrison
        Person Role: composer
    Place:
        Parish: London
        County: Greater London
    Event:
        Event Type: opera
        Event Name: The Second Mrs Kong

Object location:  Box 6

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 27.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: recreation
    Classification: performing arts
    Title: King Kong Meets Girl With The Pearl Earring
    Brief Description: Photocopied newspaper article from the ‘Evening Standard’ reviewing the London premiere of Harrison Birtwistle’s opera ‘The Second Mrs Kong’ at the Royal Festival Hall, London, 10th November 2004

Production:
    Date: 10.11.2004
    Person:
        Person Name: Maddocks, Fiona
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Evening Standard

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Birtwistle, Harrison
        Person Role: composer
    Place:
        Parish: London
        County: Greater London
        Locality Type: theatre
        Site Name: Royal Festival Hall
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Event:
        Event Type: opera
        Event Name: The Second Mrs Kong

Object location:  Box 6

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: programme
    Classification: recreation
    Classification: performing arts
    Brief Description: Photocopied programme of six pages for the Boston Symphony Orchestra with Christoph Von Dohnanyi conducting ‘The Shadow Of The Night’ composed by Sir Harrison Birtwistle, 30th April 2005

Production:
    Date: 30.4.2005
    Person:
        Person Name: May, Thomas
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Birtwistle, Harrison
        Person Role: composer
    Place:
        Parish: Boston
        County: United States of America
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Boston Symphony Orchestra
    Event:
        Event Type: concert
        Event Name: The Shadow Of The Night

Object location:  Box 6

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Window Dedicated
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting concerning the stained glass window on the south side of St Michael the Archangel Church, Mere, in memory of Mr and Mrs Sims from Prospect Farm, commissioned by their children and created by Christopher Webb, undated

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1900

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Sims, Mr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: Church of St Michael the Archangel

Object location:  Box 6

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 11 cm
Width: 6.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: survey
    Classification: local history
    Title: The Archaeology of Wiltshire’s Towns – Mere
    Brief Description: First draft copy of the Mere section of ‘The Archaeology of Wiltshire’s Towns’, prepared by Wiltshire County Archaeology Service, May 2001

Production:
    Date: 5.2001
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire County Archaeology Service

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 4

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 30 cm
Width: 22 cm

Identification:
    Object name: article
    Classification: local history
    Title: Ecgberht’s Stone
    Brief Description: Article from the journal ‘The Visitor’ concerning the history and whereabouts of the Ecgberht Stone, Bourton, Dorset, September 1986

Production:
    Date: 9.1986
            Parish: Castle Cary
            County: Somerset
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Visitor

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Bourton
        County: Dorset
        Locality Type: standing stone
        Site Name: Ecgberht’s Stone

Object location:  Box 4

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: local history
    Title: Ecgberht’s Stone Part II
    Brief Description: Two copies of a letter published in the journal ‘The Visitor’ in reply to a previous article concerning the whereabouts of the Ecgberht Stone, written by David Maggs, owner of the land the stone is situated on, October 1986

Production:
    Date: 10.1986
    Person:
        Person Name: Maggs, David
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Visitor

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Bourton
        County: Dorset
        Locality Type: standing stone
        Site Name: Ecgberht’s Stone

Object location:  Box 4

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: local history
    Title: Search For A Stone
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from The Western Gazette entitled ‘Search For A Stone’ by Dorothy Stiffe, concerning a ramble around the neighbourhood of Ecgberht’s Stone, Bourton, Dorset, 13th June 1986

Production:
    Date: 13.6.1986
    Person:
        Person Name: Stiffe, Dorothy
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Bourton
        County: Dorset
        Locality Type: standing stone
        Site Name: Ecgberht’s Stone

Object location:  Box 4

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 32 cm
Width: 18.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: society
    Classification: money
    Title: Wiltshire XVII Century Tokens
    Brief Description: Booklet with green covers, ‘Wiltshire XVII Century Tokens’ by E G H Kempson, signed in blue ink by C M Rowe, author of the edition foreword, September 1978

Production:
    Date: 9.1978
    Person:
        Person Name: Kempson, E, G, H Mr
        Person Role: author
            Parish: Salisbury
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Date:
    Place:
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 4

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: report
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: The South-West Wiltshire Historic Landscape Character Assessment
    Brief Description: Bound report by Wessex Archaeology on behalf of and funded by English Heritage, ‘The South-West Wiltshire Historic Landscape Character Assessment’, assessing a study area which includes Mere, August 2000

Production:
    Date: 2000
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wessex Archaeology

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Site Name: Mere Park
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: English Heritage

Object location:  Box 4

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 30 cm
Width: 21.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: magazine cutting
    Classification: warfare and defence
    Brief Description: Four photocopied pages from the magazine ‘Family History Monthly’, concerning the website Military-Genealogy.com, undated

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1995
    Person:
        Person Name: Tippey, David
        Person Role: editor
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Family History Monthly

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Military-Genealogy.com

Object location:  Box 5

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: agriculture
    Title: A Strong NFU Must Fight Farming’s Case’
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Salisbury Journal concerning the new chairman of the Wiltshire branch of the National Farmers Union, Colin Read, dairy farmer from Mere, 17th January 1991

Production:
    Date: 17.1.1991
            Parish: Salisbury
            County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Salisbury Journal

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Read, Colin
        Person Role: farmer
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: National Farmers Union

Object location:  Box 3

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 14.5 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: agriculture
    Title: Man and the Land, Farming in Dorset
    Brief Description: Booklet of early black and white photographs with captions, titled ‘Man and the Land, Farming in Dorset’, published by the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society in 1996

Production:
    Date: 1996
    Person:
        Person Name: Corner, April
        Person Role: author
            County: Dorset
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society

Content:
    Date:
    Place:
            County: Dorset

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mansel-Pleydel Trust

Object location:  Box 3

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 24.5 cm
Width: 18.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: agriculture
    Title: New Wilts Chairman Looking For Changes
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from unknown newspaper concerning the new chairman of the Wiltshire branch of the National Farmers Union, Colin Read, dairy farmer from Mere, 17th January 1991

Production:
    Date: 17.1.1991

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Read, Colin
        Person Role: farmer
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: National Farmers Union

Object location:  Box 3

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 12 cm
Width: 17 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: agriculture
    Classification: livestock
    Title: Facelift For Ancient Sheepwash
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from unknown newspaper concerning a sheep wash restored by members of Mere Footpath Group, with a photograph of Arthur Maidment who lived in Wheelwright’s Cottage, opposite the sheep wash at Burton, Mere, 4th February 1994

Production:
    Date: 4.2.1994

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Maidment, Arthur

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: sheep wash
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Footpath Group

Object location:  Box 3

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 17.5 cm
Width: 20 cm

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Timber Framed Buildings
    Brief Description: Small booklet, ‘Timber Framed Buildings’, written by Richard Harris to accompany a touring exhibition of vernacular timber-framed architecture organised by the Arts Council, 1980

Production:
    Date: 1980
    Person:
        Person Name: Harris, Richard
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Arts Council Of Great Britain

Association:
    Place:

Object location:  Box 3

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 14.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: West Country Tithe Barns
    Brief Description: Book, ‘West Country Tithe Barns’, an illustrated list of tithe barns in Gloucester, Avon and Somerset by M J A Beacham, 1987

Production:
    Date: 1987
    Person:
        Person Name: Beacham, M, J, A
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: K A F Brewin Books

Association:
    Place:
        County: Gloucestershire

Object location:  Box 3

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: The Story Of Farm Buildings
    Brief Description: Young Farmers Club booklet, red covers, ‘The Story Of Farm Buildings’ by Nigel Harvey, part of a series of YFC booklets, No. 27, 1953

Production:
    Date: 1953
    Person:
        Person Name: Harvey, Nigel
        Person Role: author
            Parish: London
            County: Greater London
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Evans Brothers Limited

Association:
    Place:
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: farm
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: National Federation Of Young Farmers’ Clubs

Object location:  Box 3

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21.5 cm
Width: 14 cm

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: agriculture
    Title: The Story Of Farm Tools
    Brief Description: Young Farmers Club booklet, red covers, ‘The Story Of Farm Tools’ by H A Beecham and John Higgs, part of a series of YFC booklets, No. 24, 1951

Production:
    Date: 1951
    Person:
        Person Name: Beecham, H, A
        Person Role: author
            Parish: London
            County: Greater London
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Evans Brothers Limited

Association:
    Place:
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: farm
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: National Federation Of Young Farmers’ Clubs

Object location:  Box 3

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21.5 cm
Width: 14 cm

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: English Cottages and Small Farmhouses
    Brief Description: Small booklet, ‘English Cottages and Small Farmhouses’, written by Paul Oliver to accompany an exhibition organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain, 1975

Production:
    Date: 1975
    Person:
        Person Name: Oliver, Paul
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Arts Council Of Great Britain

Association:
    Place:
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: farm

Object location:  Box 3

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 15 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: agriculture
    Title: Agricultural Improvement: Medieval And Modern
    Brief Description: Book, ‘Agricultural Improvement: Medieval And Modern’, the fourteenth in a series of occasional papers published by the Department of Economic History, University of Exeter, edited by Walter Minchinton, 1981

Production:
    Date: 1981
    Person:
        Person Name: Minchinton, Walter
        Person Role: editor
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: University of Exeter

Association:
    Place:
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: farm

Object location:  Box 3

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 20.5 cm
Width: 15 cm

Identification:
    Object name: pamphlet
    Classification: archaeology
    Title: Whitesheet Hill, Wiltshire
    Brief Description: Two copies of a National Trust pamphlet, ‘Whitesheet Hill, Wiltshire’, concerning the archaeology of Whitesheet Hill with photograph and plans, c. 1976-1999

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1976
        Date End: 1999
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: National Trust

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Kilmington
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: causeway camp
        Site Name: Whitesheet Hill
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England

Object location:  Box 4

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: archaeology
    Title: Whitesheet Hill
    Brief Description: One page of hand-written notes, copied from an extract in ‘The Archaeology of Wessex’ by G L V Grinsell and concerning Whitesheet Hill, Wiltshire, undated

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1939
        Date End: 1999

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Grinsell, G, L, V
        Person Role: author
    Place:
        Parish: Kilmington
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: causeway camp
        Site Name: Whitesheet Hill

Object location:  Box 4

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 22.5 cm
Width: 18 cm

Identification:
    Object name: report
    Classification: archaeology
    Title: An Archaeological Study Of Burton, On Ashfield Water, Wiltshire
    Brief Description: A report of thirty-three pages, including maps, plans and photographs named ‘An Archaeological Study of Burton, on Ashfield Water, Wiltshire’, written by Susan Cottam, November 1996

Production:
    Date: 11.1996
    Person:
        Person Name: Cottam, Susan, M
        Person Role: author
            Parish: Gillingham
            County: Dorset

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

Object location:  Box 4

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: archaeology
    Brief Description: Five pages of typed notes, copied from the Wiltshire Victoria County History, Vol I, concerning archaeological references for the Mere district, undated

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1950
        Date End: 1999

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Victoria County History

Object location:  Box 4

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 25.5 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: archaeology
    Brief Description: Two-page typed letter from Dr Owen Hart, Hon Curator of the Mere Historical Society to Professor Sutherland, concerning the location of the ‘Mere Hoard’, 7th September 1975

Production:
    Date: 7.9.1975
    Person:
        Person Name: Hart, Owen, Dr
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

Object location:  Box 4

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 25.5 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: archaeology
    Brief Description: Thirty pages of draft and final notes, typed and handwritten by George Berry, concerning the ancient tracks of Wiltshire and Dorset and referencing the work of Alfred Watkins and his 1925 book ‘The Old Straight Track’, 1980

Production:
    Date: 1980
    Person:
        Person Name: Berry, George
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Watkins, Alfred
        Person Role: author
    Place:
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 4

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 25.5 cm
Width: 17.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: archaeology
    Brief Description: Sixteen pages of notes and correspondence concerning ‘pudding stones’, some of which had been found in Mere, Wiltshire, 1952-1980

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1952
        Date End: 1980
    Person:
        Person Name: Berry, George
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire Archaeological Society

Object location:  Box 4

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 25.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: archaeology
    Brief Description: Twenty-three black and white photographs of the ‘pudding stones’ found at Mere, Wiltshire, undated

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1935
        Date End: 1999

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Berry, George

Object location:  Box 4

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 12.5 cm
Width: 9 cm

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Traditional Farm Buildings
    Brief Description: Small booklet, ‘Traditional Farm Buildings’, written by Richard Harris to accompany a touring exhibition of traditional farm buildings organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain, 1980

Production:
    Date: 1980
    Person:
        Person Name: Harris, Richard
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Arts Council Of Great Britain

Association:
    Place:
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: farm

Object location:  Box 3

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 14.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: report
    Classification: local history
    Title: Chantry Mead
    Brief Description: Eleven page report, including a map, probably written by Michael Tighe, detailing the history and transcribing the deeds of Chantry Mead, Southbrook, near Mere, dated 14th March 2002

Production:
    Date: 14.3.2002
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Stowell, Eldon Scott
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: field
        Site Name: Chantry Mead

Object location:  Box 3

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 30 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: agriculture
    Title: Problems of Making a Profit in the Real World
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Western Daily Press, an article about farmer Jim White from Charnage Farm, Mere, 24th June 1981

Production:
    Date: 24.6.1981
    Person:
        Person Name: Sherston, George
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Daily Press

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: White, Jim
        Person Role: farmer
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: farm
        Site Name: Charnage Farm
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Charnage Farms Ltd

Object location:  Box 3

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 45.5 cm
Width: 17 cm

Identification:
    Object name: report
    Classification: local history
    Title: Whitehill House and Farm
    Brief Description: Twenty-five page report, including maps and photographs, probably written by Michael Tighe and detailing the history of Whitehill House and Farm, Swainsford, near Mere, dated 14th December 2002

Production:
    Date: 14.12.2002
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: house
        Site Name: Whitehill House

Object location:  Box 3

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: agriculture
    Title: Conservation and Profitable Farming Do Go Together
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from unknown newspaper, featuring farmer Colin Coward and his daughter Lisa, from Mere Down Farm who was among the six farmers to reach the national final of the Silver Lapwing Award, a farm conservation competition organised by the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group, 1st August 2003

Production:
    Date: 1.8.2003

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Coward, Colin
        Person Role: farmer
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: farm
        Site Name: Mere Down Farm
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group
    Event:
        Event Type: competition
        Event Name: Silver Lapwing Award

Object location:  Box 3

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29 cm
Width: 12 cm

Identification:
    Object name: report
    Classification: local history
    Title: Barrow Street
    Brief Description: Fifteen page report consisting of typed and handwritten notes and annotated maps, probably written by Michael Tighe, concerning the various census and directory entries for Barrow Street, including Barrow Street Farm, Breaches Farm and Barrow Street House, undated

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1980
        Date End: 2005
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 3

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: agriculture
    Title: Farmer Wings His Way To Final
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from ‘The Journal’, featuring farmer Colin Coward from Mere Down Farm, who was among the six farmers to reach the national final of the Silver Lapwing Award, a farm conservation competition organised by the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group, 16th October 2003

Production:
    Date: 16.10.2003
    Person:
        Person Name: Lawley, Katharine
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Journal

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Coward, Colin
        Person Role: farmer
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: farm
        Site Name: Mere Down Farm
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group
    Event:
        Event Type: competition
        Event Name: Silver Lapwing Award

Object location:  Box 3

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 19.5 cm
Width: 28.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Correspondence between Michael Tighe, Mere Historical Society, and Steven Hobbs, County Archivist, concerning a typed transcript of the Mere Enclosure Award, and its subsequent move from the County Record Office to Mere Museum, November 1997

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 7.11.1997
        Date End: 18.11.1997
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
        Person Role: curator
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire County Council

Object location:  Box 3

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Typed transcript of a letter given to the Mere Historical Society from the Standerwick family, with the original deposited at the Wiltshire Record Office, [although see MHS 1572], the letter giving no indication of either addressee or writer, though it is a letter written from a mother to her son in America, 28th February 1818

Production:
    Date: 28.2.1818
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire County Council

Object location:  Box 3

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: agriculture
    Title: Good Practice Brings Reward
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from ‘The Journal’, featuring farmer Colin Coward from Mere Down Farm, who came second in the Silver Lapwing Award, a farm conservation competition organised by the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group, 4th December 2003

Production:
    Date: 4.12.2003
    Person:
        Person Name: Lawley, Katharine
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Journal

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Coward, Colin
        Person Role: farmer
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: farm
        Site Name: Mere Down Farm
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group
    Event:
        Event Type: competition
        Event Name: Silver Lapwing Award

Object location:  Box 3

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 14 cm
Width: 19.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: agriculture
    Title: Wiltshire Farm Is Runner-Up For Conservation Award
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from unknown newspaper, featuring farmer Colin Coward from Mere Down Farm who came second in the Silver Lapwing Award, a farm conservation competition organised by the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group, 2nd January 2004

Production:
    Date: 2.1.2004

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Coward, Colin
        Person Role: farmer
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: farm
        Site Name: Mere Down Farm
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group
    Event:
        Event Type: competition
        Event Name: Silver Lapwing Award

Object location:  Box 3

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 11 cm
Width: 12 cm

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: environment
    Title: A Contribution on the Physiography of the Mere District, Wiltshire
    Brief Description: Red, bound printed booklet containing ‘A Contribution on the Physiography of the Mere District’, a report of a field trip in 1937 and a geological map of the Mere and Shaftesbury districts, dated 1938

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1937
        Date End: 1938
    Person:
        Person Name: Edmunds, F, H, Mr
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Geologist’s Association

Object location:  Box 2

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 14 cm

Identification:
    Object name: report
    Classification: archaeology
    Title: Castle Hill, Mere
    Brief Description: Bound, typed copy of an archaeological desk-based assessment for Castle Hill, Mere, prepared on behalf of Mere Parish Council by Wessex Archaeology and containing report, plans and maps, February 2005

Production:
    Date: 2.2005
    Person:
        Person Name: Wakeham, Gail
        Person Role: author
            Parish: Salisbury
            County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wessex Archaeology

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Chelu, Rob Armour
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Parish Council

Object location:  Box 2

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 30 cm
Width: 21.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: local history
    Title: Ecgberht’s Stone Part III
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the ‘letters’ page of an unknown newspaper concerning the correct whereabouts of Ecgberht’s, or Egbert’s, Stone, the rallying point for King Alfred and his army against the Danes, c1986-1987

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1986
        Date End: 1987
    Person:
        Person Name: Freeman, John
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Bourton
        County: Dorset

Object location:  Box 2

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Alfred’s Defeat Of The Vikings
    Brief Description: Large, printed booklet entitled ‘Alfred’s Defeat Of The Vikings’, written by John Peddie and Patrick Dillon and including references to Egbert’s Stone, 1981

Production:
    Date: 1981
    Person:
        Person Name: Peddie, John
        Person Role: author
            Parish: Devizes
            County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Downwriter Publications

Association:
    Person:
    Place:
        Parish: Westbury
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 2

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: receipt
    Classification: agriculture
    Brief Description: Receipt from the Red Cross Agriculture Fund for two thousand and twenty seven pounds sterling, received from the Mere branch of the National Farmers Union, 3rd December 1944

Production:
    Date: 3.12.1944
    Person:
        Person Name: Robertson, Alec, D
        Person Role: secretary
            Parish: London
            County: Greater London
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Red Cross Agriculture Fund

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Coward, A, L, Mr
        Person Role: secretary
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Red Cross and St John Fund
    Event:
        Event Type: war
        Event Name: World War II

Object location:  Box 3

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 9.5 cm
Width: 12.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: agriculture
    Brief Description: Letter from the Red Cross Agriculture Fund, penned by the secretary Alec Robertson, thanking Mr A L Coward and the Mere branch of the National Farmers’ Union for contributing two thousand and twenty seven pounds sterling to the Fund, 5th December 1944

Production:
    Date: 5.12.1944
    Person:
        Person Name: Robertson, Alec, D
        Person Role: secretary
            Parish: London
            County: Greater London
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Red Cross Agriculture Fund

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Coward, A, L, Mr
        Person Role: secretary
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Red Cross and St John Fund
    Event:
        Event Type: war
        Event Name: World War II

Object location:  Box 3

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 13 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: magazine cutting
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Memories
    Brief Description: Article, and duplicate, from the Blackmore Vale Magazine, consisting of the memories of Harry Maidment as a boy in Mere during the early years of the twentieth century, 20th January 1979

Production:
    Date: 20.1.1979
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1900
        Date End: 1910
    Person:
        Person Name: Maidment, Harry
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 2

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29 cm
Width: 6.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: magazine cutting
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Memories
    Brief Description: Article from the Blackmore Vale Magazine consisting of the further memories of Harry Maidment and his life in the Mere area from 1920 onwards, 10th February 1979

Production:
    Date: 10.2.1979
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1920
        Date End: 1979
    Person:
        Person Name: Maidment, Harry
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 2

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 20 cm
Width: 8 cm

Identification:
    Object name: magazine cutting
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Memories
    Brief Description: Article, and duplicate, from the Blackmore Vale Magazine, consisting of the memories of Harry Maidment as a boy in Mere and especially of 1904 when he was taken for an eye operation in Salisbury, 3rd February 1979

Production:
    Date: 3.2.1979
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Maidment, Harry
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 1

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 16 cm
Width: 11.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: magazine cutting
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Memories
    Brief Description: Article from the Blackmore Vale Magazine, describing how after memories of Harry Maidment and his life in the Mere area was published, lots of further recollections had been sent to the magazine, including those of Tom Coward concerning a memorable character from Mere named Giles Togood, 5th May 1979

Production:
    Date: 5.5.1979
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1900
        Date End: 1979
    Person:
        Person Name: Maidment, Harry
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 1

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 19.5 cm
Width: 10 cm

Identification:
    Object name: magazine cutting
    Classification: local history
    Title: Memories of the 14 – 18
    Brief Description: 1979 article from the Blackmore Vale Magazine, consisting of the memories of Harry Maidment from Mere and his experiences during World War I

Production:
    Date: 1979
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1914
        Date End: 1918
    Person:
        Person Name: Maidment, Harry
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: war
        Event Name: World War I

Object location:  Box 2

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 30 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: local history
    Title: Farm Wages
    Brief Description: Newspaper article and one photocopy from the Western Gazette, taken from the letters page and written by Harry Maidment, recollecting his time as a farm worker in the 1900’s, 24th March 1972

Production:
    Date: 24.3.1972
    Person:
        Person Name: Maidment, Harry
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1911
        Date End: 1912
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 2

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 16.5 cm
Width: 4.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Literary Festival Goes From Strength To Strength
    Brief Description: Newspaper article from unknown newspaper, detailing the fifth year of Mere Literary Festival and all associated events, 23rd November 2001

Production:
    Date: 23.11.2001

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Young, Andy
        Person Role: councillor
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: festival
        Event Name: Mere Literary Festival

Object location:  Box 2

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 12.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: archaeology
    Title: The Enigma Of The Mere Lynchets
    Brief Description: Notes and correspondence concerning the publication in ‘Country Life’ of an article, ‘The Enigma Of The Mere Lynchets’, written by Bernard Berry, August 1967

Production:
    Date: 8.1967
    Person:
        Person Name: Berry, Bernard
        Person Role: author
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Country Life

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Day, George
        Person Role: artist
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: lynchet

Object location:  Box 2

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 25.5 cm
Width: 20 cm

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: archaeology
    Title: The Enigma Of The Mere Lynchets
    Brief Description: 26 black and white photographs included in the notes and correspondence concerning the publication in ‘Country Life’ of an article, ‘The Enigma Of The Mere Lynchets’, photographs are of the lynchets, August 1967

Production:
    Date: 8.1967
    Person:
        Person Name: Day, George
        Person Role: photographer

Content:
    Place:
            Place Name: Ashfield Bottom
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: lynchet

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Country Life

Object location:  Box 2

Description:
Material: photographic paper
Height: 9 cm
Width: 13 cm

Identification:
    Object name: manuscript
    Classification: archaeology
    Title: The Lynchets At Mere
    Brief Description: Thirteen-page typed manuscript written by Bernard Berry entitled ‘The Lynchets At Mere’, final copy for the ‘Country Life’ published article, August 1967

Production:
    Date: 8.1967
    Person:
        Person Name: Berry, Bernard
        Person Role: author
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: lynchet
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Country Life

Object location:  Box 2

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 25.5 cm
Width: 20 cm

Identification:
    Object name: magazine cutting
    Classification: archaeology
    Title: The Enigma Of The Mere Lynchets
    Brief Description: Article entitled ‘The Enigma Of The Mere Lynchets’, written by Bernard Berry and published by ‘Country Life’, 24th August 1967

Production:
    Date: 24.8.1967
    Person:
        Person Name: Berry, Bernard
        Person Role: author
            Parish: London
            County: Greater London
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Country Life

Content:
    Place:
            Place Name: Chetcombe Bottom
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: lynchet

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: lynchet

Object location:  Box 2

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 31.5 cm
Width: 23 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: archaeology
    Title: Lynchets Poser
    Brief Description: Newspaper article, stuck on to yellow A4 sheet, from the ‘Western Gazette’, taken from ‘The Countryside’ section and discussing the origins of lynchets, 30th November 1973

Production:
    Date: 30.11.1973
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Association:
    Place:
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: lynchet

Object location:  Box 2

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 41 cm
Width: 9 cm

Identification:
    Object name: manuscript
    Classification: archaeology
    Title: Castle Hill At Mere
    Brief Description: Thirteen-page typed manuscript and associated letters, written by Bernard Berry entitled ‘Castle Hill At Mere’, final copy for the ‘Country Life’ published article, 1968

Production:
    Date: 1968
    Person:
        Person Name: Berry, Bernard
        Person Role: author
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: castle
        Site Name: Mere Castle
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Country Life

Object location:  Box 2

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 25.5 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: archaeology
    Title: Castle Hill At Mere
    Brief Description: Five black and white photographs, attached to A4 sheets, taken by George Day and included in the typed manuscript ‘Castle Hill At Mere’ written by Bernard Berry for ‘Country Life’, 1968

Production:
    Date: 1968
    Person:
        Person Name: Day, George
        Person Role: photographer

Content:
    Place:
            Place Name: Castle Hill
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Berry, Bernard
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Country Life

Object location:  Box 2

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 9 cm
Width: 12 cm

Identification:
    Object name: magazine cutting
    Classification: archaeology
    Title: The Silent Past Of Castle Hill
    Brief Description: Magazine article, with one duplicate and one photocopy, entitled ‘The Silent Past Of Castle Hill’, published by ‘Country Life’ and written by Bernard Berry with photographs by George Day, 18th July 1968

Production:
    Date: 18.7.1968
    Person:
        Person Name: Berry, Bernard
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Country Life

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: castle
        Site Name: Mere Castle

Object location:  Box 2

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 31.5 cm
Width: 23 cm

Identification:
    Object name: report
    Classification: archaeology
    Brief Description: Three-page report from the National Monuments Record, giving a listing and description of Mere Castle, produced 17th November 1998

Production:
    Date: 17.11.1998
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: National Monuments Record

Association:
    Date:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: castle
        Site Name: Mere Castle
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England

Object location:  Box 2

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: archaeology
    Brief Description: Typed letter from Gillian Huxley, British Museum, to Mr Carson confirming that the gold Mere disc is on display in the Beaker Period case, British Museum, London, 7th October 1974

Production:
    Date: 7.10.1974
    Person:
        Person Name: Huxley, Gillian
            Parish: London
            County: Greater London

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Carson, Mr
    Place:
        Parish: London
        County: Greater London
        Locality Type: museum
        Site Name: The British Museum

Object location:  Box 1

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: warfare and defence
    Classification: land forces
    Title: Civil War, Background Information
    Brief Description: Typed notes, taken from various historical sources, used by Lt.Col R K Montgomery for various talks about the Civil War given to the Mere Historical Society, date unknown

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1975
        Date End: 2005
    Person:
        Person Name: Montgomery, R, K
        Person Role: lecturer

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Roundway
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society
    Event:
        Event Type: war
        Event Name: Civil War

Object location:  Box 1

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 28 cm
Width: 19 cm

Identification:
    Object name: pamphlet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Devizes In The Civil War
    Brief Description: Pamphlet, including photographs and plans, written by Pamela Colman and Bryan Coupe entitled ‘Devizes In The Civil War’, detailing the Battle of Roundway, 1643

Production:
    Date: 1974
    Person:
        Person Name: Colman, Pamela
        Person Role: author
            Parish: Devizes
            County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Downwriter Publications

Association:
    Date:
    Place:
        Parish: Roundway
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: hill
        Site Name: Roundway Down
    Event:
        Event Type: battle
        Event Name: Battle of Roundway Hill

Object location:  Box 1

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: local history
    Title: Barmy Cassan Of Mere
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from unknown newspaper, relating to the find, by David Cave, of a stone with a coat of arms cut into it, subsequently identified by Reverend Ben Elliott as belonging to Stephen Hyde Cassan, a former curate of Mere, 1822-1830

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1900
        Date End: 1999

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Cave, David
    Place:
        Parish: Wincanton
        County: Somerset
        Locality Type: garden
        Site Name: Clementina’s

Object location:  Box 2

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 20 cm
Width: 13 cm

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: transport
    Classification: road
    Brief Description: Letter to Mr W J Ford, Museums Officer, from Mrs Christine Wallis, secretary of Mere Historical Society concerning the location of ‘lost’ milestones on the A303, 24th February 1978

Production:
    Date: 24.2.1978
    Person:
        Person Name: Wallis, Christine, Mrs
        Person Role: author
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Gray, Mr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

Object location:  Box 2

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 25 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: transport
    Classification: road
    Brief Description: Letter from Frederick Hallworth, Director of Wiltshire County Council Library and Museum Service, to Mrs Christine Wallis from Mere Historical Society, replying to letter MHS 48.1 concerning lost milestones on the old Salisbury Road and introducing Mr R I E Haines, Assistant County Architect, who had made a study of Wiltshire turnpikes and milestones, 10th March 1978

Production:
    Date: 10.3.1978
    Person:
        Person Name: Hallworth, Frederick
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Wallis, Christine, Mrs
        Person Role: secretary
    Place:
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: mile stone
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

Object location:  Box 2

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: extract
    Classification: transport
    Classification: road
    Title: Two Wessex Roadways
    Brief Description: Photocopied extract from article ‘Two Wessex Roadways’ by T Morland concerning milestones along the ‘Western Drove Road’ with a list of milestones and their relevant Ordnance Survey grid references, 1974

Production:
    Date: 1974
    Person:
        Person Name: Morland, T
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: mile stone
        Site Name: Western Drove Road

Object location:  Box 2

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 29.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: map
    Classification: transport
    Classification: road
    Brief Description: Photocopy of part of a 1773 map showing Mere Hundred and parts of other neighbouring Hundreds, with detail of the local road systems, 1773

Production:
    Date: 1773

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 2

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 25.5 cm
Width: 38 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: transport
    Classification: road
    Title: Roman Mere
    Brief Description: 42 assorted typed and hand-written notes in preparation for an article on possible Roman roads in Mere, written by Bernard Berry, date unknown

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1950
        Date End: 1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Berry, Bernard
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: road

Object location:  Box 2

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 25 cm
Width: 20 cm

Identification:
    Object name: translation
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Partial translation, five pages, by Mrs Phyl Ralton of a lease written in Latin and granted to John and Elizabeth Anerema and their son Thomas for the tenancy of a cottage in Castle Street, Mere, 6th December 1516

Production:
    Date: 9.2004
    Person:
        Person Name: Ralton, Phyl, Mrs
        Person Role: author
            Parish: Fleet
            County: Hampshire

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: house

Object location:  Box 1

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: document
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Photocopy of an early Latin document, possibly relating to Chantry lands in Mere, Wiltshire, c.1539

Production:
    Date: 1539

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: chantry

Object location:  Box 1

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 40.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: document
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Photocopy of a document written in English, relating to the Chantry and mentioning Henry Duvall and Richard Swayne, Mere, Wiltshire, c.1540

Production:
    Date: 1540

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Duvall, Henry
        Person Role: clergyman
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: chantry

Object location:  Box 1

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 40.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: document
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Photocopy of a document written in Latin concerning the lease of tenement of the late John Bentyll given to his widow Edith by Richard Swayne of the Chantry, 1547

Production:
    Date: 1547

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Swayne, Richard
        Person Role: clergyman
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: chantry

Object location:  Box 1

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 40.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: document
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Photocopy of a document written in Latin, possibly concerning chantry lands, dated 1548

Production:
    Date: 1548

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: chantry

Object location:  Box 1

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 40.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: document
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Photocopy of an indenture, two large pieces of paper, from John Hibbard to Martin ? Chafyn, possibly related to chantry lands, 1593

Production:
    Date: 1593
    Person:
        Person Name: Hibbard, John

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Chafyn, Martin
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 1

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 81 cm

Identification:
    Object name: document
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Photocopy of a document written in Latin, relating to the Chantry and referring to Richard Swayne and John Smythe, Mere, Wiltshire, 1561

Production:
    Date: 1561

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Swayne, Richard
        Person Role: clergyman
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: chantry

Object location:  Box 1

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 40.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: document
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Photocopy, in three sheets, of a document written in Latin, from John Thyme of Longleat to Martin Chafyn, relating to chantry lands of Mere, Wiltshire, 12th November 1563

Production:
    Date: 12.11.1563
    Person:
        Person Name: Thyme, John
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Chafyn, Martin
    Place:
        Parish: Horningsham
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 1

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 40.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: document
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Photocopy, in two sheets, and basic translation notes of a document written in Latin, relating to chantry lands in Mere, Wiltshire, 1561

Production:
    Date: 1561

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: chantry

Object location:  Box 1

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 40.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: document
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Photocopy, in two sheets, of a document written in Latin relating to Dean’s Orchard, Mere, Wiltshire, 1570

Production:
    Date: 1570

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 1

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 25.5 cm
Width: 30 cm

Identification:
    Object name: document
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Photocopy, in three sheets, of a document written in Latin relating to land in Zeals, Wiltshire, 1583

Production:
    Date: 1583

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Zeals
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 1

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 25.5 cm
Width: 30 cm

Identification:
    Object name: list
    Classification: natural history
    Classification: geology
    Title: Mere Borehole
    Brief Description: Handwritten list, green ink on lined paper, of the rock type and thickness found down a borehole, Mere, Wiltshire, undated

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1900
        Date End: 1999

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 1

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 22.5 cm
Width: 17.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: list
    Classification: archaeology
    Brief Description: Typed list of five pages detailing references to Mere and its surrounds mentioned in the Victoria County History, Wiltshire, Volume I, undated

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1900
        Date End: 1999

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Victoria County History

Object location:  Box 1

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 25 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: archaeology
    Brief Description: Handwritten letter from Mr Carson, British Museum, to Dr O S Hart concerning the whereabouts of a gold disc from Mere, Wiltshire, 1st October 1974

Production:
    Date: 1.10.1974
    Person:
        Person Name: Carson, Mr
        Person Role: author
            Parish: London
            County: Greater London

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Hart, O, S, Dr
        Person Role: curator
    Place:
        Parish: London
        County: Greater London
        Locality Type: museum
        Site Name: The British Museum
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

Object location:  Box 1

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: local history
    Title: The Secret Below a Mere House
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting concerning the discovery of an old well and passageway by builders Michael Taylor and Roger Lark during the building of an extension to Ashleigh, Castle Hill, Mere, Wiltshire c.1984

Production:
    Date: 1984

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Lark, Roger
        Person Role: builder
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: house
        Site Name: Ashleigh
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Local History Society
    Event:
        Event Type: restoration

Object location:  Box 1

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 34 cm
Width: 15.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Western Gazette describing an open evening held at the library on behalf of Mere Museum, with competitions, exhibitions and the formation of the new group ‘Friends of Mere Museum’, Mere, Wiltshire, 11th October 1990

Production:
    Date: 11.10.1990
            Parish: Yeovil
            County: Somerset
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
        Person Role: curator
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: library
        Site Name: Mere Library
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Museum
    Event:
        Event Type: exhibition

Object location:  Box 1

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 22 cm
Width: 19.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: lease
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Photocopy of a lease written in Latin and granted to John and Elizabeth Anerema and their son Thomas for the tenancy of a cottage in Castle Street, Mere, 6th December 1516

Production:
    Date: 1515
    Person:
        Person Name: Duvall, Henry
        Person Role: author
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Anerema, John
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: house

Object location:  Box 1

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 40.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Letter from Mrs Phyl Ralton to Mr Michael Tighe concerning her attempt to translate the Latin lease granted to Elizabeth and John Anerema in 1516 for the tenancy of a cottage in Castle Street, Mere, letter dated 15th September 2004

Production:
    Date: 15.9.2004
    Person:
        Person Name: Ralton, Phyl, Mrs
        Person Role: author
            Parish: Fleet
            County: Hampshire

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: house

Object location:  Box 1

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 21 cm