Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Military Historian Sir John Keegan Dies At 78
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine, an obituary for military historian Sir John Keegan who lived at Kilmington, 10th August 2012

Production:
    Date: 10.8.2012
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Keegan, John, Sir
        Person Role: editor
    Place:
        Parish: Kilmington
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Daily Telegraph
    Event:
        Event Type: death

Object location:  Box 56

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 8.5 cm
Width: 12 cm

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: personalia
    Title: The Chaffin Family
    Brief Description: Book, ‘The Chaffin Family’ by Phyllis Drake and Stella Judy Drake, 1986

Production:
    Date: 1986
    Person:
        Person Name: Drake, Phyllis
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Chaffin Family

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: recreation
    Classification: sports
    Title: Fives Court
    Brief Description: Handwritten notes, possibly by Joyce Rutter, relating to the game of fives played at Mere, undated, mid to late 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1950
        Date End: 1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Rutter, Joyce
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 55

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 20 cm
Width: 12.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: recreation
    Classification: sports
    Title: Fives
    Brief Description: Handwritten notes, possibly by Joyce Rutter, relating to the history of the game of fives, undated, mid to late 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1950
        Date End: 1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Rutter, Joyce
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 55

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 17.5 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: recreation
    Classification: sports
    Title: Fives Courts
    Brief Description: Two pages of typed notes by Dr David Longbourne relating to the history of the game of fives and specifically the fives court wall at the back of the former Angel Inn, Mere, August 2009

Production:
    Date: 8.2009
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: inn
        Site Name: Angel Inn

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: article
    Classification: recreation
    Classification: sports
    Title: A Forgotten Game
    Brief Description: Photocopy of a Country Life article ‘A Forgotten Game’ by P H T Evans written about the history of the game of fives in the West Country, associated with the fives court wall at the back of the former Angel Inn, Mere, 2nd December 1965

Production:
    Date: 2.12.1965
    Person:
        Person Name: Evans, P H T
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Country Life

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: South Petherton
            County: Somerset
            Locality Type: inn
            Site Name: Crown Inn

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: inn
        Site Name: Angel Inn

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: recreation
    Classification: sports
    Brief Description: Letter from the Wiltshire Buildings Record with accompanying listed building descriptions of fives courts in Wiltshire, 8th September 1992

Production:
    Date: 8.9.1992
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire Buildings Record

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Bratton
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: house
        Site Name: Yew Trees

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: extract
    Classification: recreation
    Classification: sports
    Title: Rackets, Squash Rackets, Tennis, Fives and Badminton
    Brief Description: Photocopied chapters from ‘Rackets, Squash Rackets, Tennis, Fives and Badminton’ by C N Bruce, concentrating on the game of fives, 1933

Production:
    Date: 1933
    Person:
        Person Name: Bruce, C N
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Marlborough
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: school
        Site Name: Marlborough School

Object location:  Box 55

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 20.5 cm
Width: 26 cm

Identification:
    Object name: extract
    Classification: recreation
    Classification: sports
    Brief Description: Photocopied chapters from unknown publication, possibly ‘Rules of Sports & Games’, relating to the rules of the game of fives, including the Eton, Rugby and Winchester rules, undated, mid to late 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1950
        Date End: 1975
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Kaye & Ward

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Eton
        County: Berkshire
        Locality Type: school
        Site Name: Eton School

Object location:  Box 55

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 27 cm

Identification:
    Object name: extract
    Classification: recreation
    Classification: sports
    Title: The History Of Ball Games
    Brief Description: Photocopied chapter ‘The History Of Ball Games’ by John Armitage from unknown publication, including the history of the game of fives, undated, mid 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1945
        Date End: 1965
    Person:
        Person Name: Armitage, John
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: inn
        Site Name: Angel Inn

Object location:  Box 55

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 28 cm

Identification:
    Object name: extract
    Classification: recreation
    Classification: sports
    Title: History Of Marlborough College
    Brief Description: Photocopied extract from ‘History Of Marlborough College’ relating to the game of fives, undated, mid 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1945
        Date End: 1965

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Marlborough
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: school
        Site Name: Marlborough College

Object location:  Box 55

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 20 cm
Width: 27.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Letter from Ben Elliott to Dr David Longbourne regarding the ‘miracle of Mere’, 27th January 2004

Production:
    Date: 27.1.2004
    Person:
        Person Name: Elliott, Ben
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church
    Event:
        Event Type: miracle

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Handwritten notes on green paper by John Ingram to Dr David Longbourne relating to a sundial (scratch dial) on the buttress of St Michael’s Church, Mere, 1990’s

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1990
        Date End: 1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Ingram, John
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: article
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Scratch Dials On Wiltshire Churches
    Brief Description: Photocopied article ‘Scratch Dials On Wiltshire Churches’ by R G Dymock from unknown publication, associated with the dials found in Mere, undated, mid 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1935
        Date End: 1975
    Person:
        Person Name: Dymock, R G
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church

Object location:  Box 55

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 13 cm

Identification:
    Object name: periodical
    Classification: local history
    Title: The Hatcher Review, Number 5
    Brief Description: Periodical ‘The Hatcher Review, Number 5’ with article by Donald Hunt inside relating to Hartgill Baron of Mere, 1978

Production:
    Date: 1978
    Person:
        Person Name: Hunt, Donald
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Hatcher Society

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Baron, Hartgill
        Person Role: spy
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Letter from Donald Hunt to Dr David Longbourne giving permission to reprint his article from The Hatcher Review, Number 5 relating to Hartgill Baron of Mere, 26th September 1978

Production:
    Date: 26.9.1978
    Person:
        Person Name: Hunt, Donald
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: periodical
    Classification: local history
    Title: The Hatcher Review, Volume Two, No 15
    Brief Description: Periodical ‘The Hatcher Review, Volume Two, No 15’ with article by Carol Bonham inside relating to the Bonham Family of Stourton, 1983

Production:
    Date: 1983
    Person:
        Person Name: Bonham, Carol
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Hatcher Society

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Stourton with Gasper
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Bonham Family

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Letter from Ben Elliott to Dr David Longbourne exploring the derivation of the place name Mere, undated, late 20th or early 21st century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1985
        Date End: 2005
    Person:
        Person Name: Elliott, Ben
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: article
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Transcription from unknown publications of The Mere Miracle, possibly by Michael Tighe, undated, late 20th or early 21st century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1985
        Date End: 2005
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Newnett, Alice
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: article
    Classification: local history
    Title: Family History into Community History
    Brief Description: Photocopy of article ‘Family History into Community History’ from the Genealogists’ Magazine by Stella Colwell, undated, late 20th or early 21st century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1992
        Date End: 2005
    Person:
        Person Name: Colwell, Stella
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Genealogists’ Magazine

Association:
    Place:

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: article
    Classification: local history
    Title: The Traffic in Children and the Textile Mills 1780-1816
    Brief Description: Photocopy of article ‘The Traffic in Children and the Textile Mills 1780-1816′ from the Genealogists’ Magazine by Pamela Horn, March 1993

Production:
    Date: 3.1993
    Person:
        Person Name: Horn, Pamela
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Genealogists’ Magazine

Association:
    Place:

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: lecture notes
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Museum, Its History and Management
    Brief Description: Script from a talk ‘Mere Museum, Its History and Management’ given by Dr David Longbourne and Jenny Wilding at the AGM of the Friends of Mere Museum, 30th October 2012

Production:
    Date: 10.2012
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Museum
    Event:
        Event Type: lecture

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: local history
    Title: Woodlands Manor, Wiltshire
    Brief Description: Letter from Louis Stanton to Dr David Longbourne with accompanying article about Woodlands Manor found in a publication ‘Greater Medieval Houses Of England And Wales 1300-1500’ by Anthony Emery, 2008

Production:
    Date: 18.2.2008
    Person:
        Person Name: Stanton, Louis
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: University Press

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: manor house
        Site Name: Woodlands Manor

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Handwritten notes and family tree relating to the Doddington Family of Mere, undated, late 20th or early 21st century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1985
        Date End: 2005

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: manor house
        Site Name: Woodlands Manor
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Doddington Family

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: will
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Transcript of wills by Michael Tighe relating to the Latimer Family of Mere, 21st November 1995

Production:
    Date: 21.11.1995
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1832
        Date End: 1843
    Person:
        Person Name: Latimer, Thomas
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Latimer Family

Object location:  Box 55

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 28 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: article
    Classification: society
    Classification: health and social services
    Title: From Man-midwife to Obstetrician
    Brief Description: Article ‘From Man-midwife to Obstetrician’ by Don Mulcock – Dr Latimer of Mere was a man-midwife, April 1972

Production:
    Date: 4.1972
    Person:
        Person Name: Mulcock, Don
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Latimer, Dr
        Person Role: midwife
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 55

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Notes by Michael Tighe relating to Dr Hicks, Dr William Goldsbrough and Dewes House, undated, late 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1985
        Date End: 1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Hicks, Dr
        Person Role: doctor
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: house
        Site Name: Dewes House

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Seagram
    Brief Description: Notes and transcript of wills by Michael Tighe relating to Thomas Seagram and the Butt Family of Mere, undated, late 20th or early 21st century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1985
        Date End: 2005
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1708
        Date End: 1799
    Person:
        Person Name: Seagram, Thomas
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Butt Family

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: list
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Doctors Of Mere
    Brief Description: List created by Dr David Longbourne of the doctors of Mere, from c.1566 to 1991, undated, late 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1991
        Date End: 1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1566
        Date End: 1991
    Person:
        Person Role: doctor
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Dr Farnfield
    Brief Description: Notes by Marguerite White of Zeals relating to Dr William Farnfield, former doctor of Mere 1902-1937, undated, late 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1985
        Date End: 1999
    Person:
        Person Name: White, Marguerite
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1902
        Date End: 1937
    Person:
        Person Name: Farnfield, William, Dr
        Person Role: doctor
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: family tree
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Chafyn Grove Family Tree
    Brief Description: Family tree of the Chafyn Grove family, probably created by Bob Montgomery and information possibly retrieved from the windows and monuments of Bettesthorne Chapel, Mere, undated, late 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1965
        Date End: 1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Montgomery, Bob
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1625
        Date End: 1891
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: chapel
        Site Name: Bettesthorne Chapel
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Chafyn Grove Family

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Letter to Dr David Longbourne and notes by Michael Tighe relating to the Chafyn and Chafyn Grove Family of Mere, 2003

Production:
    Date: 28.2.2003
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Chafyn Grove Family

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: list
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Photocopy of a card index showing Chafyn and Chafyn Grove baptisms, marriages and burials in Mere, created by Rev Ben Elliott, original at Mere Museum, undated, late 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1980
        Date End: 1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Elliott, Ben
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Chafyn Grove Family
    Event:
        Event Type: baptism

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Letter from Mike Hughes-D’Aeth to Dr David Longbourne relating to the Chafyn Grove family of Mere and Zeals, early 21st century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 2000
        Date End: 2005
    Person:
        Person Name: Hughes-D’Aeth, Mike
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Chafyn Grove Family

Object location:  Box 55

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 23 cm
Width: 18 cm

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Letter from Bill Woodhouse to Dr David Longbourne relating to the Chafyn Grove family of Mere and Zeals and family contacts who may have relevant information, 18th March 2003

Production:
    Date: 18.3.2003
    Person:
        Person Name: Woodhouse, Bill
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Chafyn Grove Family

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Letter from Jenny Howe to Dr David Longbourne relating to the Chafyn Grove family of Mere and Zeals, 24th July 2003

Production:
    Date: 24.7.2003
    Person:
        Person Name: Howe, Jenny
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Chafyn Grove Family

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Letter from Eileen Anderton to Dr David Longbourne relating to the Chafyn Grove family of Mere and Zeals, 17th July 2004

Production:
    Date: 17.7.2004
    Person:
        Person Name: Anderton, Eileen
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Chafyn Grove Family

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Handwritten notes by Dr David Longbourne relating to the Chafyn Grove family of Mere and Zeals, undated, early 21st century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 2000
        Date End: 2010
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Chafyn Grove Family

Object location:  Box 55

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 19.5 cm
Width: 12.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Letter from Phyllis Ralton to Dr David Longbourne relating to the Chafyn Grove family of Mere and Zeals, 3rd August 2004

Production:
    Date: 3.8.2004
    Person:
        Person Name: Ralton, Phyllis
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Chafyn Grove Family

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: list
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: List of material held by Phyllis Ralton relating to the Chafyn Grove family of Mere and Zeals, undated, early 21st century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 2000
        Date End: 2010
    Person:
        Person Name: Ralton, Phyllis
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Chafyn Grove Family

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: article
    Classification: recreation
    Classification: sports
    Title: Forgotten Fives
    Brief Description: Page from Wiltshire & Wessex Life publication containing a letter about the game of fives and five walls or towers, of which Mere has located at the back of the former Angel Inn, 1972

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 12.1971
        Date End: 1.1972
    Person:
        Person Name: Bland, John
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire & Wessex Life

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Hinton St George
            County: Somerset
            Locality Type: inn
            Site Name: Poulett Arms

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: inn
        Site Name: Angel Inn

Object location:  Box 55

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 28 cm
Width: 20 cm

Identification:
    Object name: article
    Classification: personalia
    Title: The Reticence Of Intuition
    Brief Description: Article from ABC Radio 24 Hours by Andrew Ford interviewing Sir Harrison Birtwistle for a radio show, London, 1992

Production:
    Date: 1992
    Person:
        Person Name: Ford, Andrew
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: ABC Radio 24 Hours

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Birtwistle, Harrison, Sir
        Person Role: composer
    Place:
        County: Greater London

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: local history
    Title: Some Of The Social Changes In Mere During The Last 50 Years
    Brief Description: Notes by J R Hooper ‘Some Of The Social Changes In Mere During The Last 50 Years’, 7th November 1947

Production:
    Date: 7.11.1947
    Person:
        Person Name: Hooper, J, R
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Ross, Harry
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Letter from Rev Ben Elliott to Dr David Longbourne discussing the chantry screen of St Michael’s Church, Mere with a photocopied letter sent to the Gentlemans Magazine of 1832 relating to the screen, late 20th or early 21st century

Production:
    Date: 4.1832
    Person:
        Person Name: Elliott, Ben
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Gentlemans Magazine

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Letter from Michael Tighe to David Longbourne relating to the merchants marks found on the balcony of St Michael’s Church, Mere, 9th October 2000

Production:
    Date: 9.10.2000
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Letter from Rev Ben Elliott to David Longbourne relating to various matters including the Stourton Family burials, the Berkeley Family and the chantry, St Michael’s Church, Mere, c. 2006

Production:
    Date: 2006
    Person:
        Person Name: Elliott, Ben, Rev
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Stourton Family

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Notes by Anne Lander containing amendments to a piece of unidentified work about Mere, undated, late 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1980
        Date End: 1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Lander, Anne
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: programme
    Classification: society
    Classification: royalty
    Title: Celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second
    Brief Description: Programme for a service of praise and thanksgiving ‘Celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second’ at St Michael’s Church, Mere, June 2012

Production:
    Date: 2012

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church
    Event:
        Event Type: diamond jubilee
        Event Name: Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: St Mary’s Church, Mere, Wiltshire
    Brief Description: Typed notes, ‘St Mary’s Church, Mere, Wiltshire’ by Evelyn Flower (nee Deverill), memories of the establishment and progress of Mere’s Catholic church, written for the parish magazine, January 2007

Production:
    Date: 1.2007
    Person:
        Person Name: Flower, Evelyn
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1953
        Date End: 2007
    Place:
        Parish: Stourton with Gasper
        County: Wiltshire
        Site Name: Bonham House
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Roman Catholic Church

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: guidebook
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: The Stained Glass in the Church of St Michael the Archangel, Mere
    Brief Description: Guide ‘The Stained Glass in the Church of St Michael the Archangel, Mere’, mainly compiled by Derick Behrens with later additions, mid to late 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1960
        Date End: 1989
    Person:
        Person Name: Behrens, Derick
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: newsletter
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: The Friends Of The Church Of St Michael the Archangel In Mere, Newsletter 1984
    Brief Description: Blue newsletter published by The Friends Of The Church Of St Michael the Archangel, Mere, 1984

Production:
    Date: 1984
    Person:
        Person Name: Elliott, Ben, Rev
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: The Screen At St Michael the Archangel, Mere
    Brief Description: Notes by Michael Tighe ‘The Screen At St Michael the Archangel, Mere’, 13th March 2008

Production:
    Date: 13.3.2008
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Church History – Sundry Notes. The Screen
    Brief Description: Notes and letter from Michael Tighe relating to the screen at St Michael’s Church, Mere, 5th August 2001

Production:
    Date: 5.8.2001
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Letter from Michael Tighe to Dr David Longbourne listing books found in the Parvise Room, Mere, 12th April 1999

Production:
    Date: 12.4.1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: trade and professions
    Brief Description: Letter from Alwyn Hardy to Dr David Longbourne and photocopied catalogue pages relating to Hadens of Warminster, maker of iron memorials, one of which is situated in the south west corner of Mere churchyard, 14th August 2009

Production:
    Date: 14.8.2009
    Person:
        Person Name: Hardy, Alwyn
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: churchyard
        Site Name: St Michael’s Churchyard
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Dewey Museum

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: extract
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Photocopied extract from the Victoria County History, Hampshire Vol IV, with mention of the Berkeley and Bettesthorne families, undated, mid to late 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1965
        Date End: 1999
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Victoria County History

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Berkeley, John, Sir
    Place:
        County: Hampshire

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: article
    Classification: personalia
    Title: A Wiltshire Ancestor For Her Majesty The Queen
    Brief Description: Photocopied article ‘A Wiltshire Ancestor For Her Majesty The Queen’ by S M Collins relating to the Bettesthorne and Berkeley families, Mere, undated, c. 1944

Production:
    Date: 1944
    Person:
        Person Name: Collins, S, M
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Berkeley, John, Sir
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Bettesthorne Family

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: catalogue
    Classification: local history
    Title: Catalogue Of Books And Papers Belonging To Saint Michael’s Church, Mere
    Brief Description: Catalogue of books belonging to St Michael’s Church, Mere, April 1979

Production:
    Date: 4.1979

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: postcard
    Classification: personalia
    Title: The Memorial Brass to Sir John Bettesthorne at Mere Parish Church, Wiltshire
    Brief Description: Black and white postcard of the memorial brass to Sir John Bettesthorne, St Michael’s Church, Mere, undated, late 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1975
        Date End: 1999
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Tim Tiley Prints

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Bettesthorne, John, Sir
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church

Object location:  Box 55

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 17.5 cm
Width: 9.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: extract
    Classification: trade and professions
    Brief Description: Page from ‘Mere Matters’ containing a letter from Eric Kay, stonemason, explaining his work repairing the windows of St Michael’s Church, Mere, April 1985

Production:
    Date: 4.1985
    Person:
        Person Name: Kay, Eric
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Matters

Association:
    Person:
        Person Role: stone mason
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Handwritten notes by Colin Mitchell relating to the various names found on the Mere World War II war memorial, September 2000

Production:
    Date: 9.2000
    Person:
        Person Name: Mitchell, Colin
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: war memorial
    Event:
        Event Type: war
        Event Name: World War II

Object location:  Box 53

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

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: personalia
    Title: A Wiltshire Ancestor For Her Majesty The Queen
    Brief Description: Booklet reprinted from the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, ‘A Wiltshire Ancestor For Her Majesty The Queen’ by S M Collins relating to the monumental brass effigy of Sir John Bettesthorne, St Michael’s Church, Mere, c.1944

Production:
    Date: 1944
    Person:
        Person Name: Collins, S, M
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: C H Woodward

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Bettesthorne, John
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine

Object location:  Box 53

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 22 cm
Width: 14 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: New County Chairman
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting reporting on the election of Colin Read as NFU county chairman for Wiltshire, 11th January 1991

Production:
    Date: 11.1.1991
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Read, Colin

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: National Farmers Union
    Event:
        Event Type: election

Object location:  Box 53

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21.5 cm
Width: 5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Letter from Peter Todd to David Longbourne relating to Frederick Holmes, photographer of Mere, undated, late 20th or early 21st century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1995
        Date End: 2010
    Person:
        Person Name: Todd, Peter
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 53

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Frederick Holmes
    Brief Description: Notes by Michael Tighe relating to Frederick Holmes, photographer of Mere, 21st July 2004

Production:
    Date: 21.7.2004
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Holmes, Frederick
        Person Role: photographer
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 53

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Notes by Michael Tighe relating to various names connected to the 1851 census for Mere, undated, late 20th or early 21st century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1985
        Date End: 2005
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: census

Object location:  Box 53

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Letter to Dr David Longbourne from Rev Ben Elliott relating to the arms found on the balcony at St Michael’s Church, Mere, undated, late 20th or early 21st century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1985
        Date End: 2005
    Person:
        Person Name: Elliott, Ben, Rev
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Title: The Lander Family of Mere
    Brief Description: Notes ‘The Lander Family of Mere’ by unknown author related to the Lander Family, also short notes on the Jupe Family, undated, late 20th or early 21st century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1985
        Date End: 2005

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Lander Family

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Colour photograph of Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Mere, undated, late 20th or early 21st century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1990
        Date End: 2005

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Birtwistle, Harrison, Sir
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Colour photograph of Sir Harrison Birtwistle and his wife Sheila, Mere, undated, late 20th or early 21st century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1990
        Date End: 2005

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Birtwistle, Harrison, Sir, Birtwistle, Sheila
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: article
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Lost Illusions
    Brief Description: Article from Classical Music reporting on a series of concerts and programmes produced by Sir Harrison Birtwistle at the South Bank, London, 1987

Production:
    Date: 15.8.1987
    Person:
        Person Name: Lebrecht, Norman
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Classical Music

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Birtwistle, Harrison, Sir

Association:
    Place:
        County: Greater London
        Locality Type: hall
        Site Name: South Bank Centre
    Event:
        Event Type: concert

Object location:  Box 55

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Title: The Seymours of Mere and Salisbury
    Brief Description: Notes by Gary Tippet relating to the Seymour Family of Mere and Salisbury, undated, early 2000’s

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 2000
        Date End: 2010
    Person:
        Person Name: Tippet, Gary
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1723
        Date End: 1893
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Seymour Family

Object location:  Box 53

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Death of Well-Known Wilts Farmer
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from unknown newspaper reporting on the death of William White from Charnage, Mere, 8th May 1970

Production:
    Date: 8.5.1970

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: White, William Geoffrey Beauchamp
        Person Role: farmer
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: death

Object location:  Box 53

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 17.5 cm
Width: 9 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Farmer Bereaved At Mere
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from unknown newspaper reporting on the death of Minnie Farr of Lyemarsh Farm, Mere, 1st March 1968

Production:
    Date: 1.3.1968

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Farr, Minnie Sarah
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: farm
        Site Name: Lyemarsh Farm
    Event:
        Event Type: death

Object location:  Box 53

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Mere Funeral Of Wilts Farmer
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from unknown newspaper reporting on the death of William White of Charnage, Mere, 15th May 1970

Production:
    Date: 15.5.1970

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: White, William Geoffrey Beauchamp
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: funeral

Object location:  Box 53

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 40 cm
Width: 5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Farmered At Mere Over 50 Years
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from unknown newspaper reporting on the death of Reginald Bourton of Mere, 19th April 1974

Production:
    Date: 19.4.1974

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Bourton, Reginald
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: funeral

Object location:  Box 53

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 24 cm
Width: 4.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Baker At Mere For Over 50 Years
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from unknown newspaper reporting on the death of William Norris of Mere, 16th February 1965

Production:
    Date: 16.2.1965

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Norris, William
        Person Role: baker
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: death

Object location:  Box 53

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: local history
    Title: In Memory Of Barnes
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from unknown newspaper reporting on the unveiling of a slate memorial plaque to William Barnes, Mere, 17th October 1986

Production:
    Date: 17.10.1986

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Webb, Caroline, Webb, John, Paul, Jack, Levi, Peter

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Barnes, William
        Person Role: poet
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: unveiling

Object location:  Box 53

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 40.5 cm
Width: 12 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Together 50 Years
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from unknown newspaper reporting on the golden wedding celebrations of Mr and Mrs William Mills of Wet Lane Farm, Mere, 11th March 1966

Production:
    Date: 11.3.1966

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Mills, William, Mrs, Mills, William, Mr

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: farm
        Site Name: Wet Lane Farm
    Event:
        Event Type: golden wedding

Object location:  Box 53

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Villagers’ Fond Farewell To Popular Dr Mike’
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from unknown newspaper reporting on the retirement of Dr Michael Plaxton, Stourton, 5th December 1987

Production:
    Date: 5.12.1987

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Snook, Catherine, Mrs, Paxton, Jill, Mrs, Paxton, Michael, Dr, Marsh, Mandy
    Place:
            Parish: Stourton with Gasper
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: public hall
            Site Name: Stourton Village Hall

Association:
    Event:
        Event Type: retirement

Object location:  Box 53

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 37 cm
Width: 17.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Photocopy of a photograph of Ethel Mary Baker, daughter of Ernest Baker and Katherine Rumsey, undated, late 19th or early 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1886
        Date End: 1900

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Baker, Ethel Mary

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Baker, Ernest
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 53

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 28 cm
Width: 21.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Correspondence between Susan Davis and Dr Eldon Lee with various notes, transcripts of letters and photographs relating to the Baker Family, once of Mere and later of Canada, 1999

Production:
    Date: 1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Davis, Susan
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Baker Family

Object location:  Box 53

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 28 cm
Width: 21.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Correspondence between Kathleen Davis, Susan Davis and Michael Tighe relating to the Baker Family, once of Mere and later of Canada, 1999-2000

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 27.11.1999
        Date End: 5.5.2000
    Person:
        Person Name: Davis, Susan
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Baker Family

Object location:  Box 53

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29 cm
Width: 21.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: family tree
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Family tree for the Bristow Family, produced by Derek Bristow, undated, c. 2006

Production:
    Date: 2006
    Person:
        Person Name: Bristow, Derek
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1695
        Date End: 2004
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Bristow Family

Object location:  Box 53

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

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Correspondence between Michael Tighe and Derek Bristow relating to the Bristow Family and Bristow family tree, 2006

Production:
    Date: 9.2006
    Person:
        Person Name: Bristow, Derek
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Bristow Family

Object location:  Box 53

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Letter from Michael Tighe to Bruce Leece and transcript of the Mere Roll of Honour found at St Michael’s Church, 2006

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 3.4.2006
        Date End: 4.4.2006
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Leece, Bruce
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church

Object location:  Box 53

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on the Golden Wedding of Jean and Chris Coward of Mere, March c.2007

Production:
    Date: 3.2007
    Person:
        Person Name: Fricker, Liz
        Person Role: photographer
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Coward, Jean, Coward, Chris

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: golden wedding

Object location:  Box 53

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 19 cm
Width: 12 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Notes and transcription of will and inventory by Michael Tighe relating to the Coward Family of Mere, 12th April 1996

Production:
    Date: 12.4.1996
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1582
        Date End: 1978
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Coward Family

Object location:  Box 53

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Photocopied notes, possibly by Derek Coward, relating to the family of Robert Coward (Cowherde) between 1570 and 1633 with comment by Michael Tighe relating to the general history of the Coward Family of Mere, 2nd March 2005

Production:
    Date: 2.3.2005
    Person:
        Person Name: Coward, Derek
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1551
        Date End: 1769
    Person:
        Person Name: Cowherde, Robert
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Coward Family

Object location:  Box 53

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Notes and transcription of will and inventory by Michael Tighe relating to the Coward Family of Mere, 11th August 1994

Production:
    Date: 11.8.1994
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1574
        Date End: 1818
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Coward Family

Object location:  Box 53

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

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Correspondence between Michael Tighe and Derek Coward regarding the history of the Coward family of Mere, 2002

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 16.8.2002
        Date End: 21.10.2002
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Coward Family

Object location:  Box 53

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Notes by Michael Tighe relating to the Coward Family and transcription of reminiscences by David Coward, c.1998

Production:
    Date: 1998
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1767
        Date End: 1998
    Person:
        Person Name: Coward, David
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Coward Family

Object location:  Box 53

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Notes by Michael Tighe relating to the Coward Family and handwritten family tree, 22nd January 2004

Production:
    Date: 22.1.2004
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1783
        Date End: 1960
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Coward Family

Object location:  Box 53

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

Identification:
    Object name: family history
    Classification: personalia
    Title: The Lineage Of The Coward Families Of Mere
    Brief Description: Unbound report, ‘The Lineage Of The Coward Families Of Mere’ by David Coward, 2005

Production:
    Date: 2005
    Person:
        Person Name: Coward, David
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1570
        Date End: 1957
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Coward Family

Object location:  Box 53

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Contented Man On The Green
    Brief Description: Photocopied newspaper article ‘Contented Man On The Green’ by Max Barnes, possibly from the Western Gazette, reporting on various characters from Mere, undated, c.1960’s

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1960
        Date End: 1969
    Person:
        Person Name: Barnes, Max
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Ford, Archie, Burden, Walter, Coward, William, Avery, Bert, Coward, William
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Hitchings, R, Mr

Object location:  Box 53

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 30 cm
Width: 40 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Notes by Michael Tighe relating to the Gover Family of Mere and Stourton, c. 1998

Production:
    Date: 1998
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1706
        Date End: 1805
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Gover Family

Object location:  Box 53

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Title: The Descendants of Thomas Coward and Sarah Smith
    Brief Description: Printout from archivenet.gov.au/coward ‘The Descendants of Thomas Coward and Sarah Smith’ and ‘The Descendants of Henry Coward and Mary Comly King’ c.2000

Production:
    Date: 2000

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1786
        Date End: 1974
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Coward Family

Object location:  Box 53

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Ings Family
    Brief Description: Page of notes and duplicate by Michael Tighe relating to a 19th century scrap book owned by the Ings Family of Mere, c.1995

Production:
    Date: 1995
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1874
        Date End: 1909
    Person:
        Person Name: Hayter, William
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Ings Family

Object location:  Box 53

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: local history
    Title: Frome Local Study Members Visit An Historic Manor
    Brief Description: Photocopy of a newspaper cutting from the Somerset Guardian Standard reporting on a visit to Woodlands Manor, Mere by the Frome Society for Local Study, 4th September 1970

Production:
    Date: 4.9.1970
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Somerset Guardian Standard

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Parnwell, Peter, Mr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: manor house
        Site Name: Woodlands Manor
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Frome Society for Local Study

Object location:  Box 53

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 30 cm
Width: 23.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Letter from Michael Tighe to Peter Parnwell regarding Woodlands Manor, Mere and corresponding reminiscences of Phil Avery, c.2000

Production:
    Date: 2000
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Parnwell, Peter
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: manor house
        Site Name: Woodlands Manor

Object location:  Box 53

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 20.5 cm