Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: trade and professions
    Title: Back To Drink
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from unknown paper reporting on the move of Robin Yapp from Hinks Mill to the former milk factory, Mere, undated, mid to late 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1970
        Date End: 1990

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Yapp, Robin
        Person Role: vintner
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: factory

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 15.5 cm
Width: 6 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: society
    Classification: government
    Brief Description: Handwritten notes, possibly by Daphne Tighe, concerning past court proceedings in relation to Mere, mid to late 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1993
        Date End: 1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Daphne
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: History Of The Congregational Church, Mere, Wilts
    Brief Description: Booklet, ‘History Of The Congregational Church, Mere, Wilts’ by Rev D E Williams, with added appendix by the Rev Herbert Nixon, 1919

Production:
    Date: 1919
    Person:
        Person Name: Williams, D, E, Rev
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: H H Edmunds

Association:
    Date:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: Mere Congregational Church
    Event:
        Event Type: centenary

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 18 cm
Width: 12 cm

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: History Of The Congregational Church, Mere, Wilts
    Brief Description: Booklet, ‘History Of The Congregational Church, Mere, Wilts’ by Rev D E Williams, with added appendix by the Rev Herbert Nixon, 1919

Production:
    Date: 1919
    Person:
        Person Name: Williams, D, E, Rev
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: H H Edmunds

Association:
    Date:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: Mere Congregational Church
    Event:
        Event Type: centenary

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 18 cm
Width: 12 cm

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: The Story Of A Congregational Minister
    Brief Description: Booklet, ‘The Story Of A Congregational Minister’ by Henry Knowles, reference to Mere, 1961

Production:
    Date: 1961
    Person:
        Person Name: Knowles, Henry, Rev
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Independent Press Ltd

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Knowles, Gladys
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: Mere Congregational Church
    Event:
        Event Type: centenary

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 18.5 cm
Width: 12 cm

Identification:
    Object name: leaflet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: William Barnes’s article on Mere Parish Church in the Gentleman’s Magazine
    Brief Description: Leaflet ‘William Barnes’s article on Mere Parish Church in the Gentleman’s Magazine’ with explanatory notes, article of 1832, leaflet undated, late 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1975
        Date End: 1999

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Barnes, William
        Person Role: author
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Gentleman’s Magazine

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: leaflet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: From Manor House to Nissen Hut – The Catholic Church in Mere
    Brief Description: Leaflet ‘From Manor House to Nissen Hut – The Catholic Church in Mere’, compiled by Evelyn Flower and Chris Deverill, October 2007

Production:
    Date: 10.2007
    Person:
        Person Name: Flower, Evelyn
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Mary’s Catholic Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Friends of Mere Museum

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Mere Methodist Church, Souvenir of the Centenary Celebrations
    Brief Description: Booklet ‘Mere Methodist Church, Souvenir of the Centenary Celebrations’, 1946

Production:
    Date: 1946
    Person:
        Person Name: Deverill, Chris
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: W H Smith and Son

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1846
        Date End: 1946
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: Mere Methodist Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Centenary Committee
    Event:
        Event Type: centenary

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: certificate
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Mere Congregational Church, The Life of a Member of the Christian Church
    Brief Description: Certificate showing the obligations of a member of the church, produced by Mere Congregational Church, late 19th or early 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1880
        Date End: 1930

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Congregational Church

Object location:  Box 46

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 17 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Parish Church Font
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from unknown paper reporting on the church font, St Michael’s Church, Mere, 1952

Production:
    Date: 1952

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

Object location:  Box 46

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 10 cm
Width: 6.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from unknown paper reporting on an assault to the Rev Ben Elliott, Mere, undated, c.1980’s

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1980
        Date End: 1989

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Elliott, Ben, Rev
        Person Role: vicar
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church
    Event:
        Event Type: assault

Object location:  Box 46

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 5 cm
Width: 4 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Title: The Walton Family Of Mere
    Brief Description: Eleven pages of notes by Michael Tighe, ‘The Walton Family Of Mere’, 15th September 1995

Production:
    Date: 15.9.1995
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 50

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 28 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Waltons
    Brief Description: Nine pages of notes by Michael Tighe, transcribed from manuscript possessed by Andrew Young, July 1995

Production:
    Date: 7.1995
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Young, Andrew
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Walton Family

Object location:  Box 50

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 28 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Title: The Walton Family Of Mere
    Brief Description: Three pages of notes by Michael Tighe, ‘The Walton Family Of Mere’, 6th September 1995

Production:
    Date: 6.9.1995
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 50

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

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Alice May Riddy 1901-1961 An Appreciation
    Brief Description: Booklet, an obituary to Alice May Riddy, 1961

Production:
    Date: 1961

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Riddy, Alice May, Riddy, Mr

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: Congregational Church
    Event:
        Event Type: funeral

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Mere Vicar To Broadcast
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from unknown newspaper reporting on a radio broadcast about St Michael’s Church, Mere, by its vicar, Rev R Preston Thomas, 1st November 1965

Production:
    Date: 1.11.1965

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

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Preston-Thomas, R, Rev
        Person Role: vicar
    Event:
        Event Type: radio broadcast

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 18 cm
Width: 14 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Jill Appointed For Rural Parish
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Salisbury Journal reporting on the appointment of Jill Perrett as assistant curate at St Michael’s Church, Mere, 19th September 2002

Production:
    Date: 19.9.2002
    Person:
        Person Name: Lawley, Katharine
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Salisbury Journal

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Perrett, Jill
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: church
            Site Name: St Michael’s Church

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 13.5 cm
Width: 20 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Country Life Suits The Youthful Vicar
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from The Journal reporting on the induction of David Linaker as vicar at St Michael’s Church, Mere, 1st July 1999

Production:
    Date: 1.7.1999
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Journal

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Linaker, David, Rev, Linaker, Karen
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: church
            Site Name: St Michael’s Church

Association:
    Event:
        Event Type: institution

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 20 cm
Width: 11 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: The Last Christening
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on the last christening at St Matthew’s Church, Mere, before its closure, 20th August 2004

Production:
    Date: 20.8.2004
    Person:
        Person Name: Fricker, Liz
        Person Role: photographer
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Linaker, David, Rev, Rose, Lisa, Rose, Phoebe, Rose, Stephen, Rose, Emily
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: church
            Site Name: St Matthew’s Church

Association:
    Event:
        Event Type: baptism

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 15 cm
Width: 12.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Tributes Paid To Long-serving Non-singing Vicar
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on the retirement of Rev Ben Elliott as vicar of Mere, West Knoyle and Maiden Bradley, 29th January 1999

Production:
    Date: 29.1.1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Head, Michael
        Person Role: photographer
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Elliott, Ben, Rev
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: church
            Site Name: St Matthew’s Church

Association:
    Event:
        Event Type: retirement

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 14 cm
Width: 12 cm

Identification:
    Object name: programme
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Pentecost 2000
    Brief Description: Red programme for an order of service for Pentecost produced by ‘Churches Together in Mere and District’, 2000

Production:
    Date: 2000
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Churches Together in Mere and District

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
    Event:
        Event Type: service

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: leaflet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: The Friends of St Michael the Archangel Church, Mere, Wiltshire
    Brief Description: Newsletter from the Friends of St Michael the Archangel Church, Mere, reporting on church restoration, August 1980

Production:
    Date: 8.1980
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Friends of St Michael the Archangel Church

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

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: programme
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Mere 2000 Celebrating Together Harvest Festival
    Brief Description: Yellow programme for an order of service for Harvest Festival produced by ‘Churches Together in Mere and District’, September 2000

Production:
    Date: 9.2000
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Churches Together in Mere and District

Association:
    Date:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
    Event:
        Event Type: service

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: leaflet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: The Churches of the Deverills
    Brief Description: Green leaflet and guide to the churches of the Deverills; St Peter and St Paul’s at Longbridge Deverill, St Michael The Archangel at Brixton Deverill and St Mary The Virgin at Kingston Deverill, undated, late 20th or early 21st century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1980
        Date End: 2013
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Deverill Valley History Group

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Longbridge Deverill
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Peter and St Paul’s Church
    Event:
        Event Type: fundraising
        Event Name: Restoration Appeal

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 38.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: leaflet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: The Annual Newsletter
    Brief Description: Leaflet, newsletter produced by The Friends of the Church of St Michael The Archangel, Mere, 1993

Production:
    Date: 1993
    Person:
        Person Name: Elliott, Ben Rev
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Friends of St Michael The Archangel Church

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Daphne
        Person Role: secretary
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: leaflet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: What Have They Done?
    Brief Description: Leaflet, a list of Christian duties and other religious articles, reprinted from the Sarum Gazette, undated, c.1950’s

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1950
        Date End: 1959
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Bennett Brothers

Association:
    Place:
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Diocesan Press and Publications Committee

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: History Of The Congregational Church In Mere, Wilts
    Brief Description: Booklet, ‘History Of The Congregational Church In Mere, Wilts’ by Rev D E Williams, 9th September 1895

Production:
    Date: 9.9.1895
    Person:
        Person Name: Williams, D, E, Rev
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: H H Edmunds

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1795
        Date End: 1895
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: Mere Congregational Church
    Event:
        Event Type: centenary

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 18 cm
Width: 12 cm

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: History Of The Congregational Church In Mere, Wilts
    Brief Description: Booklet, ‘History Of The Congregational Church In Mere, Wilts’ by Rev D E Williams, 9th September 1895

Production:
    Date: 9.9.1895
    Person:
        Person Name: Williams, D, E, Rev
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: H H Edmunds

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1795
        Date End: 1895
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: Mere Congregational Church
    Event:
        Event Type: centenary

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 18 cm
Width: 12 cm

Identification:
    Object name: note
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Note with Mere Parish Council header, sent to Miss Rutter and stating the date of the first burial at Mere Cemetery, undated, early to mid 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1900
        Date End: 1965
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Parish Council

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Rutter, Miss
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: cemetery
        Site Name: Mere Cemetery
    Event:
        Event Type: burial

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: New Vicar Welcomed At Mere
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Western Gazette reporting on the induction of Rev Ben Elliott as vicar of Mere, 16th January 1981

Production:
    Date: 16.1.1981
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Neale, John, Rev, Longbourne, David, Dr, Elliott, Ben, McCulloch, Nigel, Felstead, Ken

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

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 20 cm
Width: 14 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Repairs To 1,000 Year Old Church
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from unknown newspaper reporting on roof repairs to All Saints Church, Maiden Bradley, undated, mid to late 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1960
        Date End: 1990

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Maiden Bradley with Yarnfield
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: All Saints Church
    Event:
        Event Type: restoration

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 15.5 cm
Width: 4.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: leaflet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: The Friends Of The Church Of St Michael The Archangel In Mere, Wiltshire, Newsletter And Notification Of The Festival Service
    Brief Description: Yellow newsletter for St Michael’s Church, Mere, 1982

Production:
    Date: 1982
    Person:
        Person Name: Elliott, Ben, Rev
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: leaflet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: The Parish Magazine
    Brief Description: Loose-leaved leaflet, the parish magazine for Mere edited by Miss R Goddard, March 1983

Production:
    Date: 3.1983
    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 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: leaflet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Leaflet, an appeal and membership form for future Friends of St Michael’s Church, Mere, undated, late 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1975
        Date End: 1999

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Flanaghan, W, B, Mrs
        Person Role: secretary
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Friends of St Michael The Archangel Church

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: The Church Of St Michael The Archangel, Mere, Wilts
    Brief Description: Red guidebook, ‘The Church Of St Michael The Archangel, Mere, Wilts’ by Rev John A Lloyd, 1904

Production:
    Date: 1904
    Person:
        Person Name: Lloyd, John A, Rev
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Mere Church. Interior
    Brief Description: Postcard of the interior of St Michael’s Church, Mere, undated, late 19th or early 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1895
        Date End: 1935
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: R Wilkinson and Co

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

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 9 cm
Width: 14 cm

Identification:
    Object name: flyer
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Current Project
    Brief Description: Single sheet of paper, flyer produced by The Friends of The Church of St Michael The Archangel in Mere detailing their current project, lime washing plaster surfaces within the church, undated, late 20th century`

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1980
        Date End: 1999
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Friends of St Michael The Archangel Church

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

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: leaflet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: The Annual Newsletter
    Brief Description: Leaflet, newsletter produced by The Friends of the Church of St Michael The Archangel, Mere, 2000

Production:
    Date: 2000
    Person:
        Person Name: Linaker, David, Rev
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Friends of St Michael The Archangel Church

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Wood, Mark
        Person Role: organist
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: leaflet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: The Stained Glass in the Church of St Michael the Archangel, Mere
    Brief Description: Leaflet, ‘The Stained Glass in the Church of St Michael the Archangel, Mere’, mostly compiled by Derick Behrens, undated, late 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1975
        Date End: 1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Behrens, Derick
        Person Role: editor

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

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: leaflet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: The Church of St Michael the Archangel, Mere, Wiltshire
    Brief Description: Leaflet and guide, ‘The Church of St Michael the Archangel, Mere, Wiltshire’, compiled by Rev N E E Johnson, undated, late 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1975
        Date End: 1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Johnson, N E E, Rev
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Smith, B J, Rev
        Person Role: vicar
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Handwritten letter from Rev Ben Elliott to Michael Tighe relating to architectural details of St Michael’s Church, Mere, 20th February 2005

Production:
    Date: 20.2.2005
    Person:
        Person Name: Elliott, Ben, Rev
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Church Registers at Mere
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Western Gazette reporting on the church registers of St Michael’s Church, Mere, 12th August 1955

Production:
    Date: 12.8.1955
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Johnson, N E E, Rev
        Person Role: vicar
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 20.5 cm
Width: 4.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notebook
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Notes Of Mere Church
    Brief Description: Notebook with printed notes by former vicar John Lloyd on all items within St Michael’s Church and all history related to it, January 1903

Production:
    Date: 1.1.1903
    Person:
        Person Name: Lloyd, John A, Rev
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 18 cm
Width: 10.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Mere Parish Church
    Brief Description: Illustrated booklet ‘Mere Parish Church’ by Rev J A Lloyd, c.1900

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1897
        Date End: 1903
    Person:
        Person Name: Lloyd, John A, Rev
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: leaflet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: St Michael’s Church, Mere, Hassocks
    Brief Description: Leaflet giving the background and progress of hassock making for St Michael’s Church, Mere, late 1970’s

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1976
        Date End: 1979

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

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: The Parish Church of St Michael The Archangel, Mere, Wilts
    Brief Description: Booklet, ‘The Parish Church of St Michael The Archangel, Mere, Wilts’ by Rev N E E Johnson, c.1940’s

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1940
        Date End: 1949
    Person:
        Person Name: Johnson, N E E, Rev
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Graham Cumming Ltd

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

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 18 cm
Width: 12 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Choir Gets Star Leader
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from The Journal reporting on the appointment of Sir Peter Newson-Smith as organist and director of music at St Michael’s Church, Mere, 16th October 2003

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

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Newson-Smith, Peter, Sir

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

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 11.5 cm
Width: 28.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Lightning Never Strikes Twice? – It Does At Mere!
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Salisbury Times reporting on the lightning strike which destroyed a pinnacle on the tower of St Michael’s Church, Mere, July 1977

Production:
    Date: 7.1977
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Salisbury Times

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

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 14 cm
Width: 8.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Western Gazette reporting on the lightning strike which destroyed a pinnacle on the tower of St Michael’s Church, Mere, July 1977

Production:
    Date: 7.1977
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

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

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 14 cm
Width: 8.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Western Gazette reporting on the lightning strike which destroyed the south-west pinnacle on the tower of St Michael’s Church, Mere, 15th February 1974

Production:
    Date: 15.2.1974
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Preston-Smith, R, Rev
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: church
            Site Name: St Michael’s Church

Association:
    Event:
        Event Type: lightning

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 18 cm
Width: 9 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Western Gazette reporting on a service of blessing the south-west pinnacle on the tower of St Michael’s Church, Mere, by the vicar Rev John Smith after a lightning strike destroyed it in 1977, 20th April 1979

Production:
    Date: 20.4.1979
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Smith, John, Rev
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: church
            Site Name: St Michael’s Church

Association:
    Date:
    Event:
        Event Type: lightning

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Letter, with transcription, from H (Henry?) Jupe concerning consecration of chapel ground, Mere, 11th October 1856

Production:
    Date: 11.10.1856
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Witham Friary, Church and Parish
    Brief Description: Guidebook, ‘Witham Friary, Church and Parish’ by Michael McGarvie, 1981

Production:
    Date: 1981
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Direct Offset

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Witham
        County: Somerset
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: Witham Friary Church

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 17.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: certificate
    Classification: societies
    Title: Certificate of Merit
    Brief Description: Large certificate of merit, blue illustrations of leaves and banners, issued by the Western Temperance League, Juvenile Department, to Glenys Austin, 27th November 1936

Production:
    Date: 27.11.1936
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Temperance League

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Austin, Glenys
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: examination

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 33.5 cm
Width: 26 cm

Identification:
    Object name: certificate
    Classification: societies
    Title: Certificate of Merit
    Brief Description: Large certificate of merit, colour illustration of Jesus and Roman male, issued by the National Sunday School Union to Gladys Austin for the Scholar’s Scripture Examination, 12th March 1937

Production:
    Date: 12.3.1937
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: National Sunday School Union

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Austin, Gladys
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wincanton Sunday School Union
    Event:
        Event Type: examination
        Event Name: Scholar’s Scripture Examination

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 25.5 cm
Width: 31.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: certificate
    Classification: societies
    Title: Certificate of Merit
    Brief Description: Large certificate of merit, black illustrations of leaves and banners, issued by the Western Temperance League, Young People’s Department, to Glenys Austin, 26th November 1937

Production:
    Date: 26.11.1937
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Temperance League

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Austin, Glenys
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: examination

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 33.5 cm
Width: 26 cm

Identification:
    Object name: certificate
    Classification: societies
    Title: Honours Certificate
    Brief Description: Certificate, blue and yellow illustration of entwined leaves, issued by the United Kingdom Band of Hope Union to Glenys Austin for the Temperance Knowledge Examination, 26th November 1937

Production:
    Date: 26.11.1937
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: United Kingdom Band of Hope Union

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Austin, Glenys
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: examination
        Event Name: Temperance Knowledge Examination

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 26 cm
Width: 32 cm

Identification:
    Object name: certificate
    Classification: societies
    Title: Certificate of Merit
    Brief Description: Large certificate of merit, colour illustration of Egyptian male and three bowing men, possibly the Three Kings, issued by the National Sunday School Union to Glenys Austin for the Scholar’s Scripture Examination, subject ‘Joseph the Greatheart’, 11th March 1938

Production:
    Date: 11.3.1938
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: National Sunday School Union

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Austin, Glenys
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wincanton Sunday School Union
    Event:
        Event Type: examination
        Event Name: Scholar’s Scripture Examination

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 25.5 cm
Width: 31.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: certificate
    Classification: societies
    Title: Certificate of Merit
    Brief Description: Large certificate of merit, black illustrations of leaves and banners, issued by the Western Temperance League, Young People’s Department, to Glenys Austin, 25th November 1938

Production:
    Date: 25.11.1938
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Temperance League

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Austin, Glenys
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: examination

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 33.5 cm
Width: 26 cm

Identification:
    Object name: certificate
    Classification: societies
    Title: Certificate of Merit
    Brief Description: Large certificate of merit, colour illustration, probably of St Paul with Roman male and two other men, one bowing, issued by the National Sunday School Union to Glenys Austin for the Scholar’s Scripture Examination, subject ‘Paul The Dauntless’, 10th March 1939

Production:
    Date: 10.3.1939
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: National Sunday School Union

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Austin, Glenys
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wincanton Sunday School Union
    Event:
        Event Type: examination
        Event Name: Scholar’s Scripture Examination

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 25.5 cm
Width: 31.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: journal
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Mere Congregational Monthly
    Brief Description: National monthly journal ‘Congregational Monthly’ with local parish version attached to the front, January 1968

Production:
    Date: 1.1968
    Person:
        Person Name: Pullin, Helen, Rev
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Independent Press Ltd

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: Congregational Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Congregational Monthly

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 33 cm
Width: 23.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: journal
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Mere Congregational Monthly
    Brief Description: National monthly journal ‘Congregational Monthly’ with local parish version attached to the front, August 1970

Production:
    Date: 8.1970
    Person:
        Person Name: Pullin, Helen, Rev
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Independent Press Ltd

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: Congregational Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Congregational Monthly

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 33 cm
Width: 23.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: journal
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Mere Congregational Monthly
    Brief Description: National monthly journal ‘Congregational Monthly’ with local parish version attached to the front, September 1970

Production:
    Date: 9.1970
    Person:
        Person Name: Pullin, Helen, Rev
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Independent Press Ltd

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: Congregational Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Congregational Monthly

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 33 cm
Width: 23.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: journal
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Mere Congregational Monthly
    Brief Description: National monthly journal ‘Congregational Monthly’ with local parish version attached to the front, October 1970

Production:
    Date: 10.1970
    Person:
        Person Name: Pullin, Helen, Rev
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Independent Press Ltd

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: Congregational Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Congregational Monthly

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 33 cm
Width: 23.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: journal
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Mere Congregational Monthly
    Brief Description: National monthly journal ‘Congregational Monthly’ with local parish version attached to the front, November 1970

Production:
    Date: 11.1970
    Person:
        Person Name: Pullin, Helen, Rev
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Independent Press Ltd

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: Congregational Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Congregational Monthly

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 33 cm
Width: 23.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: The Parish Church of St Michael, Mere
    Brief Description: Booklet, ‘The Parish Church of St Michael, Mere’ by C E Ponting, reprinted from the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, December 1896

Production:
    Date: 12.1896
    Person:
        Person Name: Ponting, C, E
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Hurry and Pearson

Association:
    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 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: leaflet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Notes on The Parish Church of St Michael the Archangel, Mere, Wilts
    Brief Description: Leaflet and guide, ‘Notes on The Parish Church of St Michael the Archangel, Mere, Wilts’ by N E E Johnson, vicar of Mere, undated, mid 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1955
        Date End: 1970
    Person:
        Person Name: Johnson, N, E, E Rev
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Crown Printing Works

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

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 23 cm
Width: 14.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: leaflet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: A Guide to the Parish Church of St Michael the Archangel, Mere
    Brief Description: Leaflet and duplicate, ‘A Guide to the Parish Church of St Michael the Archangel, Mere’ compiled by Ben Elliott, former vicar of Mere, undated, late 20th century

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

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

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 10 cm

Identification:
    Object name: leaflet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Appeal for St Michael the Archangel Church, Mere
    Brief Description: Leaflet, ‘Appeal for St Michael the Archangel Church, Mere’ detailing many ways of donating money for church repairs, 1980’s

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1980
        Date End: 1989
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: St Michael the Archangel Church Appeal Committee

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

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 10 cm

Identification:
    Object name: leaflet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: The Friends Of The Church Of St Michael The Archangel In Mere, Wiltshire, Newsletter And Michaelmas Festival Programme 1989
    Brief Description: Newsletter for St Michael’s Church, Mere, containing the Michaelmas festival programme, 1989

Production:
    Date: 1989
    Person:
        Person Name: Elliott, Ben, Rev
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Worshippers Win The Day
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from The Western Gazette reporting on the fight by local people against the proposed closure of St Matthew’s Church, Mere, 3rd February 1984

Production:
    Date: 3.2.1984
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: church
            Site Name: St Matthew’s Church

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Elliott, Ben, Rev
        Person Role: vicar
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: St Matthew’s Church Guild

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: ‘Closed’ Church Opens Door On New Century
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from The Western Gazette reporting on the celebration of the centenary of St Matthew’s Church, Mere, 12th March 1982

Production:
    Date: 12.3.1982
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Tovery, Fred, Behrens, Derick
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: church
            Site Name: St Matthew’s Church

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Chafyn-Grove, Julia

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 30 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from The Western Gazette reporting on maintenance work at St Michael’s Church, Mere, undated, 1970’s

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1970
        Date End: 1979
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Smith, John, Rev
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: church
            Site Name: St Michael’s Church

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 17 cm
Width: 19 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Sixteen Years Of Musical Excellence
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from The Journal reporting on the musical concerts arranged by Rev Ben Elliott at St Michael’s Church, Mere, 10th October 1996

Production:
    Date: 10.10.1996
    Person:
        Person Name: Lawley, Katharine
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Journal

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Smith, John, Rev
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: church
            Site Name: St Michael’s Church

Association:
    Event:
        Event Type: concert

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 20 cm
Width: 29 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Vicar Of Mere Is New Dean
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from The Western Gazette reporting on the retirement of Rev John Smith, vicar of St Michael’s Church, Mere, 29th August 1980

Production:
    Date: 29.8.1980
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Smith, Jean, Smith, John, Rev, Longbourne, David, Dr, Walworth, William

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

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 25.5 cm
Width: 14 cm

Identification:
    Object name: magazine cutting
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Bells Set To Toll Again After 50 Years
    Brief Description: Magazine cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on the re-playing of the church bells after almost fifty years, St Martin’s Church, Zeals, 5th February 2010

Production:
    Date: 5.2.2010
    Person:
        Person Name: Head, Mike
        Person Role: photographer
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Organisation:
    Place:
            Parish: Zeals
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: church
            Site Name: St Martin’s Church

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Corbin, David
        Person Role: treasurer
    Event:
        Event Type: bell ringing

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Old Letters Throw Light On 19th Century Parson’s Courtship
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from The Andover Advertiser reporting on a collection of letters discovered at a solicitors office and written between 1812 and 1813 by Rev Henry Wake, former vicar of Mere, 2nd February 1962

Production:
    Date: 2.2.1962
    Person:
        Person Name: Chillman, Audrey
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Andover Advertiser

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 21.2.1812
        Date End: 17.7.1813
    Person:
        Person Name: Wake, Henry, Rev
        Person Role: vicar
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Barker Son and Isherwood

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 62 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: article
    Classification: transport
    Classification: road
    Title: Mere in the Coaching Age
    Brief Description: Page from The Visitor publication containing an article ‘Mere in the Coaching Age’ by Jack Hollindale, 1987

Production:
    Date: 1987
    Person:
        Person Name: Hollindale, Jack
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Visitor

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: inn
            Site Name: Ship Inn

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1796
        Date End: 1844

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Maiden Bradley Dedication
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from unknown publication reporting on repairs and alterations, including the discovery of an entrance to a crypt, at All Saints Church, Maiden Bradley, now part of the Mere benefice, 2nd November 1960

Production:
    Date: 2.11.1960

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Maiden Bradley with Yarnfield
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: church
            Site Name: All Saints Church

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Anderson, William
        Person Role: bishop
    Event:
        Event Type: dedication

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 31.5 cm
Width: 14 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: New Vicar for Mere
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from unknown publication announcing the new vicar for Mere, stuck on to a short, typed biography for Rev William Henry Venn (Ben) Elliott, 20th August 1980

Production:
    Date: 20.8.1980

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Elliott, Ben, Rev
        Person Role: vicar
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 25.5 cm
Width: 18 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Rural Challenge For New Vicar
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from unknown publication, possibly The Visitor, reporting on the new vicar for Mere, Rev Paul Barnes and the renovation of the east window in St Michael’s Church, Mere, undated, possibly 1990’s

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1990
        Date End: 1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Fricker, Liz
        Person Role: photographer
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Visitor

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Barnes, Paul, Rev
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: church
            Site Name: St Michael’s Church

Association:
    Event:
        Event Type: restoration

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 12 cm

Identification:
    Object name: magazine
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Mere with West Knoyle Parish Magazine
    Brief Description: Parish magazine for Mere and West Knoyle, Vol LXXIV No.880, April 1955

Production:
    Date: 4.1955
    Person:
        Person Name: Johnson, N E E, Rev
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Crown Printing Works

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

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 24 cm
Width: 18.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: report
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: A Concise Narrative Of Facts Relative To The Vicarage Of Mere
    Brief Description: Photocopy of pamphlet written by Rev Henry Wake, vicar of Mere, setting out his protest about the inadequacies of parish tithes, 1822

Production:
    Date: 1822
    Person:
        Person Name: Wake, Henry, Rev
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Over Wallop
        County: Hampshire

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Rev Henry Wake
    Brief Description: Two pages of notes and duplicate by Michael Tighe about the life of Rev Henry Wake, former vicar of Mere from 1812, undated, late 20th or early 21st century

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

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1812
        Date End: 1845
    Person:
        Person Name: Wake, Henry, Rev
        Person Role: vicar
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: report
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Statement Of Case For Opinion
    Brief Description: Photocopy of pamphlet written by Rev Henry Wake, vicar of Mere, setting out his protest about the selling of the vicars pew from St Michael’s Church, Mere, 5th August 1822

Production:
    Date: 5.8.1822
    Person:
        Person Name: Wake, Henry, Rev
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Over Wallop
        County: Hampshire

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: photocopy
    Classification: natural history
    Title: The Fantasy of the Passion of the Fox
    Brief Description: Photocopy of an early printed book from the Bodleian Library, Oxford, ‘The Fantasy of the Passion of the Fox’ printed by ‘Wynkin de Worde’, 16th February 1530

Production:
    Date: 16.2.1530
        Person Role: printer

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: transcription
    Classification: natural history
    Title: The Fantasy of the Passion of the Fox
    Brief Description: Transcription and modernisation by Jenny Wilding of an early printed book from the Bodleian Library, Oxford, ‘The Fantasy of the Passion of the Fox’ printed by ‘Wynkin de Worde’, 16th February 1530, undated, early 21st century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 2000
        Date End: 2013
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Role: printer
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: The Screen At St Michael The Archangel, Mere
    Brief Description: Various draft notes by Michael Tighe relating to the Rood Screen within St Michael’s Church, Mere, 4th February 2005

Production:
    Date: 4.2.2005
    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 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: estimate
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Estimate from Herbert Read Ltd to Rev Ben Elliott for the restoration of wooden screens within St Michael’s Church, Mere, 30th October 1986

Production:
    Date: 30.10.1986
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Herbert Read Ltd

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Elliott, Ben, Rev
        Person Role: vicar
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church
    Event:
        Event Type: restoration

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: drawing
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Various drawings, mostly elevations, from Herbert Read Ltd showing proposals for the restoration of wooden screens within St Michael’s Church, Mere, November 1986

Production:
    Date: 11.1986
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Herbert Read Ltd

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

Association:
    Event:
        Event Type: restoration

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 42 cm
Width: 29.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: report
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Report by Anna Hulbert on the remaining paintwork left on the Rood Screen, St Michael’s Church, Mere, 22nd July 1989

Production:
    Date: 22.7.1989
    Person:
        Person Name: Hulbert, Anna
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Herbert Read Ltd
    Event:
        Event Type: restoration

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: report
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Mere Parish Church – Wooden Screens
    Brief Description: Report by Herbert Read Ltd on the condition of the wooden screens in St Michael’s Church, Mere, 5th November 1986

Production:
    Date: 5.11.1986
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Herbert Read Ltd

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Elliott, Ben, Rev
        Person Role: vicar
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church
    Event:
        Event Type: restoration

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Second Lightning Strike On Church In Three Years
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from The Western Gazette, ‘Second Lightning Strike On Church In Three Years’ reporting on the shattering of a pinnacle from the tower of St Michael’s Church, Mere, 15th July 1977

Production:
    Date: 15.7.1977
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

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

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Duckworth, Geoffrey
    Event:
        Event Type: lightning

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 33 cm
Width: 31.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Photocopied letter from Rosemary Pardoe to Rev Ben Elliott concerning the various Royal Arms in St Michael’s Church, Mere, 23rd January 1984

Production:
    Date: 23.1.1984
    Person:
        Person Name: Pardoe, Rosemary
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Elliott, Ben, Rev
        Person Role: vicar
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: The Screen At St Michael The Archangel, Mere
    Brief Description: Letter from Michael Tighe to Judith Parker with draft notes ‘The Screen At St Michael The Archangel, Mere’, 19th April 2004

Production:
    Date: 19.4.2004
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Correspondence between Michael Tighe and Dr Kate Harris, archivist to the Marquess of Bath, concerning the White Hart Inn, Mere, 2002

Production:
    Date: 2002
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 54

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Mural Tablets In Wiltshire Churches, Mere Church. South Chantry Chapel
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from The Wiltshire Advertiser, ‘Mural Tablets In Wiltshire Churches, Mere Church. South Chantry Chapel’ by Thomas Henry Baker, article part one of two, 5th January 1899

Production:
    Date: 5.1.1899
    Person:
        Person Name: Baker, Thomas, Henry
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Wiltshire Advertiser

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

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 63 cm
Width: 7.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Mural Tablets In Wiltshire Churches, Mere Church. The Chancel
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from The Wiltshire Advertiser, ‘Mural Tablets In Wiltshire Churches, Mere Church. The Chancel’ by Thomas Henry Baker, article part two of two, 12th January 1899

Production:
    Date: 12.1.1899
    Person:
        Person Name: Baker, Thomas, Henry
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Wiltshire Advertiser

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

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 61 cm
Width: 14 cm

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Book Keeping, Sales Book
    Brief Description: Notebook with engraving of Neptune on the cover, ‘Book Keeping, Sales Book’ owned by G Toogood of Mere, handwritten biblical references inside, date on cover 28th August 1820

Production:
    Date: 1820
    Person:
        Person Name: Toogood, G
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 19.5 cm
Width: 16.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: article
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Lightning Never Strikes The Same Place Twice
    Brief Description: Page from the Blackmore Vale Magazine containing an article ‘Lightning Never Strikes The Same Place Twice’, reporting on the lightning strike which shattered a pinnacle on the tower of St Michael’s Church, Mere, 11th March 1978

Production:
    Date: 11.3.1978
    Person:
        Person Name: Smith, John, Rev
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

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

Association:
    Date:
    Event:
        Event Type: lightning

Object location:  Box 54

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29 cm
Width: 20.5 cm