Identification:
    Object name: extract
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Photocopies from four Mere Parish Magazines relating to the rehanging of the church bells, St Michael’s Church, Mere, 1909-1911

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 3.1909
        Date End: 2.1911
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Parish Magazine

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

Object location:  Box 49

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 16.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: extract
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Photocopy from Mere Parish Magazine relating to various local matters, including mention of John Humby becoming treasurer of St Michael Church accounts, Mere, June 1908

Production:
    Date: 6.1908
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Parish Magazine

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Humby, John Thomas
        Person Role: treasurer
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church

Object location:  Box 49

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 16.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: decorative art
    Classification: woodwork
    Brief Description: Black and white photograph of wooden panelling carved by John Humby, possibly mentioned in the Mere Parish Magazine of 1904, unknown date, mid to late 20th century

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

Content:

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Humby, John Thomas
        Person Role: woodcarver
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Parish Magazine

Object location:  Box 49

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 12.5 cm
Width: 18 cm

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: decorative art
    Classification: woodwork
    Brief Description: Black and white photograph of wooden panelling carved by John Humby at the turn of the 20th century, unknown date, mid to late 20th century

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

Content:

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1895
        Date End: 1920
    Person:
        Person Name: Humby, John Thomas
        Person Role: woodcarver
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 49

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 8.5 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: decorative art
    Classification: woodwork
    Brief Description: Black and white photograph of wooden surround carved by John Humby at the turn of the 20th century, unknown date, mid to late 20th century

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

Content:

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1895
        Date End: 1920
    Person:
        Person Name: Humby, John Thomas
        Person Role: woodcarver
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 49

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 8.5 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Title: The World We Live In, The Geography Behind Current Events
    Brief Description: Course notes for ‘The World We Live In, The Geography Behind Current Events’ by D W Humphreys for the Mere branch of the Workers’ Educational Association, undated but possibly 1940’s

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1940
        Date End: 1949
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Workers’ Educational Association

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Humphreys, D, W
        Person Role: lecturer
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: lecture

Object location:  Box 48

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

Identification:
    Object name: flyer
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Title: Current Affairs and Modern Social Problems
    Brief Description: Printed flyer for a course of twenty lectures ‘Current Affairs and Modern Social Problems’ by Mr E W Evans for the Mere branch of the Workers’ Educational Association, 1949

Production:
    Date: 1949
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Workers’ Educational Association

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 4.10.1949
    Person:
        Person Name: Evans, E, W, Mr
        Person Role: lecturer
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: University of Bristol
    Event:
        Event Type: lecture

Object location:  Box 48

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 19 cm
Width: 12.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Brief Description: Letter from Desmond McCormick to Miss Joyce Rutter complimenting the Mere branch of the Workers’ Educational Association on their arrangements for his course of lectures, 27th December 1948

Production:
    Date: 27.12.1948
    Person:
        Person Name: McCormick, Desmond
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Rutter, Joyce, Miss
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Workers’ Educational Association
    Event:
        Event Type: lecture

Object location:  Box 48

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Title: Mere WEA – Natural History Section, Monthly Bulletin – Number One
    Brief Description: First of a set of monthly bulletins, possibly produced by E M Cawkell from the Natural History Section of the Mere branch of the Workers’ Educational Association, undated but possibly January 1948

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1.1948
    Person:
        Person Name: Cawkell, E, M, Mr
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Workers’ Educational Association

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: lecture

Object location:  Box 48

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 33 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Title: Mere WEA – Natural History Section, Monthly Bulletin – Number Two
    Brief Description: Monthly bulletin, Number Two, February, possibly produced by E M Cawkell from the Natural History Section of the Mere branch of the Workers’ Educational Association, undated but possibly 1948

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 2.1948
    Person:
        Person Name: Cawkell, E, M, Mr
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Workers’ Educational Association

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Rutter, E, R, Miss
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 48

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 33 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Title: Mere WEA – Natural History Section, Bulletin Number Four
    Brief Description: Monthly bulletin, Number Four, April, possibly produced by E M Cawkell from the Natural History Section of the Mere branch of the Workers’ Educational Association, undated but possibly 1948

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 4.1948
    Person:
        Person Name: Cawkell, E, M, Mr
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Workers’ Educational Association

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Hopkins, Mrs
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 48

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 33 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Title: Mere WEA – Natural History Section, Number Five
    Brief Description: Monthly bulletin, Number Five, May, possibly produced by E M Cawkell from the Natural History Section of the Mere branch of the Workers’ Educational Association, undated but possibly 1948

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 5.1948
    Person:
        Person Name: Cawkell, E, M, Mr
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Workers’ Educational Association

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Boulay, Du, Miss
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 48

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 33 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Brief Description: Letter from D G Lawley, secretary of Mere Lecture Hall Trust, to Sally Belinfante from the Workers Educational Association, informing her of the new rental charges for the Lecture Hall, June 1980

Production:
    Date: 6.1980
    Person:
        Person Name: Lawley, D, G
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Belinfante, Sally
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Workers’ Educational Association

Object location:  Box 48

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

Identification:
    Object name: envelope
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Brief Description: Envelope associated with the letter from D G Lawley, secretary of Mere Lecture Hall Trust, to Sally Belinfante from the Workers Educational Association, informing her of the new rental charges for the Lecture Hall, June 1980

Production:
    Date: 6.1980
    Person:
        Person Name: Lawley, D, G
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Belinfante, Sally
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Workers’ Educational Association

Object location:  Box 48

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 10 cm
Width: 23 cm

Identification:
    Object name: constitution
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Brief Description: Yellow-coloured draft constitution of the Mere branch of the Workers Educational Association, 1980’s

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

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Workers’ Educational Association

Object location:  Box 48

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 33 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Brief Description: Colour photograph of members from the Mere branch of the Workers Educational Association at Stourhead to mark the centenary of the WEA, c.2005

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 2003
        Date End: 2007

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Sturroch, Don, Lillie, Mark, Flexney-Boscoe, Barbara, Durkee, Maggie, Sivyour, Stella
    Place:
            Parish: Stourton with Gasper
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: country house
            Site Name: Stourhead

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Workers’ Educational Association

Object location:  Box 48

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 15 cm
Width: 20 cm

Identification:
    Object name: flyer
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: A Course of Six Lectures on ‘Some aspects of the relations of Religion and Science’
    Brief Description: Flyer for a Mere Workers’ Educational Association course, ‘A Course of Six Lectures on ‘Some aspects of the relations of Religion and Science’, by Rev Arthur F Smethurst, held at Mere, 1947

Production:
    Date: 1947
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Workers’ Educational Association

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 18.2.1947
        Date End: 26.3.1947
    Person:
        Person Name: Smethurst, Arthur, F, Rev
        Person Role: lecturer
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: lecture

Object location:  Box 48

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: A Course of Six Lectures on ‘Some aspects of the relations of Religion and Science’
    Brief Description: Typed notes, possibly a draft of the flyer for a Mere Workers’ Educational Association course, ‘A Course of Six Lectures on ‘Some aspects of the relations of Religion and Science’, by Rev Arthur F Smethurst, held at Mere, 1947

Production:
    Date: 1947
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Workers’ Educational Association

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 18.2.1947
        Date End: 26.3.1947
    Person:
        Person Name: Smethurst, Arthur, F, Rev
        Person Role: lecturer
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: lecture

Object location:  Box 48

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: A Course of Six Lectures on ‘Some aspects of the relations of Religion and Science’
    Brief Description: Typed notes, a bibliography for a Mere Workers’ Educational Association course, ‘A Course of Six Lectures on ‘Some aspects of the relations of Religion and Science’, by Rev Arthur F Smethurst, held at Mere, 1947

Production:
    Date: 1947
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Workers’ Educational Association

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 18.2.1947
        Date End: 26.3.1947
    Person:
        Person Name: Smethurst, Arthur, F, Rev
        Person Role: lecturer
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: lecture

Object location:  Box 48

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 26 cm
Width: 20 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: recreation
    Title: Report Of Art Exhibition Organised By Mere WEA Branch
    Brief Description: Draft handwritten notes by Joyce Rutter for a report by the Mere branch of the Workers’ Educational Association on an art exhibition, probably held in Mere, May 1948

Production:
    Date: 1948
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Workers’ Educational Association

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 10.5.1948
        Date End: 15.5.1948
    Person:
        Person Name: Wardle, A
        Person Role: chair
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: exhibition

Object location:  Box 48

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

Identification:
    Object name: rota
    Classification: recreation
    Brief Description: Typed rota for stewards helping to man the Workers’ Educational Association art exhibition, held in Mere, May 1948

Production:
    Date: 1948
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Workers’ Educational Association

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 10.5.1948
        Date End: 15.5.1948
    Person:
        Person Name: Wardle, A
        Person Role: chair
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: exhibition

Object location:  Box 48

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: recreation
    Title: ‘Five Centuries of Painting’, WEA Exhibition at Mere
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting reporting on the Workers’ Educational Association art exhibition, held at Mere, 14th May 1948

Production:
    Date: 14.5.1948
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 10.5.1948
        Date End: 15.5.1948
    Person:
        Person Name: Wardle, A
        Person Role: chair
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: exhibition

Object location:  Box 48

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 24.5 cm
Width: 5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: recreation
    Title: Art Exhibition
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting reporting on the Workers’ Educational Association art exhibition, held at Mere, 14th May 1948

Production:
    Date: 14.5.1948
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Salisbury And Winchester Journal

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 10.5.1948
        Date End: 15.5.1948
    Person:
        Person Name: Wardle, A
        Person Role: chair
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: exhibition

Object location:  Box 48

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 4.5 cm
Width: 5.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: envelope
    Classification: recreation
    Brief Description: Envelope used to hold newspaper cuttings reporting on the Workers’ Educational Association art exhibition, held at Mere, May 1948

Production:
    Date: 1948

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 10.5.1948
        Date End: 15.5.1948
    Person:
        Person Name: Wardle, A
        Person Role: chair
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: exhibition

Object location:  Box 48

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 8 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: society
    Classification: money
    Title: Thirtieth Annual Report and Statement of Accounts
    Brief Description: Booklet, ‘Thirtieth Annual Report and Statement of Accounts’ from the Workers’ Educational Association, 1940-1941

Production:
    Date: 1941
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Workers’ Educational Association

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1940
        Date End: 1941
    Person:
        Person Name: Parker, F
        Person Role: secretary
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 48

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

Identification:
    Object name: flyer
    Classification: events
    Brief Description: Flyer advertising a joint public meeting held by the Workers’ Educational Association and Mere Womens Institute where Miss Scott-Baker, deputy director of Education for Wiltshire spoke on the Curtis Report, Mere, c.1940’s

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1940
        Date End: 1949
    Person:
        Person Name: Morris, H, H, Mrs
        Person Role: chair
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Workers’ Educational Association

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: meeting

Object location:  Box 48

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21.5 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: flyer
    Classification: events
    Brief Description: Flyer advertising a one-day school on ‘Protective Colouration’ by Mr H S Joyce and held by the Mere branch of the Workers’ Educational Association, 20th September 1947

Production:
    Date: 1947
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Workers’ Educational Association

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Joyce, H, S, Mr
        Person Role: lecturer
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: lecture

Object location:  Box 48

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21.5 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: flyer
    Classification: events
    Title: Aspects Of Music
    Brief Description: Flyer advertising a twelve week course, ‘Aspects Of Music’ by Mr D McCormick for the Mere branch of the Workers’ Educational Association, undated but probably 1940’s

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1940
        Date End: 1949
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Workers’ Educational Association

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: McCormick, D, Mr
        Person Role: lecturer
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: lecture

Object location:  Box 48

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: events
    Title: Aspects Of Music
    Brief Description: Handwritten notes giving an outline and book list for a twelve week course, ‘Aspects Of Music’ by Mr D McCormick for the Mere branch of the Workers’ Educational Association, notes possibly by Mr McCormick, undated but probably 1940’s

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1940
        Date End: 1949
    Person:
        Person Name: McCormick, Desmond, Mr
        Person Role: lecturer

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Workers’ Educational Association
    Event:
        Event Type: lecture

Object location:  Box 48

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 20.5 cm
Width: 12.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: recreation
    Brief Description: Six colour photographs of an unidentified event relating to the White Tudor Club, a club for the over 60’s in Mere, Grove Buildings, Mere, late 20th century or early 21st century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1980
        Date End: 2005

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: hall
        Site Name: Grove Buildings
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: White Tudor Club
    Event:
        Event Type: meeting

Object location:  Box 47

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 10 cm
Width: 15 cm

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: recreation
    Brief Description: Four colour photographs of an Easter Bonnet competition relating to the White Tudor Club, a club for the over 60’s in Mere, Grove Buildings, Mere, late 20th century or early 21st century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1980
        Date End: 2005

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: hall
        Site Name: Grove Buildings
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: White Tudor Club
    Event:
        Event Type: meeting

Object location:  Box 47

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 15 cm
Width: 10.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: photograph album
    Classification: recreation
    Brief Description: Photograph album of various events, including Christmas meal, outings, fetes, birthday celebrations, etc relating to the White Tudor Club, a club for the over 60’s in Mere, mid to late 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1980
        Date End: 1999

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: White Tudor Club
    Event:
        Event Type: outing

Object location:  Box 47

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 12 cm
Width: 17.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: recreation
    Brief Description: ‘WHSmith’ purple exercise book containing handwritten minutes for committee meetings of the White Tudor Club, a club for the over 60’s in Mere, 1988-2002

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1988
        Date End: 2002

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: White Tudor Club
    Event:
        Event Type: meeting

Object location:  Box 47

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

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: recreation
    Brief Description: Maroon hardback register containing handwritten notes detailing members attendance of the White Tudor Club, a club for the over 60’s in Mere, and details of members birthdays, 1965-1971

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1965
        Date End: 1971

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: White Tudor Club
    Event:
        Event Type: meeting

Object location:  Box 47

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 30 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: A Brief History Of St Benedict’s And St Mary’s, Mere
    Brief Description: Letter from Michael Tighe to Mr and Mrs Deverill regarding the history of St Mary’s Church and a related article, ‘A Brief History Of St Benedict’s And St Mary’s, Mere’ by Evelyn Flower and Chris Deverill, late 20th century

Production:
    Date: 18.5.1989
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Stourton with Gasper
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: chapel
        Site Name: St Benedict’s Chapel

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: recreation
    Title: Sale At Mere
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting mounted on a greetings card from unknown publication reporting on a Christmas sale and bazaar by members of the White Tudor Club, a club for the over 60’s in Mere, undated, possibly 1970’s or 1980’s

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1970
        Date End: 1989

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Brothers, E, K, Mrs, Lea, G, Miss, Whyte, Miss

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: White Tudor Club
    Event:
        Event Type: bazaar

Object location:  Box 47

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21.5 cm
Width: 10 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: recreation
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from unknown publication reporting on the annual harvest supper of the White Tudor Club, a club for the over 60’s in Mere, Wyvern Restaurant, Mere, undated, possibly mid 1970’s or 1980’s

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1973
        Date End: 1989

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Wallis, C, M, Mrs, Whyte, Miss
    Event:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: restaurant
            Site Name: Wyvern Restaurant

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: White Tudor Club

Object location:  Box 47

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 10.5 cm
Width: 18.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: minutes
    Classification: recreation
    Brief Description: Minutes of an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the White Tudor Club, a club for the over 60’s of Mere, approving the resolution to close down the club, meeting held at the Grove Buildings, Mere, 2nd March 2005

Production:
    Date: 3.2005
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: White Tudor Club

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Dence, P, Mrs
        Person Role: chair
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: hall
        Site Name: Grove Buildings
    Event:
        Event Type: meeting

Object location:  Box 47

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: recreation
    Title: Flowers for Committee
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting mounted on card from unknown publication reporting on the White Tudor Club Christmas dinner at the Wyvern Restaurant, Mere, 1970’s or 1980’s

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1970
        Date End: 1989

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Lea, Miss, Whyte, Miss, Lander, A, Miss
    Event:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: restaurant
            Site Name: Wyvern Restaurant

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Lapham, Mrs

Object location:  Box 47

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 11.5 cm
Width: 10.5 cm
Depth: 13 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: recreation
    Title: Club’s First Dinner
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting mounted on card from unknown publication reporting on the first annual dinner of the White Tudor Club, a club for the over 60’s in Mere, at Dewes House, Mere, 1964

Production:
    Date: 1964

Content:
    Organisation:
    Event:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: restaurant
            Site Name: Dewes House

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Brothers, Mrs
        Person Role: secretary

Object location:  Box 47

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 18 cm
Width: 14.5 cm
Depth: 22.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Correspondence between Michael Tighe and others regarding details of Deaconess Dorothea Bellfield, who worked at Mere between 1933 and 1934, July – September 2004

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 21.7.2004
        Date End: 17.9.2004
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 2.1933
        Date End: 12.1933
    Person:
        Person Name: Bellfield, Dorothea
        Person Role: deacon
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Matthew’s Church

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: notice
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Printed notice publicising the launch of the East Window Renovation Project for St Michael’s Church, the launch taking place at the Grove Buildings, Mere, 25th May 2007

Production:
    Date: 2007

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Sheppard, Karyn
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church
    Event:
        Event Type: restoration
        Event Name: East Window Renovation Project

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: leaflet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: The Proposed Re-Ordering of the Pews – The How’s and the Why’s
    Brief Description: Printed leaflet ‘The Proposed Re-Ordering of the Pews – The How’s and the Why’s’, produced by St Michael’s Church, Mere, 2002

Production:
    Date: 2002
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: St Michael’s Church

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

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: leaflet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Notes on The Parish Church of St Michael the Archangel, Mere, Wilts
    Brief Description: Printed leaflet, duplicate of MHS:3413 except for vicar name, ‘Notes on The Parish Church of St Michael the Archangel, Mere, Wilts’, compiled by Rev N E Johnson and the name R Preston Thomas, Vicar, undated, early to mid 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1900
        Date End: 1970
    Person:
        Person Name: Johnson, N, E, Rev
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Crown Printing Works

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Thomas, R, Preston
        Person Role: vicar
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: leaflet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: The Church of St Michael the Archangel, Mere
    Brief Description: Printed leaflet and duplicate, ‘The Church of St Michael the Archangel, Mere’, compiled by Rev Ben Elliott, undated, post 1981

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1981
    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 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: article
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Photocopied article from unknown book, possibly called ‘Wiltshire’, with an article headed ‘Mere’ by William Barnes, focussing on the history of St Michael’s Church, c.1819

Production:
    Date: 1819
    Person:
        Person Name: Barnes, William
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 46

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 29.5 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: notes
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: The Tables Of The Law
    Brief Description: Notes, ‘The Tables Of The Law’, possibly by Michael Tighe, about the boards that were displayed after the Reformation showing the Ten Commandments and the Apostles Creed with 19th century versions existing at St Michael’s Church, Mere, undated, early 21st century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 2004
        Date End: 2013
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Wyatt, Thomas, Henry
        Person Role: architect
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church
    Event:
        Event Type: restoration

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: trade and professions
    Title: Notes On Some Wiltshire Merchants’ Marks
    Brief Description: Photocopied article ‘Notes On Some Wiltshire Merchants’ Marks’ by Thomas Henry Baker including shields in St Michael’s Church, Mere, undated, early 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1900
        Date End: 1945
    Person:
        Person Name: Baker, Thomas, Henry
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: C H Woodward

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

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: trade and professions
    Brief Description: Letter from Dr David Longbourne to Michael Tighe concerning merchants marks on shields in St Michael’s Church, Mere, 7th October 2000

Production:
    Date: 7.10.2000
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
        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 46

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 18 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: trade and professions
    Brief Description: Letter from Ben Elliott to Michael Tighe concerning merchants marks on shields in St Michael’s Church, Mere, c. 2000

Production:
    Date: 2000
    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 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: The Church Of St Michael The Archangel, Mere
    Brief Description: Notes, ‘The Church Of St Michael The Archangel, Mere’, unknown author, late 20th or early 21st century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1991
        Date End: 2012

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

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: article
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: The Parish Church of St Michael, Mere
    Brief Description: Photocopy of article from the Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine (?), ‘The Parish Church of St Michael, Mere’ by C E Ponting, December 1896

Production:
    Date: 12.1896
    Person:
        Person Name: Ponting, C, E
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine

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

Object location:  Box 46

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 29.5 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, 1895, with appendix by Rev Herbert Nixon, 1919

Production:
    Date: 1895
    Person:
        Person Name: Williams, D, E, Rev
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: H H Edmunds

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

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Catholic Church
    Brief Description: Notes by Michael Tighe, ‘Catholic Church’, concerning St Benedict’s Chapel and other places of Catholic worship in Mere, 4th October 1999

Production:
    Date: 4.10.1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Deverill, Chris
        Person Role: author
    Place:
        Parish: Stourton with Gasper
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: chapel
        Site Name: St Benedict’s Chapel

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Church Recording
    Brief Description: Brief letter from Michael Tighe to Elizabeth (?) concerning the coat of arms of Maurice Berkeley within the mediaeval glass of ‘Window 11’, and a photocopied leaflet outlining the histories of many windows in St Michael’s Church, Mere, 8th September 2000

Production:
    Date: 8.9.2000
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Letter to Ben Elliott from Suzanne Eward, librarian of Salisbury Cathedral, with accompanying photocopied catalogue card and photograph of a late 13th or early 14th century document gifting a garden, croft and mill in Mere from Edmund, Earl of Cornwall to the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury Cathedral, 10th August 1989

Production:
    Date: 10.8.1989
    Person:
        Person Name: Eward, Suzanne
        Person Role: author

Content:
    Date:

Association:
    Person:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: garden
        Site Name: Mere Garden

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: document
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Salisbury Chapter Muniments
    Brief Description: Two photocopied, translated documents concerning the ownership of ‘Mere Garden’, originally land granted to the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury Cathedral by Edmund, Earl of Cornwall in Mere, Wiltshire

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1620
        Date End: 1630

Association:
    Person:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: garden
        Site Name: Mere Garden

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Letter from J L Willoughby to the Hon Sec of the Mere Historical Society concerning the earliest documentary information about Mere, with a translation of the Inventory of Mere Parish Church taken from St Osmund’s 1220 Register, 21st November 1977

Production:
    Date: 21.11.1977
    Person:
        Person Name: Willoughby, J, L
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: extract
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: The Church Plate Of The County Of Wilts
    Brief Description: Photocopy of extract relating to Mere from the book ‘The Church Plate Of The County Of Wilts’ by J E Nightingale, 1891

Production:
    Date: 1891
    Person:
        Person Name: Nightingale, J, E
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Bennett Brothers

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

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Correspondence between Michael Tighe, Ben Elliott, David Longbourne and Lorna Haycock on the mystery of a wooden statuette depicting Charity, which possibly originated from St Michael’s Church, Mere, June 1999

Production:
    Date: 6.1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Nightingale, J, E
        Person Role: author
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire Archaeological And Natural History Society

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Letter from Ben Elliott, former vicar of Mere, to Michael Tighe commenting on various items in Tighe’s ‘Mere Papers’ and on the origin of the name Mere, undated, late 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1990
        Date End: 1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Elliott, Ben
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: extract
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: The Church Survey In Wilts, 1649-50, Mere Hundred
    Brief Description: Photocopied extract from The Wiltshire Magazine, ‘The Church Survey In Wilts, 1649-50, Mere Hundred’, December 1920

Production:
    Date: 12.1920
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Wiltshire Magazine

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1649
        Date End: 1650
    Person:
        Person Name: Bodington, E, J
        Person Role: author
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Typed notes by Bernard Berry concerning the history of St Matthew’s Church, Mere, undated, mid 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1935
        Date End: 1965
    Person:
        Person Name: Berry, Bernard
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1882
        Date End: 1951
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Matthew’s Church

Object location:  Box 46

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 28.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: extract
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Photocopied extracts from former parish magazines of the 1890’s concentrating on inventories of church goods, 1575 – 1702

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1890
        Date End: 1899
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Parish Magazine

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1575
        Date End: 1702
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: extract
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Photocopied extracts from former parish magazines of the 1890’s concentrating on the churchwardens of Mere, 1556 – 1894

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1890
        Date End: 1899
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Parish Magazine

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1556
        Date End: 1894
    Person:
        Person Role: churchwarden
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Correspondence between Michael Tighe and Gordon Gumn concerning Rev Henry Wake, former vicar of Mere and draft notes on Rev Wake for Mere Papers, 1997

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 24.9.1997
        Date End: 15.11.1997
    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 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Two handwritten letters from Rev J P Hill to a Mere vicar (Ben Elliott?), thanking him for hospitality and enclosing notes on the Borradaile family who lived at Mere, 1977

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 13.9.1977
        Date End: 2.10.1977
    Person:
        Person Name: Hill, J, P, Rev
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1846
        Date End: 1939
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Borradaile Family

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Typed letter from D B Stiles to the vicar of St Michael’s Church concerning photography of ‘Green Man’ roof boss carvings, Mere, 24th June 1981

Production:
    Date: 24.6.1981
    Person:
        Person Name: Stiles, D, B
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Correspondence between Michael Tighe and Rev Ben Elliott regarding the ‘Chantry Aisle’, the ‘Poor Chancel’, the burial of Thomas Aubrey and the Chafyn family, 2001

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 20.2.2001
        Date End: 6.3.2001
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1634
        Date End: 1635
    Person:
        Person Name: Aubrey, Thomas
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church
    Event:
        Event Type: burial

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Two handwritten letters from Haro Hodson to Rev Ben Elliott concerning a poem written in memory of Princess Diana by Alan and Zena Zulman, with a copy of the poem, 1997

Production:
    Date: 1997
    Person:
        Person Name: Hodson, Haro
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Correspondence between Michael Tighe and Michael Purser regarding Lucius O’Brien, possibly a curate at Mere in the late 19th century, 2001

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 19.2.2001
        Date End: 17.4.2001
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: O’Brien, Lucius, Henry
        Person Role: curate
    Place:

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: advertisement
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Photocopy of an advertisement publicising a new volume of sermons by Stephen Hyde Cassan, a curate from Mere, and a list of those who ordered the volume, undated, late 18th or early 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1875
        Date End: 1925
    Person:
        Person Name: Cassan, Stephen, Hyde
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Crockers

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

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: notice
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Handwritten notice, found inside the Mere Burial Board Minutes book, from members of the Mere Burial Board promising the payment of £300 to Edward Austin Card, 18th May 1857

Production:
    Date: 18.5.1857
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Burial Board

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Card, Edward Austin
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: cemetery
        Site Name: Mere Cemetery

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: bill
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Handwritten bill for £6.00, found inside the Mere Burial Board Minutes book, associated with the Mere Burial Board, 1st October but no year specified

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1850
        Date End: 1870

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: cemetery
        Site Name: Mere Cemetery
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Burial Board

Object location:  Box 46

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 11.5 cm
Width: 18 cm

Identification:
    Object name: advertisement
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Printed advertisement, found inside the Mere Burial Board Minutes book, for various books, certificates and other articles including a bound copy of the Burials Acts 1852 – 1857, by Knight and Company of London, October 1860

Production:
    Date: 10.1860
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Knight and Company

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: cemetery
        Site Name: Mere Cemetery
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Burial Board

Object location:  Box 46

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 24.5 cm
Width: 19 cm

Identification:
    Object name: advertisement
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Printed advertisement, found inside the Mere Burial Board Minutes book, for various books, certificates and other articles including a bound copy of the Burials Acts 1852 – 1857, by Knight and Company of London, December 1861

Production:
    Date: 12.1861
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Knight and Company

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: cemetery
        Site Name: Mere Cemetery
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Burial Board

Object location:  Box 46

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 24.5 cm
Width: 19 cm

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Handwritten letter, found inside the Mere Burial Board Minutes book, to J Farley Rutter, clerk of the Board from E S Hindley and enclosing a rough design and description of tablets needed for Mere Cemetery, 7th September 1860

Production:
    Date: 7.9.1860
    Person:
        Person Name: Hindley, E, S
        Person Role: engineer

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Rutter, J Farley
        Person Role: clerk
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: cemetery
        Site Name: Mere Cemetery
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Burial Board

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: pamphlet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: The Parish Church of West Knoyle, Wilts
    Brief Description: Pale green pamphlet, ‘The Parish Church of West Knoyle, Wilts’ by N E E Johnson, rector, 1963

Production:
    Date: 1963
    Person:
        Person Name: Johnson, N, E, E
        Person Role: rector

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: West Knoyle
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: West Knoyle Church

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: greetings card
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: St Mary The Virgin West Knoyle Wiltshire
    Brief Description: Green greetings card, unused, depicting the church of St Mary The Virgin, West Knoyle, drawn by Mollie Lane, undated, late 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1975
        Date End: 1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Lane, Mollie
        Person Role: artist

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: West Knoyle
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Mary The Virgin Church

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: map
    Classification: environment
    Classification: maps
    Brief Description: Extract from a large scale map showing the area around West Knoyle, Wiltshire, mid 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1925
        Date End: 1955

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: West Knoyle
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 46

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 31 cm
Width: 30.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: West Knoyle Church Affairs
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting, possibly from the Western Gazette, reporting on West Knoyle Church appointments at a vestry meeting, 20th April 1973

Production:
    Date: 20.4.1973
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: West Knoyle
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: West Knoyle Church
    Event:
        Event Type: meeting

Object location:  Box 46

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 16.5 cm
Width: 5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: government
    Title: Boundary Extension Proposal
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting, possibly from the Western Gazette, reporting on the annual meeting of West Knoyle Parish Council, 19th May 1978

Production:
    Date: 19.5.1978
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: West Knoyle
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: West Knoyle Parish Council
    Event:
        Event Type: meeting

Object location:  Box 46

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 16 cm
Width: 4.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Ringing Up The Pounds
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting, possibly from the Western Gazette, reporting on a 24 hour sponsored bell ring at West Knoyle Church, 18th July 1980

Production:
    Date: 18.7.1980
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: West Knoyle
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: West Knoyle Church
    Event:
        Event Type: sponsored event

Object location:  Box 46

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 11.5 cm
Width: 4.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: West Knoyle or Knoyle Odierne
    Brief Description: Brief notes on West Knoyle and twelve black and white photographs of West Knoyle Church by Bernard Berry, mid 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1950
        Date End: 1975
    Person:
        Person Name: Berry, Bernard
        Person Role: photographer

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: West Knoyle
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: West Knoyle Church

Object location:  Box 46

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 25.5 cm
Width: 19.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Dissent And Non-Conformity In Mere
    Brief Description: Draft notes by Michael Tighe for his Mere Papers series, ‘Dissent And Non-Conformity In Mere’, undated, late 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1975
        Date End: 1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Correspondence from Michael Tighe with associated maps, notes and photocopied photographs relating to his Mere Papers series, ‘Dissent And Non-Conformity In Mere’, 1997

Production:
    Date: 1997
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The United Reformed Church (Wessex) Trust Limited

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: extract
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: The Dissolution Of The Monasteries And Chantries
    Brief Description: Photocopied extract of an article from the Genealogists’ Magazine, ‘The Dissolution Of The Monasteries And Chantries’ by Aidan Lawes, September 2003

Production:
    Date: 9.2003
    Person:
        Person Name: Lawes, Aiden
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Genealogists’ Magazine

Association:
    Place:

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: article
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Facts Connected With The Vicarage Of Mere In The County Of Wilts
    Brief Description: Photocopied article written on behalf or by Mr Wake, vicar of Mere, concerning disputes about the paying of tithes to the vicarage, 6th April 1823

Production:
    Date: 6.4.1823
    Person:
        Person Name: Wake, Rev
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Large sheet of paper showing original and new heraldic shields displayed in the gallery of St Michael’s Church, Mere,with brief note from Ben Elliott, vicar, inviting Mr and Mrs Tighe to an unveiling ceremony of the shields, undated, late 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1975
        Date End: 1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Elliott, Ben, Rev
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Baker, Miss
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Society of Heraldic Arts
    Event:
        Event Type: unveiling

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Correspondence between Michael Tighe and Rev Ben Elliott concerning the conservation of the tomb of Lord Stourton with the conservation report and estimate of costs by Michael Eastham, St Michael’s Church, Mere, 1987

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1987
        Date End: 1988
    Person:
        Person Name: Eastham, Michael
        Person Role: conservator

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

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: A Wiltshire Ancestor For Her Majesty The Queen
    Brief Description: Photocopied article by S M Collins, ‘A Wiltshire Ancestor For Her Majesty The Queen’ concerning the John Bettesthorne memorial in St Michael’s Church, Mere, with covering letter from Rev Ben Elliott to Dr David Longbourne, early 21st century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 2000
    Person:
        Person Name: Elliott, Ben, Rev
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: drawing
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Carved Wooden Ceiling in Mere Church
    Brief Description: Photocopy of drawings, two copies, by John Buckler of the carved ceiling and part of a cornice in St Michael’s Church, Mere, undated, late 19th or early 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1875
        Date End: 1925
    Person:
        Person Name: Buckler, John
        Person Role: artist

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

Object location:  Box 46

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

Identification:
    Object name: catalogue
    Classification: trade and professions
    Brief Description: Photocopied section of the John Walton and Company catalogue, the Furniture Department section, summer and autumn 1897

Production:
    Date: 1897
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: John Walton and Co

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: department store

Object location:  Box 45

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

Identification:
    Object name: drawing
    Classification: trade and professions
    Brief Description: Eight original ink drawings mounted on paper, created for the furniture department of John Walton and Company, early 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1900
        Date End: 1945
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: John Walton and Co

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: department store

Object location:  Box 45

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

Identification:
    Object name: drawing
    Classification: trade and professions
    Brief Description: Three photocopied drawings, possibly from the furniture section of the John Walton and Company catalogue, undated

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1900
        Date End: 1945
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: John Walton and Co

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: department store

Object location:  Box 45

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

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: trade and professions
    Brief Description: Thirty-two black and white photographs, mounted on lined paper with associated notes written beside them, all of furniture made and sold by John Walton and Company, early 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1970
        Date End: 1989

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1911
        Date End: 1946
    Person:
        Person Name: Spiers, David
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: department store
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: John Walton and Co

Object location:  Box 45

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

Identification:
    Object name: extract
    Classification: trade and professions
    Brief Description: Photocopied page from the day book of James Phillips, complete bound copy at Mere Museum, showing drawings and details of furniture, undated

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1900
        Date End: 1950
    Person:
        Person Name: Phillips, James

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: department store
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: John Walton and Co

Object location:  Box 45

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: trade and professions
    Brief Description: Eighteen pages of notes, probably made by David Spiers, relating to Walton’s cabinet making workshops, undated

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1965
        Date End: 1980
    Person:
        Person Name: Spiers, David

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: department store
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: John Walton and Co

Object location:  Box 45

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

Identification:
    Object name: bill head
    Classification: trade and professions
    Brief Description: Three pages of photocopied bill heads including that of Charles Card and John Walton and Company, with associated notes by David Spiers, mid 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1945
        Date End: 1970
    Person:
        Person Name: Spiers, David
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1848
        Date End: 1890
    Person:
        Person Name: Card, Charles
        Person Role: grocer
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: John Walton and Co

Object location:  Box 45

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