MHS Archive entry MHS:3360

Identification:
    Object name: certificate
    Classification: trade and professions
    Brief Description: Original certificate from the Commissioners of Inland Revenue to the Sub Postmaster of Mere, 13th August 1897

Production:
    Date: 13.8.1897
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Inland Revenue

Association:
    Person:
        Person Role: postmaster
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 45

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 33 cm
Width: 20 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3361

Identification:
    Object name: debenture
    Classification: trade and professions
    Brief Description: Original £10 debenture certificate for John Walton and Company, 30th June 1905

Production:
    Date: 1905
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: John Walton and Company

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

Object location:  Box 45

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 33.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3362

Identification:
    Object name: prospectus
    Classification: trade and professions
    Brief Description: Original prospectus and form of application for debentures, John Walton and Company, 1898

Production:
    Date: 1898
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: John Walton and Company

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 45

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 35 cm
Width: 21 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3363

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: From Manor House to Nissen Hut – A History of the Catholic Church in Mere
    Brief Description: Typed notes with associated dates, ‘From Manor House to Nissen Hut – A History of the Catholic Church in Mere’, unknown author

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1993
        Date End: 2010

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1425
        Date End: 1993
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Roman Catholic Church

Object location:  Box 46

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 33.5 cm
Width: 25 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3364

Identification:
    Object name: notebook
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Mere Burial Board, Rough Minutes of Proceedings
    Brief Description: Notebook, ‘Mere Burial Board, Rough Minutes of Proceedings’, handwritten ink notes, 1855 – 1856

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1855
        Date End: 1856
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Burial Board

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

Object location:  Box 46

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 19 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3365

Identification:
    Object name: notice
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Parish notice, found inside the Mere Burial Board Minutes book, requesting Mere parishioners to attend a vestry meeting to discuss the building of two chapels in the cemetery, 18th July 1864

Production:
    Date: 18.7.1864
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Burial Board

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Jupe, Thomas
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church
    Event:
        Event Type: meeting

Object location:  Box 46

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3366

Identification:
    Object name: notice
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Parish notice, found inside the Mere Burial Board Minutes book, asking for any person willing to dig graves in Mere Cemetery to contact J Farley Rutter, clerk to the Mere Burial Board, 30th October 1860

Production:
    Date: 30.10.1860
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Burial Board

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

Object location:  Box 46

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 14.5 cm
Width: 19 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3367

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Booklet, found inside the Mere Burial Board Minutes book, stating the regulations made by the Mere Burial Board respecting interments in Mere cemetery with a table of fees, 1857

Production:
    Date: 1857
    Person:
        Person Name: Bracher, Edwin
        Person Role: printer
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Burial Board

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

Object location:  Box 46

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3368

Identification:
    Object name: notelet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Small notelet, found inside the Mere Burial Board Minutes book, from Thomas Morris offering £2.00 for a grave in Mere Cemetery, 20th April 1863

Production:
    Date: 20.4.1863
    Person:
        Person Name: Morris, Thomas
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Welch, Jane
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: cemetery
        Site Name: Mere Cemetery

Object location:  Box 46

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 11 cm
Width: 18 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3369

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Letter, found inside the Mere Burial Board Minutes book, from C Leslie Rutter donating the minutes book to Frank Ford of Mere, 9th June 1942

Production:
    Date: 9.6.1942
    Person:
        Person Name: Rutter, C Leslie
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Ford, Frank
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Burial Board

Object location:  Box 46

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3370

Identification:
    Object name: notice
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Handwritten notice, found inside the Mere Burial Board Minutes book, from J Farley Rutter, clerk of the Board, stating various regulations concerning Mere Cemetery, 1850’s – 1860’s

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1850
        Date End: 1869
    Person:
        Person Name: Rutter, J Farley
        Person Role: clerk

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: 20 cm
Width: 12.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3371

Identification:
    Object name: notice
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Handwritten notice, found inside the Mere Burial Board Minutes book, from J Farley Rutter, clerk of the Board, stating various regulations concerning Mere Cemetery, 1850’s – 1860’s

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1850
        Date End: 1869
    Person:
        Person Name: Rutter, J Farley
        Person Role: clerk

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: 18 cm
Width: 11.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3332D

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: trade and professions
    Title: Company celebrates 50 years
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Western Gazette reporting on the golden jubilee of the Hill Brush Company, Mere, 15th December 1972

Production:
    Date: 15.12.1972
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: factory
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Hill Brush Company
    Event:
        Event Type: golden jubilee
        Event Name: Hill Brush Company Golden Jubilee

Object location:  Box 45

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21.5 cm
Width: 4.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3333D

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: trade and professions
    Title: Brooming round the world
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on the 75th anniversary of the Hill Brush Company, Mere, September 1997

Production:
    Date: 9.1997
    Person:
        Person Name: Whitfeld, Chris
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Coward, Peter, Coward, Richard, Coward, Martin, Coward, Philip, Thorpe, Judith
    Place:
            Place Name: Woodlands Road
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: factory

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Hill Brush Company
    Event:
        Event Type: anniversary
        Event Name: Hill Brush Company 75th Anniversary

Object location:  Box 45

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 24 cm
Width: 20 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3334D

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: trade and professions
    Title: Company brushes on stateside business
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Salisbury Journal reporting on the Hill Brush Company, Mere and the setting up of its warehouses in Canada and the United States, 5th August 1999

Production:
    Date: 5.8.1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Lawley, Katharine
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Salisbury Journal

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Coward, Peter, Coward, Richard, Coward, Martin, Coward, Philip
    Place:
            Place Name: Woodlands Road
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: factory

Association:
    Place:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Hill Brush Company

Object location:  Box 45

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3338D

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: trade and professions
    Title: Huguenot influence on wool and silk trade
    Brief Description: Handwritten notes, ‘Huguenot influence on wool and silk trade’ including Mere written by Dr Boullay, undated, 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1900
        Date End: 1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Boullay, Dr
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 45

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 17.5 cm
Width: 11 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3345

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: trade and professions
    Brief Description: Letter with photocopy from Linda Hallett to Duncan Walton, who was collecting Walton-related material for a series of talks, giving details of her uncle’s involvement with Waltons store from 1880 onwards, 7th December 1947

Production:
    Date: 7.12.1947
    Person:
        Person Name: Hallett, Linda
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1880
    Person:
        Person Name: Walton, Duncan
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: department store
        Site Name: Waltons

Object location:  Box 45

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3346

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: trade and professions
    Brief Description: Covering letter from Duncan Walton to Hugh Morrison MP of Fonthill House, with five pages of detailed estimates for new carpets at Little Ridge (?), 28th October 1919

Production:
    Date: 28.10.1919
    Person:
        Person Name: Walton, Duncan
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Morrison, Hugh
        Person Role: member of parliament
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: department store
        Site Name: Waltons

Object location:  Box 45

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3347

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: trade and professions
    Brief Description: Nine pages of handwritten notes within a paper folder, taken from the minutes of John Walton and Company and produced for the planned talks by Duncan Walton, mid 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1947
        Date End: 1960

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1898
        Date End: 1945
    Person:
        Person Name: Walton, Duncan
        Person Role: shopkeeper
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: department store
        Site Name: Waltons
    Event:
        Event Type: lecture

Object location:  Box 45

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3348

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: trade and professions
    Brief Description: One large sheet of paper with handwritten sums, possibly an inventory from John Walton and Co, 28th February 1911

Production:
    Date: 28.2.1911
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: John Walton and Company

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: department store
        Site Name: Waltons

Object location:  Box 45

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 45 cm
Width: 57 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3349

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: trade and professions
    Brief Description: One large sheet of paper with handwritten sums, possibly an inventory from John Walton and Co, 28th February 1912

Production:
    Date: 28.2.1912
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: John Walton and Company

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: department store
        Site Name: Waltons

Object location:  Box 45

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 45 cm
Width: 57 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3350

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: trade and professions
    Brief Description: Page with handwritten list of staff and their employment dates at John Walton and Co, 1867 – 1895

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1947
        Date End: 1960

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1867
        Date End: 1943
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: department store
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: John Walton and Co

Object location:  Box 45

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3351

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: trade and professions
    Brief Description: Five pages of handwritten notes within a folder, possibly by Duncan Walton, concerning the history of John Walton and Company, undated

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1947
        Date End: 1960
    Person:
        Person Name: Walton, Duncan
        Person Role: author

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: 32.5 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3312D

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: trade and professions
    Title: Chimney firm’s towering success
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from The Journal reporting on steel chimney makers F E Beaumont Ltd and their 25 years of manufacturing in Mere, 11th February 1993

Production:
    Date: 11.2.1993
    Person:
        Person Name: Smith, David
        Person Role: photographer
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Journal

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Beaumont, Max, Beaumont, Michael, Chetwood, Clifford, Sir
    Event:
    Place:
            Place Name: Woodlands Road
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: factory
            Site Name: F E Beaumont Ltd

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Construction Industry Training Board

Object location:  Box 45

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 22.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3313D

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: trade and professions
    Title: Two North Dorset Linen Working Tokens
    Brief Description: Two pages of notes by Michael Tighe relating to the Mere linen industry, Robert Goldsbrough linen manufacturer and a photograph of two bronze linen trade tokens, undated, possibly 1990’s

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1990
        Date End: 1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Content:

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Goldsbrough, Robert
    Place:
        Parish: Bourton
        County: Dorset

Object location:  Box 45

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 21 cm
Depth: 7.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3314D

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: trade and professions
    Title: The Book of Trades or Library of Useful Arts, 1811
    Brief Description: Book, ‘The Book of Trades or Library of Useful Arts, 1811’, reproduction published by the Wiltshire Family History Society, 1977

Production:
    Date: 1977
    Person:
        Person Name: Hurley, Beryl
        Person Role: editor
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire Family History Society

Association:
    Date:

Object location:  Box 45

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3315D

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: trade and professions
    Title: A Glossary of Household, Farming and Trade Terms from Probate Inventories
    Brief Description: Book, ‘A Glossary of Household, Farming and Trade Terms from Probate Inventories’ by Rosemary Milward with a brief page of notes by Michael Tighe, 1986

Production:
    Date: 1986
    Person:
        Person Name: Milward, Rosemary
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Derbyshire Record Society

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

Object location:  Box 45

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3316D

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: trade and professions
    Title: Mark of the Mason at Salisbury Cathedral
    Brief Description: Book, ‘Mark of the Mason at Salisbury Cathedral’ by Roy Spring, Clerk of the Works at Salisbury Cathedral, 1996

Production:
    Date: 1996
    Person:
        Person Name: Spring, Roy
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Dean and Chapter of Salisbury Cathedral

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Salisbury
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: cathedral
        Site Name: Salisbury Cathedral

Object location:  Box 45

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 22.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3317D

Identification:
    Object name: article
    Classification: trade and professions
    Title: The Application of Steam Power to the Wiltshire Textile Industry in the early 19th Century
    Brief Description: Photocopied article from the Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine, ‘The Application of Steam Power to the Wiltshire Textile Industry in the early 19th Century’, written by R A Pelham, c. 1951-1952

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1951
        Date End: 1952
    Person:
        Person Name: Pelham, R, A
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1800
        Date End: 1850
    Place:
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 45

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 20.5 cm
Width: 14 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3318D

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Eight pages of notes by Michael Tighe consisting of the recollections of Reginald Frederick Arthur Sams who worked for the Hill Brush Company, Mere, 27th October 2000

Production:
    Date: 27.10.2000
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Sams, Reginald Frederick Arthur
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Hill Brush Company

Object location:  Box 45

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3319D

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Three pages of handwritten notes, mention of John Disney and John Dafney of Mere, unknown author

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Disney, John
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 45

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3305D

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: trade and professions
    Title: 200 year old business closes at Mere
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Western Gazette reporting on the closing of Whitmarsh Brothers’ forge and workshops, Castle Street, Mere, 15th September 1967

Production:
    Date: 15.9.1967
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Whitmarsh, E, C, Mr
        Person Role: proprietor
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: workshop
        Site Name: Whitmarsh Brothers

Object location:  Box 45

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 17 cm
Width: 4.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3306D

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: trade and professions
    Title: Mere Business Focus
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from The Visitor, advertising business’s in Mere, May 2000

Production:
    Date: 5.2000
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Visitor

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: electrical shop
        Site Name: Jeans Electrical

Object location:  Box 45

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3309D

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: trade and professions
    Title: Cheap imports threat to jobs
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Western Gazette reporting on the visit to the Hill Brush Company by Euro MP Dr Caroline Jackson, 27th June 1986

Production:
    Date: 27.6.1986
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Coward, Richard, Jackson, Caroline
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: brush works
            Site Name: Hill Brush Company

Association:
    Place:

Object location:  Box 45

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 32 cm
Width: 12.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3310D

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: trade and professions
    Title: Brushes used in high places
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Western Gazette reporting on the Hill Brush Company being given the Royal Warrant of Appointment, 30th January 1981

Production:
    Date: 30.1.1981
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Coward, David
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: brush works
        Site Name: Hill Brush Company
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Duchy of Cornwall

Object location:  Box 45

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 19.5 cm
Width: 4.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3311D

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: trade and professions
    Title: Brushes in high places – correction
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Western Gazette correcting a report (see MHS:3310D) on the Hill Brush Company being given the Royal Warrant of Appointment, 6th February 1981

Production:
    Date: 6.2.1981
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Coward, David
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: brush works
        Site Name: Hill Brush Company

Object location:  Box 45

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 9 cm
Width: 4.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3338

Identification:
    Object name: memorandum
    Classification: science and technology
    Classification: heat and light
    Brief Description: Letter from Lambert Brothers of Walsall to the manager of the Mere Gas Works reminding him of their discount, 1st February 1868

Production:
    Date: 1.2.1869
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Lambert Brothers

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: gasworks
        Site Name: Mere Gas Works

Object location:  Box 44

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3280D

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: science and technology
    Classification: motive power
    Title: Found – The West Knoyle Windmill
    Brief Description: Two pages of notes, ‘Found – The West Knoyle Windmill’ by Michael Tighe, undated but probably 1990’s

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1990
        Date End: 1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: West Knoyle
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: windmill

Object location:  Box 45

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3281D

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: agriculture
    Title: Mere Edge Tools
    Brief Description: One page of notes, ‘Mere Edge Tools’ by Michael Tighe, produced for the Mere Historical Society newsletter, 28th March 1995

Production:
    Date: 28.3.1995
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Down, Michael
        Person Role: tool manufacturer
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: smithy
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

Object location:  Box 45

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3312

Identification:
    Object name: advertisement
    Classification: science and technology
    Classification: heat and light
    Brief Description: Notice of new premises for Thomas Glover and Co and advertisement for the company’s Dry Gas Meters, 19th October 1868

Production:
    Date: 1868
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Thomas Glover and Company

Association:
    Date:
    Place:
        Parish: London
        County: Greater London

Object location:  Box 44

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3313

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: science and technology
    Classification: heat and light
    Brief Description: Letter to unknown gas company from B Donkin and Company, engineers and iron founders, explaining the necessity of using a specific trade mark for their gas valves, 11th February 1869

Production:
    Date: 11.2.1869
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: B Donkin and Company

Association:

Object location:  Box 44

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21.5 cm
Width: 27.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3314

Identification:
    Object name: price list
    Classification: science and technology
    Classification: heat and light
    Brief Description: Illustrated price list for B Donkin and Company’s gas valves, late 19th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1860
        Date End: 1899
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: B Donkin and Company

Association:

Object location:  Box 44

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 33.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3315

Identification:
    Object name: catalogue
    Classification: science and technology
    Classification: heat and light
    Brief Description: Illustrated catalogue of Beale’s gas exhausters and gas works machinery, manufactured by Gwynne and Company, 1870

Production:
    Date: 1870
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Gwynne and Company

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Beale, Benjamin
        Person Role: manufacturer

Object location:  Box 44

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 25 cm
Width: 18.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3316

Identification:
    Object name: trade card
    Classification: science and technology
    Classification: heat and light
    Brief Description: Trade card showing various paint samples by Warner and Ashby, late 19th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1865
        Date End: 1899
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Warner and Ashby

Object location:  Box 44

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 7.5 cm
Width: 11.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3317

Identification:
    Object name: trade card
    Classification: science and technology
    Classification: heat and light
    Brief Description: Trade card advertising oxide of iron by Warner and Ashby, late 19th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1865
        Date End: 1899
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Warner and Ashby

Object location:  Box 44

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 7.5 cm
Width: 11.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3318

Identification:
    Object name: price list
    Classification: science and technology
    Classification: heat and light
    Brief Description: Price list advertising iron goods by George Robinson of Stourbridge, June 1869

Production:
    Date: 6.1869
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: George Robinson

Object location:  Box 44

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 20.5 cm
Width: 12 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3319

Identification:
    Object name: price list
    Classification: science and technology
    Classification: heat and light
    Brief Description: Price list advertising iron goods by George Robinson of Stourbridge, 1860’s

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1860
        Date End: 1869
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: George Robinson

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: London
        County: Greater London
        Locality Type: warehouse

Object location:  Box 44

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 20.5 cm
Width: 12 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3332

Identification:
    Object name: price list
    Classification: science and technology
    Classification: heat and light
    Brief Description: Illustrated orange-coloured price list for iron cocks and sluice valves by Lambert Brothers of Walsall, mid to late 19th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1865
        Date End: 1899
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Lambert Brothers

Association:

Object location:  Box 44

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 28 cm
Width: 22 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3333

Identification:
    Object name: advertisement
    Classification: science and technology
    Classification: heat and light
    Brief Description: Testimonials and advertisement for the Economiser Adamas gas burner produced by Lambert Brothers of Walsall, 1867

Production:
    Date: 1867
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Lambert Brothers

Association:

Object location:  Box 44

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 25 cm
Width: 18.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3305

Identification:
    Object name: poster
    Classification: science and technology
    Classification: heat and light
    Brief Description: Poster advertising a meeting at the National School Room for Mere inhabitants to discuss gas lighting, 17th May 1865

Production:
    Date: 1865
    Person:
        Person Name: Bracher, Edwin
        Person Role: printer

Association:
    Date:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: school
        Site Name: Mere National School
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Gas Company
    Event:
        Event Type: meeting

Object location:  Box 44

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3308

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: science and technology
    Classification: heat and light
    Brief Description: Printed letter from William and Benjamin Cowan, gas meter manufacturers, informing that Mr Donaldson had been admitted partner of the firm and also information on the alteration of gas meters after the Sales of Gas Act, 23rd January 1869

Production:
    Date: 23.1.1869
            Parish: Edinburgh
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: William and Benjamin Cowan

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Donaldson, Alexander

Object location:  Box 44

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3309

Identification:
    Object name: price list
    Classification: science and technology
    Classification: heat and light
    Brief Description: Printed price list with accompanying letter from William and Benjamin Cowan, gas meter manufacturers, 1st January 1869

Production:
    Date: 1.1.1869
            Parish: Edinburgh
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: William and Benjamin Cowan

Association:

Object location:  Box 44

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3310

Identification:
    Object name: advertisement
    Classification: science and technology
    Classification: heat and light
    Brief Description: Advertisement and price list for W Tice’s Dry Gas Regulator, late 19th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1865
        Date End: 1899
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: W Tice

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: London
        County: Greater London

Object location:  Box 44

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3311

Identification:
    Object name: advertisement
    Classification: science and technology
    Classification: heat and light
    Brief Description: Illustrated advertisement and attached endorsement for Thomas Glover’s Dry Gas Meters, 2nd September 1867

Production:
    Date: 1867
    Person:
        Person Name: Glover, Thomas
        Person Role: manufacturer

Association:
    Date:
    Place:
        Parish: London
        County: Greater London
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: H D Abercrombie and Sons
    Event:
        Event Type: exhibition
        Event Name: Universal Exhibition, Paris

Object location:  Box 44

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 26 cm
Width: 21 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3273

Identification:
    Object name: proof
    Classification: society
    Classification: money
    Brief Description: Proof of a page showing the Mere Penny Bank’s managers’ attendance on Saturday evenings, 1897 – 1899

Production:
    Date: 1897
    Person:
        Person Name: Rutter, J Farley
        Person Role: secretary
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Penny Bank

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 8.1897
        Date End: 3.1899
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 43

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 19.5 cm
Width: 18 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3274

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: society
    Classification: money
    Brief Description: Bound minute book for the Mere Penny Bank containing account and other details from 1859 to 1933, handed over to Mere Parish Council in 1965

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1859
        Date End: 1933
    Person:
        Person Name: Paxon, William
        Person Role: stationer
            Parish: London
            County: Greater London
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Penny Bank

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

Object location:  Box 43

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 32.5 cm
Width: 22 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3275

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: society
    Classification: utilities
    Brief Description: Large bound book, correspondence, price lists, articles and papers on the formation of the Mere Gas Company, 19th and 20th centuries

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1800
        Date End: 1948
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Gas Company

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 44

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 45 cm
Width: 29 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3277

Identification:
    Object name: manufacturers card
    Classification: society
    Classification: utilities
    Brief Description: Advertising card for Stock Brothers and Taylor of Birmingham, manufacturers of lead pipes, tin, brass and gas fittings, 19th century

Production:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Stock Brothers and Taylor

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1800
        Date End: 1899
    Place:
        Parish: Birmingham
        County: West Midlands
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Gas Company

Object location:  Box 44

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3278

Identification:
    Object name: advertisement
    Classification: society
    Classification: utilities
    Brief Description: Advertisement for Hodge and Reed of London, with price list for cast and wrought iron brackets, 19th or early 20th century

Production:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Hodge and Reed

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1800
        Date End: 1925
    Place:
        Parish: London
        County: Greater London
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Gas Company

Object location:  Box 44

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3279

Identification:
    Object name: advertisement
    Classification: society
    Classification: utilities
    Brief Description: Advertisement for Hodge and Reed of London, with price list for iron columns, 19th or early 20th century

Production:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Hodge and Reed

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1800
        Date End: 1925
    Place:
        Parish: London
        County: Greater London
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Gas Company

Object location:  Box 44

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3280

Identification:
    Object name: advertisement
    Classification: society
    Classification: utilities
    Brief Description: Advertisement, with price list, for the Catoptric Lamp, a new gas street light by T A Skelton of London, 1872

Production:
    Date: 1872

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Skelton, T, A, Mr
        Person Role: inventor
    Place:
        Parish: London
        County: Greater London
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Messenger and Sons

Object location:  Box 44

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 33 cm
Width: 21 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3281

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: society
    Classification: utilities
    Brief Description: Printed letter from William Livesey on behalf of Mr Barlow, proprietor of the ‘Journal of Gas Lighting’, asking for petitions from gas companies against the second reading of the Amendment of the Gas Works Clauses Act, 12th April 1871

Production:
    Date: 12.4.1871
    Person:
        Person Name: Livesey, William
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Barlow, Mr
        Person Role: proprietor
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Journal of Gas Lighting
    Event:
        Event Name: Reading of the Bill for the Amendment of the Gas Works Clauses Act

Object location:  Box 44

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3253

Identification:
    Object name: page proofs
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Collection of page proofs and other related material collated by Mrs Gladys Pope, Mere’s local correspondent for the Western Gazette, August – October 1989

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 8.1989
        Date End: 10.1989
    Person:
        Person Name: Pope, Gladys
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Object location:  Box 42

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3254

Identification:
    Object name: page proofs
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Collection of page proofs and other related material collated by Mrs Gladys Pope, Mere’s local correspondent for the Western Gazette, October – December 1989

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 10.1989
        Date End: 12.1989
    Person:
        Person Name: Pope, Gladys
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Object location:  Box 42

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3255

Identification:
    Object name: page proofs
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Collection of page proofs and other related material collated by Mrs Gladys Pope, Mere’s local correspondent for the Western Gazette, January – June 1990

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1.1990
        Date End: 6.1990
    Person:
        Person Name: Pope, Gladys
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Object location:  Box 42

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 25 cm
Width: 18.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3256

Identification:
    Object name: page proofs
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Collection of page proofs and other related material collated by Mrs Gladys Pope, Mere’s local correspondent for the Western Gazette, June – December 1990

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 6.1990
        Date End: 12.1990
    Person:
        Person Name: Pope, Gladys
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Object location:  Box 42

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 25 cm
Width: 18.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3257

Identification:
    Object name: page proofs
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Collection of page proofs and other related material collated by Mrs Gladys Pope, Mere’s local correspondent for the Western Gazette, January – July 1991

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1.1991
        Date End: 7.1991
    Person:
        Person Name: Pope, Gladys
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Object location:  Box 42

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 25 cm
Width: 18.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3258

Identification:
    Object name: page proofs
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Collection of page proofs and other related material collated by Mrs Gladys Pope, Mere’s local correspondent for the Western Gazette, July – December 1991

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 7.1991
        Date End: 12.1991
    Person:
        Person Name: Pope, Gladys
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Object location:  Box 42

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 25 cm
Width: 18.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3259

Identification:
    Object name: page proofs
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Collection of page proofs and other related material collated by Mrs Gladys Pope, Mere’s local correspondent for the Western Gazette, January – March 1992

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1.1992
        Date End: 3.1992
    Person:
        Person Name: Pope, Gladys
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Object location:  Box 42

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 25 cm
Width: 18.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3260

Identification:
    Object name: page proofs
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Collection of page proofs and other related material collated by Mrs Gladys Pope, Mere’s local correspondent for the Western Gazette, March – December 1992

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 3.1992
        Date End: 12.1992
    Person:
        Person Name: Pope, Gladys
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Object location:  Box 42

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3261

Identification:
    Object name: page proofs
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Collection of page proofs and other related material collated by Mrs Gladys Pope, Mere’s local correspondent for the Western Gazette, January – March 1993

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1.1993
        Date End: 3.1993
    Person:
        Person Name: Pope, Gladys
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Object location:  Box 42

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3262

Identification:
    Object name: page proofs
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Collection of page proofs and other related material collated by Mrs Gladys Pope, Mere’s local correspondent for the Western Gazette, February – November 1994

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 2.1994
        Date End: 11.1994
    Person:
        Person Name: Pope, Gladys
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Object location:  Box 42

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3263

Identification:
    Object name: page proofs
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Collection of page proofs and other related material collated by Mrs Gladys Pope, Mere’s local correspondent for the Western Gazette, May – July 1995

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 5.1995
        Date End: 7.1995
    Person:
        Person Name: Pope, Gladys
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Object location:  Box 42

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3266

Identification:
    Object name: account sheet
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Three loose pages of Mere Penny Bank accounts, handwritten, dating from 16th May, 1904 to 31st March, 1933

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 16.5.1904
        Date End: 31.3.1933
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Penny Bank

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 43

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 32 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3268

Identification:
    Object name: estimate
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Headed notepaper, an estimate from S H Bristow of Castle Street, Mere, for making lettering plate in relation to the Mere Penny Bank, 4th August 1926

Production:
    Date: 4.8.1926
    Person:
        Person Name: Bristow, S, H, Mr
        Person Role: decorator
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Penny Bank

Object location:  Box 43

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 26.5 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3269

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: society
    Classification: money
    Brief Description: Page of notes, (written on the back of an application form for the Mere branch of the League of Nations Union, see MHS:3270), relating to the Mere Penny Bank, c. 1926 – 1949

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1926
        Date End: 1949

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Penny Bank

Object location:  Box 43

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3270

Identification:
    Object name: flyer
    Classification: society
    Brief Description: Flyer and attached application form for a visit and lecture, ‘The Hope of the World through the League of Nations’ from Dr E H Stancombe for the Mere branch of the League of Nations Union, 24th November c.1926 – 1949

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1926
        Date End: 1949
    Person:
        Person Name: Evans, J, P
        Person Role: secretary
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Edmunds and Son

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: League of Nations Union

Object location:  Box 43

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3271

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: society
    Classification: money
    Brief Description: Handwritten notes written on the back of a Mere Penny Bank document (see MHS:3272), questioning various Mere Penny Bank procedures, 24th November 1934

Production:
    Date: 24.11.1934

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Penny Bank

Object location:  Box 43

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3272

Identification:
    Object name: bank order
    Classification: society
    Classification: money
    Brief Description: Document issued from the Mere Penny Bank stating the intention of closing every account, 20th August 1888

Production:
    Date: 20.8.1888
    Person:
        Person Name: Rutter, J Farley
        Person Role: secretary
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Penny Bank

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

Object location:  Box 43

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3221

Identification:
    Object name: scrap book
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Large scrapbook, cover loose, containing newspaper cuttings mainly about local government issues in Mere, 6th January 1956 – 2nd January 1970

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 16.1.1956
        Date End: 2.1.1970
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 41

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 46 cm
Width: 29 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3234

Identification:
    Object name: page proofs
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Collection of page proofs and other related material collated by Mrs Gladys Pope, Mere’s local correspondent for the Western Gazette, February – May 1983

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 2.1983
        Date End: 5.1983
    Person:
        Person Name: Pope, Gladys
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Object location:  Box 42

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3235

Identification:
    Object name: page proofs
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Collection of page proofs and other related material collated by Mrs Gladys Pope, Mere’s local correspondent for the Western Gazette, June – September 1983

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 6.1983
        Date End: 9.1983
    Person:
        Person Name: Pope, Gladys
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Object location:  Box 42

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3236

Identification:
    Object name: page proofs
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Collection of page proofs and other related material collated by Mrs Gladys Pope, Mere’s local correspondent for the Western Gazette, October – December 1983

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 10.1983
        Date End: 12.1983
    Person:
        Person Name: Pope, Gladys
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Object location:  Box 42

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3237

Identification:
    Object name: page proofs
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Collection of page proofs and other related material collated by Mrs Gladys Pope, Mere’s local correspondent for the Western Gazette, January – March 1984

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1.1984
        Date End: 3.1984
    Person:
        Person Name: Pope, Gladys
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Object location:  Box 42

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3238

Identification:
    Object name: page proofs
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Collection of page proofs and other related material collated by Mrs Gladys Pope, Mere’s local correspondent for the Western Gazette, April – June 1984

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 4.1984
        Date End: 6.1984
    Person:
        Person Name: Pope, Gladys
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Object location:  Box 42

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3239

Identification:
    Object name: page proofs
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Collection of page proofs and other related material collated by Mrs Gladys Pope, Mere’s local correspondent for the Western Gazette, July – August 1984

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 7.1984
        Date End: 8.1984
    Person:
        Person Name: Pope, Gladys
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Object location:  Box 42

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3240

Identification:
    Object name: page proofs
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Collection of page proofs and other related material collated by Mrs Gladys Pope, Mere’s local correspondent for the Western Gazette, August – October 1984

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 8.1984
        Date End: 10.1984
    Person:
        Person Name: Pope, Gladys
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Object location:  Box 42

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3241

Identification:
    Object name: page proofs
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Collection of page proofs and other related material collated by Mrs Gladys Pope, Mere’s local correspondent for the Western Gazette, November – December 1984

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 11.1984
        Date End: 12.1984
    Person:
        Person Name: Pope, Gladys
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Object location:  Box 42

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3242

Identification:
    Object name: page proofs
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Collection of page proofs and other related material collated by Mrs Gladys Pope, Mere’s local correspondent for the Western Gazette, January – March 1985

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1.1985
        Date End: 3.1985
    Person:
        Person Name: Pope, Gladys
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Object location:  Box 42

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3243

Identification:
    Object name: page proofs
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Collection of page proofs and other related material collated by Mrs Gladys Pope, Mere’s local correspondent for the Western Gazette, July – September 1985

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 7.1985
        Date End: 9.1985
    Person:
        Person Name: Pope, Gladys
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Object location:  Box 42

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3244

Identification:
    Object name: page proofs
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Collection of page proofs and other related material collated by Mrs Gladys Pope, Mere’s local correspondent for the Western Gazette, October – December 1985

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 10.1985
        Date End: 12.1985
    Person:
        Person Name: Pope, Gladys
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Object location:  Box 42

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3245

Identification:
    Object name: page proofs
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Collection of page proofs and other related material collated by Mrs Gladys Pope, Mere’s local correspondent for the Western Gazette, January – March 1986

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1.1986
        Date End: 3.1986
    Person:
        Person Name: Pope, Gladys
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Object location:  Box 42

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3246

Identification:
    Object name: page proofs
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Collection of page proofs and other related material collated by Mrs Gladys Pope, Mere’s local correspondent for the Western Gazette, April – June 1986

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 4.1986
        Date End: 6.1986
    Person:
        Person Name: Pope, Gladys
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Object location:  Box 42

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3247

Identification:
    Object name: page proofs
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Collection of page proofs and other related material collated by Mrs Gladys Pope, Mere’s local correspondent for the Western Gazette, July – September 1986

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 7.1986
        Date End: 9.1986
    Person:
        Person Name: Pope, Gladys
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Object location:  Box 42

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3248

Identification:
    Object name: page proofs
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Collection of page proofs and other related material collated by Mrs Gladys Pope, Mere’s local correspondent for the Western Gazette, October – December 1986

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 10.1986
        Date End: 12.1986
    Person:
        Person Name: Pope, Gladys
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Object location:  Box 42

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3249

Identification:
    Object name: page proofs
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Collection of page proofs and other related material collated by Mrs Gladys Pope, Mere’s local correspondent for the Western Gazette, January – March 1987

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1.1987
        Date End: 3.1987
    Person:
        Person Name: Pope, Gladys
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Object location:  Box 42

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3250

Identification:
    Object name: page proofs
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Collection of page proofs and other related material collated by Mrs Gladys Pope, Mere’s local correspondent for the Western Gazette, April – June 1987

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 4.1987
        Date End: 6.1987
    Person:
        Person Name: Pope, Gladys
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Object location:  Box 42

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3251

Identification:
    Object name: page proofs
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Collection of page proofs and other related material collated by Mrs Gladys Pope, Mere’s local correspondent for the Western Gazette, July – September 1987

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 7.1987
        Date End: 9.1987
    Person:
        Person Name: Pope, Gladys
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Object location:  Box 42

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3252

Identification:
    Object name: page proofs
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Collection of page proofs and other related material collated by Mrs Gladys Pope, Mere’s local correspondent for the Western Gazette, October – December 1987

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 10.1987
        Date End: 12.1987
    Person:
        Person Name: Pope, Gladys
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Object location:  Box 42

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:3210

Identification:
    Object name: inventory
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Photocopy of will and inventory relating to Alice Young of Mere, 1674

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

Object location:  Box 39

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