Identification:
    Object name: statement
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: St Matthew’s Church, Mere
    Brief Description: Two pages of a statement by the Guild of St Matthew’s Church, stating the progress of the dispute over the ownership of St Matthew’s Church, Mere, 1985

Production:
    Date: 1985

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Baker, John
        Person Role: bishop
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Matthew’s Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Guild of St Matthew’s

Object location:  Box 25

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Festival Is Graced By Bishop
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette reporting on the harvest thanksgiving service at St Matthew’s Church, Mere, and the visit of the Bishop of Ramsbury, Peter Vaughan, September 1990

Production:
    Date: 1990
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Vaughan, Peter, Rev, Read, Mr, Read, Mrs
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: church
            Site Name: St Matthew’s Church

Association:
    Event:
        Event Type: festival
        Event Name: St Matthew’s Church Harvest Festival

Object location:  Box 25

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Opening Of The Mission Church
    Brief Description: Photocopy of a newspaper cutting from The Western Gazette reporting on the opening of St Matthew’s Church, Mere, 22nd September 1882

Production:
    Date: 22.9.1882
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

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

Object location:  Box 25

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Worked 50 Years With Mere Firm
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette, an obituary to Henry Charles Ings of Mere, 25th December 1981

Production:
    Date: 25.12.1981
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Ings, Henry Charles
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Dorset Regiment Overseas Association
    Event:
        Event Type: death

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 4.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Four assorted newspaper cuttings from The Western Gazette reporting on events at St Matthew’s Church, Mere, 1985

Production:
    Date: 1985
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

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

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 18 cm
Width: 4.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on a celebration service at St Matthew’s Church, Mere, to commemorate the laying of the foundation stone on 7th March 1882

Production:
    Date: 13.3.1982
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Chafyn-Grove, Julia, Miss
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Matthew’s Church
    Event:
        Event Type: service

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 2.5 cm
Width: 9.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Funeral Of Lifelong Football Supporter
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette, an obituary to Arthur Frank Mead of Mere, 25th December 1981

Production:
    Date: 25.12.1981
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Mead, Arthur Frank
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: house
        Site Name: Newmead Cottage
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Guild of St Matthew’s
    Event:
        Event Type: death

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 16.5 cm
Width: 9 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Tribute To Churchmen
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette reporting on a minute’s silence during the December service at St Matthew’s Church, Mere, in remembrance of Arthur Mead and Harry Ings, 25th December 1981

Production:
    Date: 25.12.1981
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Mead, Arthur Frank
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Matthew’s Church
    Event:
        Event Type: service

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 7 cm
Width: 4.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Little Church Still Has A Welcome Mat
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette reporting on the numbers of people who attended St Matthew’s Church, Mere, in 1981, 26th February 1982

Production:
    Date: 26.2.1982
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Taber, Evelyn, Miss
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Matthew’s Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Guild of St Matthew’s

Object location:  Box 25

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Special Day For William
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette reporting on the christening of William Riddick at St Matthew’s Church, 25th December 1981

Production:
    Date: 25.12.1981
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Riddick, William Thomas
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Matthew’s Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Free Church Of England
    Event:
        Event Type: baptism

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 15 cm
Width: 5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Special Floral Service
    Brief Description: Cutting, and duplicate, from The Western Gazette reporting on the flower service held at St Matthew’s Church, Mere, in remembrance of Mrs Joan Tovery, 18th July 1986

Production:
    Date: 18.7.1986
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Habgood, Myfanwy, Mrs, Twiney, Pat, Miss, Tovery, Fred, Mr
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: church
            Site Name: St Matthew’s Church

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Tovery, Melanie, Joan, Mrs
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Guild of St Matthew’s
    Event:
        Event Type: service

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 18.5 cm
Width: 16 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: In Memory Of Two Stalwarts
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette reporting on the memorial service held at St Matthew’s Church, Mere, for Harry Ings and Arthur Mead, 19th February 1982

Production:
    Date: 19.2.1982
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Mead, Arthur Frank
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Matthew’s Church
    Event:
        Event Type: service

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 13 cm
Width: 14.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Closed Church Opens Door On New Century
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette reporting on a commemoration service at St Matthew’s Church, Mere, to mark the 100th anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone by Miss Julia Chafyn Grove, 12th March 1982

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

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

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Chafyn-Grove, Julia, Miss
    Event:
        Event Type: service

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Bishop At Festival
    Brief Description: Cutting, and two duplicates, from The Western Gazette reporting on the visit of the Bishop of Salisbury, Rev John Baker, to St Matthew’s Church, Mere, for the Harvest Thanksgiving, 4th October 1985

Production:
    Date: 4.10.1985
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Mead, Evelyn, Mrs, Baker, John, Rev, Tovery, Fred, Mr
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: church
            Site Name: St Matthew’s Church

Association:
    Event:
        Event Type: service
        Event Name: Harvest Thanksgiving Service

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 25 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Crafts On Display
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette reporting on St Matthew’s Church annual exhibition of local arts and crafts, held at the Lecture Hall, Mere, 31st August 1984

Production:
    Date: 31.8.1984
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Francis, Katherine
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: hall
            Site Name: Lecture Hall

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Matthew’s Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Guild of St Matthew’s
    Event:
        Event Type: exhibition

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 20.5 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: fine art
    Title: Top Prize
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette reporting on the top prize of an art competition, won by Alec Sellens of Mere, 17th July 1987

Production:
    Date: 17.7.1987
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Sellens, Alec
    Place:
            Parish: Salisbury
            County: Wiltshire

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

Object location:  Box 25

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette reporting on St Matthew’s Church spring sale, 27th March 1987

Production:
    Date: 27.3.1987
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Perrett, Vera, Hillier, Billie, Kendall, Stella
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: hall
            Site Name: Lecture Hall

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Matthew’s Church
    Event:
        Event Type: sale
        Event Name: St Matthew’s Church Spring Sale

Object location:  Box 25

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Church Welcomes Bishop To Service
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette reporting on the visit by the Bishop of Ramsbury to the harvest thanksgiving festival at St Matthew’s Church, Mere, 3rd October 1986

Production:
    Date: 3.10.1986
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

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

Association:
    Event:
        Event Type: service
        Event Name: St Matthew’s Church Harvest Festival

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 20 cm
Width: 12 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Anglican Unity In Mere
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette, a letter from Colin Mitchell suggesting there was a restriction to worship at St Matthew’s Church, Mere, 28th August 1987

Production:
    Date: 28.8.1987
    Person:
        Person Name: Mitchell, Colin
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

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

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 10.5 cm
Width: 16.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Safe For The Next 99 Years
    Brief Description: Cutting, and two duplicates, from The Western Gazette reporting on a new lease and deed of trust for St Matthew’s Church, Mere, ensuring worship there for the next 99 years, 21st August 1987

Production:
    Date: 21.8.1987
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

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

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: George, Dorothy, Mrs
        Person Role: chair
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Guild of St Matthew’s
    Event:
        Event Type: meeting

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 25 cm
Width: 12 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Twelve assorted newspaper cuttings reporting on events and services held at St Matthew’s Church, Mere, 1981-1982

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1981
        Date End: 1982

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

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: cm
Width: cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Funeral At Mere Of Mrs M Tovery
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting reporting on the funeral of Mrs Melanie Joan Tovery of Mere at St Matthew’s Church, 24th January 1986

Production:
    Date: 24.1.1986

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Tovery, Melanie, Joan, Mrs
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Matthew’s Church
    Event:
        Event Type: funeral

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 17.5 cm
Width: 4.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Cutting, and duplicate, from The Western Gazette reporting on the christening of Katie Marie Parfitt at St Matthew’s Church, Mere, 14th September 1984

Production:
    Date: 14.9.1984
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Mead, Evelyn, Mrs, Parfitt, John, Parfitt, Melodie, Mrs, Felstead, K W H, Mr, Parfitt, Katie, Parfitt, Marian, Mrs
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: church
            Site Name: St Matthew’s Church

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Hill, William
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Guild of St Matthew’s
    Event:
        Event Type: baptism

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 15 cm
Width: 14 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Western Gazette reporting on Nicola Hunt of Gillingham attending the St Matthew’s Church exhibition and sale held at the Lecture Hall, Mere, 8th August 1981

Production:
    Date: 8.8.1981
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Hunt, Nicola
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: hall
            Site Name: Lecture Hall

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Emmett, W, G, Mr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Matthew’s Church
    Event:
        Event Type: exhibition
        Event Name: St Matthew’s Church Exhibition

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 15 cm
Width: 8 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Picture of Class of ’31 Brings Back Memories For Eileen
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Western Gazette reporting on a St Matthew’s Church exhibition and sale held at the Lecture Hall, Mere, 8th August 1981

Production:
    Date: 8.8.1981
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Paul, Eileen, Mrs, Hooper, Ada, Mrs
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: hall
            Site Name: Lecture Hall

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Matthew’s Church
    Event:
        Event Type: exhibition
        Event Name: St Matthew’s Church Exhibition

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 18 cm
Width: 20 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Mystery Of Church’s Title Deeds
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette reporting on the centenary of the opening of St Matthew’s Church, Mere, and the unfound land deeds for the church, 24th September 1982

Production:
    Date: 24.9.1982
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

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

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Taber, Evelyn, Miss
        Person Role: secretary
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Guild of St Matthew’s
    Event:
        Event Type: centenary

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette reporting on the retirement of the Bishop of Salisbury, George Reindorp, 2nd October 1981

Production:
    Date: 2.10.1981
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Reindorp, George, Rev, Reindorp, Alix, Dr, Hitchings, Gwen, Mrs, Neale, John, Rev

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

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 15.5 cm
Width: 18.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Worshippers Win The Day
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette from the Letters page, a letter from Rev Ben Elliott concerning the origins of St Matthew’s Church, Mere, 10th February 1984

Production:
    Date: 10.2.1984
    Person:
        Person Name: Elliott, Ben, Rev
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

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

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 11 cm
Width: 9 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: How A Church Closure Sparked A News War
    Brief Description: Cutting, and duplicate, from The Western Daily Press reporting on the two church parish magazines of Mere, 3rd September 1981

Production:
    Date: 3.9.1981
    Person:
        Person Name: Humphrey, David
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Daily Press

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Reindorp, George
        Person Role: bishop
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Matthew’s Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Parochial Church Council

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 42 cm
Width: 8.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Bishop On His Pleasing Impressions
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette reporting on the retiring Bishop of Salisbury, George Reindorp, 25th September 1981

Production:
    Date: 25.9.1981
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Reindorp, George
        Person Role: bishop
    Place:
        Parish: Salisbury
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: cathedral
        Site Name: Salisbury Cathedral
    Event:
        Event Type: retirement

Object location:  Box 25

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Cutting, and duplicate, from The Western Gazette reporting on the lighting of candles and oil lamps in St Matthew’s Church, Mere, for a harvest festival service, 2nd October 1981

Production:
    Date: 2.10.1981
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Gatehouse, Frank, Mead, Arthur, Habgood, M, Mrs
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: church
            Site Name: St Matthew’s Church

Association:
    Event:
        Event Type: service
        Event Name: St Matthew’s Church Harvest Festival

Object location:  Box 25

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette reporting on an exhibition of local arts and crafts at St Matthew’s Church, Mere, 27th August 1982

Production:
    Date: 27.8.1982
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Kerston, Elsie, Mrs, Arnold, Mrs, Carey, Mrs, Perrett, Mrs, Ash, Mrs

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

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 17 cm
Width: 18 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Harvest Marrow
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette reporting on the harvest festival at St Matthew’s Church, Mere, 28th September 1989

Production:
    Date: 28.9.1989
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Twinney, Pat, Miss, Twinney, Phyllis, Mrs
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: church
            Site Name: St Matthew’s Church

Association:
    Event:
        Event Type: festival
        Event Name: Harvest Thanksgiving Service

Object location:  Box 25

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette reporting on Mere Carnival and Carnival Super Gran, Mrs Evelyn Mead, 8th June 1984

Production:
    Date: 8.6.1984
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Mead, Evelyn, Mrs, Avery, Paula, Maidment, Lisa, Stainer, Jessica

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: carnival
        Event Name: Mere Carnival

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 12.5 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Seventeen various newspaper cuttings reporting on church services and other events at St Matthew’s Church, Mere, 1982-1983

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1982
        Date End: 1983

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

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: cm
Width: cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Three assorted newspaper cuttings from The Western Gazette reporting on events at St Matthew’s Church, Mere, 1984-1985

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1984
        Date End: 1985
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

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

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 9.5 cm
Width: 4.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Unprecedented
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette, and duplicate, letter from C C Mitchell of Mere regarding Rev Ben Elliott and the future of St Matthew’s Church, Mere, 19th June 1981

Production:
    Date: 19.6.1981
    Person:
        Person Name: Mitchell, C, C
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

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

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Prayers To Defy Bishop’s Church Closure
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Western Daily Press reporting on the impending closure of St Matthew’s Church, Mere, 30th December 1980

Production:
    Date: 30.12.1980
    Person:
        Person Name: Humphrey, David
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Daily Press

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Reindorp, George
        Person Role: bishop
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Matthew’s Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Parochial Church Council

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 28.5 cm
Width: 4.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Bishop At Supper At Mere
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting reporting on the attendance of the Bishop of Salisbury at the harvest festival in St Michael’s Church, Mere, 10th October 1980

Production:
    Date: 10.10.1980

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Reindorp, George
        Person Role: bishop
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church
    Event:
        Event Type: festival
        Event Name: St Michael’s Church Harvest Festival

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 14 cm
Width: 4.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Now Parish Has Rival Magazines
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Western Daily Press reporting on the launch of a new parish magazine for St Matthew’s Church, Mere, during the church’s struggle to remain open, 11th August 1981

Production:
    Date: 11.8.1981
    Person:
        Person Name: Humphrey, David
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Daily Press

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Behrens, Derrick

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Reindorp, George
        Person Role: bishop
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Matthew’s Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Church of England

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 23 cm
Width: 8.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Part Of Mere’s Heritage
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette, and duplicate, letter from Dorothy George of Mere regarding the future of St Matthew’s Church, Mere, 19th June 1981

Production:
    Date: 19.6.1981
    Person:
        Person Name: George, Dorothy
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Matthew’s Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Church of England

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: No Licence But Still A Service
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette reporting on the first service conducted at St Matthew’s Church, Mere, since the Bishop of Salisbury withdrew its licence, 16th January 1981

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

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Reindorp, George
        Person Role: bishop
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Matthew’s Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Guild of St Matthew’s
    Event:
        Event Type: service

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 9.5 cm
Width: 6.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Nine newspaper cuttings stuck onto card, all related to the threatened closure of St Matthew’s Church, Mere, 1981

Production:
    Date: 1981

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

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 22 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Salisbury Journal, and duplicate, reporting on the harvest festival at St Matthew’s Church, Mere, lit by oil lamps as there was no electricity in the church, 1st October 1981

Production:
    Date: 1.10.1981
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Salisbury Journal

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Gatehouse, Frank, Mead, Arthur, Habgood, M, Mrs
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: church
            Site Name: St Matthew’s Church

Association:
    Event:
        Event Type: festival
        Event Name: St Matthew’s Church Harvest Festival

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 25 cm
Width: 15 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Censure Row As Church Fights For Life
    Brief Description: Four newspaper cuttings reporting on the threat of closure of St Matthew’s Church, Mere, with one article featuring parish magazine editor Derick Behrens and his support for the church, July 1981

Production:
    Date: 7.1981
    Person:
        Person Name: Humphrey, David
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Reindorp, George
        Person Role: bishop
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Matthew’s Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Church of England

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 26 cm
Width: 5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Five newspaper cuttings stuck onto card, all related to the threatened closure of St Matthew’s Church, Mere, July 1981

Production:
    Date: 7.1981
    Person:
        Person Name: Mead, Evelyn, Miss
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

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

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Bishop Decides To Close Chapel
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting reporting on the closure of St Matthew’s Church, Mere, 10th October 1980

Production:
    Date: 10.10.1980

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Reindorp, George
        Person Role: bishop
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Matthew’s Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Parochial Church Council

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 20 cm
Width: 4.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Anglican Unity In Mere
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette, and duplicate, a letter from C C Mitchell of Mere concerning the churchwardens of St Matthew’s Church, Mere, due for closure, 2nd January 1981

Production:
    Date: 2.1.1981
    Person:
        Person Name: Mitchell, C, C
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Matthew’s Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Guild of St Matthew’s

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 13.5 cm
Width: 4.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Bishop Retiring Next Year
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Salisbury Journal reporting on the impending retirement of the Bishop of Salisbury, George Reindorp, 6th November 1980

Production:
    Date: 6.11.1980
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Salisbury Journal

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Reindorp, George
        Person Role: bishop
    Place:
        Parish: Salisbury
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Church of England
    Event:
        Event Type: retirement

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 14.5 cm
Width: 22 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette reporting on the attendance of Salisbury District Council Chair, Dr Tym Hattersley, and his wife, at a Christmas service in St Matthew’s Church, Mere, 26th December 1980

Production:
    Date: 26.12.1980
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Hattersley, Tym, Dr, Hattersley, Mrs, Acworth, O, Rev
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: church
            Site Name: St Matthew’s Church

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Salisbury District Council
    Event:
        Event Type: service
        Event Name: Nine Carols and Lessons

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 11.5 cm
Width: 14.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Churchgoers At Mere To Defy Bishop
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette reporting on churchgoers of St Matthew’s Church, Mere, defying the Bishop of Salisbury and continuing to hold services at the church which was threatened with closure, 2th December 1980

Production:
    Date: 26.1.1980
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Reindorp, George
        Person Role: bishop
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Matthew’s Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Parochial Church Council
    Event:
        Event Type: service

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 9 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: A Lead With A Lasting Impact
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Western Gazette, possibly an editorial, reporting on ‘Impact’, the Bishop of Salisbury’s Invitation to a Mission of Prayer, Action, Commitment and Thanksgiving, a Mission intended for all villages in the Salisbury Diocese, 10th October 1980

Production:
    Date: 10.10.1980
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Reindorp, George
        Person Role: bishop
    Place:
        Parish: Salisbury
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Church of England

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 11 cm
Width: 18.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Church Closure Resisted
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting, and duplicate, reporting on the proposed closure of St Matthew’s Church, Mere, 18th September 1980

Production:
    Date: 18.9.1980

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

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 13 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: The Battle’s On To Save Mere Church
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette reporting on the threatened closure of St Matthew’s Church, Mere, 7th November 1980

Production:
    Date: 7.11.1980
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Reindorp, George
        Person Role: bishop
    Place:
        Parish: Salisbury
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Church of England

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 37 cm
Width: 19 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Six newspaper cuttings stuck onto card, all related to the threatened closure of St Matthew’s Church, Mere, 1980

Production:
    Date: 1980

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

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Save Our Church’ Bid Gathers Momentum
    Brief Description: Cutting, and duplicate, from the Salisbury Journal reporting on the threatened closure of St Matthew’s Church, Mere, 4th September 1980

Production:
    Date: 4.9.1980
    Person:
        Person Name: Hancock, Jon
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Salisbury Journal

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Matthew’s Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Guild of St Matthew’s

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 18.5 cm
Width: 9 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Three newspaper cuttings stuck onto card, all related to the threatened closure of St Matthew’s Church, Mere, 1980

Production:
    Date: 1980

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Reindorp, George
        Person Role: bishop
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Matthew’s Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Church of England

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 21.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: ‘Save Chapel’ Plea To The Queen
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Western Daily Press reporting on the threatened closure of St Matthew’s Church, Mere, 11th October 1980

Production:
    Date: 11.10.1980
    Person:
        Person Name: Humphrey, David
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Daily Press

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Reindorp, George
        Person Role: bishop
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Matthew’s Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Church of England

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 27 cm
Width: 12 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Parish Church Threat Brings A Village To Battle Stations
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Western Daily Press reporting on the threatened closure of St Matthew’s Church, Mere, 28th August 1980

Production:
    Date: 28.8.1980
    Person:
        Person Name: Humphrey, David
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Daily Press

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

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 28.5 cm
Width: 13 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Arts And Crafts Exhibition
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette reporting on the exhibition of local arts and crafts at the Lecture Hall, Mere, in aid of St Matthew’s Church Defence Fund, 28th August 1981

Production:
    Date: 28.8.1981
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Jones, G, Mrs
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: hall
            Site Name: Lecture Hall

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: St Matthew’s Church
    Event:
        Event Type: exhibition

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 25 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Annual Mere Exhibition Of Local Crafts
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette, and duplicate, reporting on the annual exhibition of local arts and crafts at the Lecture Hall, Mere, undated

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1950
        Date End: 1999
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Bristow, Leo, Bristow, Louise, Hooper, A, K, Mrs, Paul, Eileen, Mrs, Underwood, Edna, Mrs
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: hall
            Site Name: Lecture Hall

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: St Matthew’s Church
    Event:
        Event Type: exhibition

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 40 cm
Width: 15.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Worshippers Win The Day
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette, and duplicate, reporting on the campaign to keep St Matthew’s Church, Mere, officially open, 3rd February 1984

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

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

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

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 22 cm
Width: 18 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Church Guild
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette, and duplicate, a letter from the members of St Matthew’s Church Guild, Mere, explaining their remit, February 1984

Production:
    Date: 2.1984
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Association:
    Date:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Matthew’s Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Guild of St Matthew’s

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 3 cm
Width: 4.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Picture of Class of ’31 Brings Back Memories For Eileen
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting reporting on St Matthew’s Church exhibition and sale at the Lecture Hall, Mere, undated

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1960
        Date End: 1999

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Paul, Eileen, Hooper, Ada, Hunt, Nicola
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: hall
            Site Name: Lecture Hall

Association:
    Date:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: St Matthew’s Church
    Event:
        Event Type: exhibition

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 36 cm
Width: 20 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Festival Is Graced By Bishop
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Western Gazette reporting on the harvest festival service at St Matthew’s Church, Mere, and the attendance of the Bishop of Ramsbury, September 1990

Production:
    Date: 9.1990
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Vaughan, Peter, Rev, Read, Mr, Read, Mrs
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: church
            Site Name: St Matthew’s Church

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Ramsbury
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: harvest festival

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 19 cm
Width: 20 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Tribute To Martin Luther
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette reporting on a service at St Matthew’s Church, Mere, celebrating the 500th anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther and the baptism of James David Alexander Horton, 21st October 1983

Production:
    Date: 21.10.1983
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Luther, Martin
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Matthew’s Church
    Event:
        Event Type: anniversary

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 10 cm
Width: 4.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Wedding Is A First For Church
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Journal reporting on the first wedding to be officiated at St Matthew’s Church, Mere, 22nd May 2003

Production:
    Date: 22.5.2003
    Person:
        Person Name: Fricker, Liz
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Journal

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Stiles, Simon, Orchard, Mary, Stiles, Callum, Cundick, Angela, Linaker, David, Rev
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: church
            Site Name: St Matthew’s Church

Association:
    Event:
        Event Type: wedding

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 15 cm
Width: 29 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Here Comes The Bride-At Last!
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting reporting on the first wedding to be officiated at St Matthew’s Church, Mere, 17th May 2003

Production:
    Date: 17.5.2003
    Person:
        Person Name: Fricker, Liz
        Person Role: journalist

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Stiles, Simon, Orchard, Mary, Stiles, Callum, Cundick, Angela, Linaker, David, Rev
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: church
            Site Name: St Matthew’s Church

Association:
    Event:
        Event Type: wedding

Object location:  Box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 8 cm
Width: 16.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: magazine cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Bishop’s Visit
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on the harvest festival service at St Matthew’s Church, Mere, and the attendance of the Bishop of Ramsbury, undated

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1985
        Date End: 1999
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Neale, John, Rev
        Person Role: bishop
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Matthew’s Church
    Event:
        Event Type: harvest festival

Object location:  Box 25

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

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: society
    Classification: government
    Brief Description: Black and white photograph, copy, of election celebrations outside the Conservative Committee Room, Victoria Hall, Mere, 1949

Production:
    Date: 1949

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Lawrence, Brenda, Farthing, Carol, Lawrence, Adrienne, Deverill, Evelyn, Deverill, Christopher, Bristow, Sally, Coward, Fred, Mead, Arthur, Whittaker, Mrs, Coward, William, Dewey, Miss
    Place:
            Place Name: The Square
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: hall
            Site Name: Victoria Hall

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Grimston, Robert
        Person Role: member of parliament
    Place:
        Parish: Westbury
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Conservative Party
    Event:
        Event Type: election

Object location:  Box 24

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 11 cm
Width: 15.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: personalia
    Title: The Charltons Of Mere
    Brief Description: Booklet, ‘The Charltons Of Mere’ by Gillian Limbert, 2009

Production:
    Date: 2009
    Person:
        Person Name: Limbert, Gillian
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Spectrum

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Charlton family

Object location:  Box 24

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

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Five pages of letters relating to the Westcott family of Mere, 1983-2005

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1983
        Date End: 2005
    Person:
        Person Name: Westcott, Susan
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Westcott family

Object location:  Box 24

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

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Some Notes On The History Of Mere, Wilts
    Brief Description: Pale blue booklet, ‘Some Notes On The History Of Mere, Wilts’ by Thomas Henry Baker, read at a meeting of the Church League, Mere, 15th October 1907

Production:
    Date: 15.10.1907
    Person:
        Person Name: Baker, T, H
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Church League
    Event:
        Event Type: lecture

Object location:  Box 24

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

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Family tree and a letter from Michael Tighe to Mrs Joan Ball regarding the Wickham family of Mere, May 2000

Production:
    Date: 5.5.2000
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wickham family

Object location:  Box 24

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: society
    Classification: government
    Title: Election 1949
    Brief Description: Page of notes relating to the photograph of election celebrations outside the Conservative Committee Room, Victoria Hall, Mere, 1949

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1949
        Date End: 1950

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Grimston, Robert
        Person Role: member of parliament
    Place:
        Parish: Westbury
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Conservative Party
    Event:
        Event Type: election

Object location:  Box 24

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

Identification:
    Object name: magazine cutting
    Classification: local history
    Title: Memories Of Mere
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on various memories of Mere by residents, 26th March 1999

Production:
    Date: 26.3.1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Fricker, Liz
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Avery, Phil

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 24

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Title: Plaque Now Proclaims Mere’s Supremacy
    Brief Description: Cutting and duplicate from The Western Gazette reporting on Mere winning the Council For The Protection Of Rural England’s best kept village in Wiltshire award, 6th October 1967

Production:
    Date: 6.10.1967
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Content:
    Organisation:

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Council For The Protection Of Rural England
    Event:
        Event Type: competition
        Event Name: Best Kept Village Award

Object location:  Box 24

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 26 cm
Width: 16 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Coaching Route Silenced
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Western Gazette reporting on the change in traffic density within Mere after the A303 by-pass was built, c.1975

Production:
    Date: 1975
    Person:
        Person Name: Rutter, Joyce, Miss
        Person Role: photographer
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

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

Object location:  Box 24

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 25.5 cm
Width: 17 cm

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Ten pages of letters, notes and a family tree of the Webb family of Mere, 1996

Production:
    Date: 1996
    Person:
        Person Name: Crome, G, Mr
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Webb family

Object location:  Box 24

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

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: local history
    Title: Notes on the History of Mere
    Brief Description: Book with no covers, ‘Notes on the History of Mere’ by T H Baker, reprinted from the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, December 1897

Production:
    Date: 12.1897
    Person:
        Person Name: Baker, T, H
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 24

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 22 cm
Width: 14.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Title: Wiltshire’s Best Kept Village!
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on Mere winning the Council For The Protection Of Rural England’s best kept village in Wiltshire award, October 1992

Production:
    Date: 10.1992
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Walker, Jenny, Messer, Anthony, Brown, Michael

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Council For The Protection Of Rural England
    Event:
        Event Type: competition
        Event Name: Best Kept Village Award

Object location:  Box 24

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 14.5 cm
Width: 14 cm

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Two letters from Michael Tighe to unknown person relating to his custodianship of the Mere Parish Registers, 13th July 1998

Production:
    Date: 13.7.1998
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 24

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

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Four pages of letters and notes relating to Percy Winslow, thought to have been born in Mere in 1873, and the Winslow family, 1998

Production:
    Date: 1998
    Person:
        Person Name: Nicol-Holley, Jana
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Winslow, Percy
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Winslow family

Object location:  Box 24

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Title: John Aubrey, Antiquarian, Biographer And Discoverer Of Avebury
    Brief Description: Six illustrated pages of notes, ‘John Aubrey, Antiquarian, Biographer And Discoverer Of Avebury’, given as a talk to the Mere Historical Society by Gerry Cook, 23rd November 2010

Production:
    Date: 23.11.2010
    Person:
        Person Name: Cook, Gerry
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Aubrey, John
    Place:
        Parish: Avebury
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: stone circle
        Site Name: Avebury
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

Object location:  Box 24

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette, from the ‘News From The Past’ 100 years ago section, reporting on the Plymouth Brethren in Mere, 8th October 1976

Production:
    Date: 8.10.1976
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Association:
    Date:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Plymouth Brethren

Object location:  Box 24

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: local history
    Title: Enclosures Before 1821
    Brief Description: Four pages of handwritten notes by Joyce Rutter detailing the various Mere enclosures before 1821, undated

Production:
    Person:
        Person Name: Rutter, Joyce, Miss
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 24

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

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Some Notes On The History Of Mere, Wilts
    Brief Description: Pale blue booklet, ‘Some Notes On The History Of Mere, Wilts’ by Thomas Henry Baker, read at a meeting of the Church League, Mere, 15th October 1907

Production:
    Date: 15.10.1907
    Person:
        Person Name: Baker, T, H
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Church League
    Event:
        Event Type: lecture

Object location:  Box 24

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

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Four pages of letters and notes relating to the Woodford family of Mere, 1998

Production:
    Date: 1998
    Person:
        Person Name: Kolodziej, Pamela
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Woodford family

Object location:  Box 24

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

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere By Pen And Camera
    Brief Description: Thirty-two pages of a photocopied booklet, ‘Mere By Pen And Camera’, by A E Edmunds, an earlier version of MHS:1630, c.1914-1925

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1914
        Date End: 1925
    Person:
        Person Name: Edmunds, A, E, Mr
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 23A

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

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere By Pen And Camera
    Brief Description: Booklet, ‘Mere By Pen And Camera’ by A E Edmunds, owned by E W Doddington of Mere, c. 1930’s

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1930
        Date End: 1939
    Person:
        Person Name: Edmunds, A, E, Mr
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Doddington, E, W
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 23A

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 22 cm
Width: 14.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: guidebook
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere And Tisbury Rural District
    Brief Description: Small guidebook, ‘Mere And Tisbury Rural District’ by L Elgar Pike for Mere And Tisbury Rural District Council, c. early 1960’s

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1960
        Date End: 1965
    Person:
        Person Name: Pike, L, Elgar
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere And Tisbury Rural District Council

Object location:  box 23A

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

Identification:
    Object name: leaflet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere
    Brief Description: Green Tourist Information leaflet for Mere, pre 2002

Production:
    Date:
        Date End: 2002
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Salisbury District Council

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 23A

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Merely March Of Time
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Western Gazette, a comparison between a 1956 and 1977 photograph of Salisbury Street, Mere, 24th March 1977

Production:
    Date: 24.3.1977
    Person:
        Person Name: Golden, Andrew
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Content:
    Place:
            Place Name: Salisbury Street
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 23A

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 35 cm
Width: 17 cm

Identification:
    Object name: journal
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Journal No. 8 by Southampton University Industrial Archaeology Group which includes an article by Michael Tighe, ‘Industry In A Small Wiltshire Town’, 1999

Production:
    Date: 1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Southampton University Industrial Archaeology Group

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 23A

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: local history
    Title: Memories Of Old Mere
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Western Gazette, a letter from H J Maidment of Mere describing life in Mere in the early 20th century, 10th December 1976

Production:
    Date: 10.12.1976
    Person:
        Person Name: Maidment, H, J, Mr
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 24

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 30.5 cm
Width: 6.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette, from the ‘News From The Past’ 100 years ago section, reporting on a hot air balloon in Mere, 5th November 1976

Production:
    Date: 5.11.1976
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

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

Object location:  Box 24

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette, from the ‘News From The Past’ 100 years ago section, reporting on the discovery of human bones in Mere, 19th November 1976

Production:
    Date: 19.11.1976
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

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

Object location:  Box 24

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

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere
    Brief Description: Booklet, ‘Mere’, probably by Herbert Edmunds, c. 1930’s

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1930
        Date End: 1939
    Person:
        Person Name: Edmunds, Herbert
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 23A

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 18.5 cm
Width: 12.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: local history
    Title: Church Street
    Brief Description: Two pages of typed notes relating to Church Street, Mere, by Michael Tighe, 2002

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

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 24

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

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere By Pen And Camera
    Brief Description: Booklet, ‘Mere By Pen And Camera’ by Herbert H Edmunds, first edition, owned by R Standerwick of Mere, 1909

Production:
    Date: 1909
    Person:
        Person Name: Edmunds, Herbert
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Edmunds and Son

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 23A

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