Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Thirty-two pages of notes and letters relating to the Larkam family of Mere, compiled by Michael Tighe, 1994-1997

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1994
        Date End: 1997
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 15

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

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Twenty-five pages of notes, letters and family tree relating to the Jupe family of Mere , collated by Michael Tighe, 1999-2002

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1999
        Date End: 2002
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 16

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

Identification:
    Object name: drawing
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Six photocopied pages from William Lander’s notebook, Mere, Wiltshire

Production:
    Person:
        Person Name: Lander, William
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 16

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

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Thirty-eight pages of correspondence relating to the history of the Lander family from Mere, collated by Michael Tighe, 1998-2000

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1998
        Date End: 2000
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 16

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

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Twenty-nine pages of notes and letters relating to the Lander family history of Mere, compiled by Michael Tighe, 1995-1997

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1995
        Date End: 1997
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 16

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

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Twelve pages of letters and notes relating to the Lander and Toogood families of Mere, collated by Michael Tighe, 2003

Production:
    Date: 2003
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 15

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Thirty-four pages of letters and notes relating to the Larkam and Hartgill families of Mere, collated by Michael Tighe, 1988-1997

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1988
        Date End: 1997

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Larkam Family

Object location:  Box 15

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

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Thirty pages of letters, notes and photocopied prints relating to the Lander family of Mere, in particular William Lander, 1763-1843, collated by Michael Tighe, 1999-2003

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1999
        Date End: 2003
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1763
        Date End: 1843
    Person:
        Person Name: Lander, William
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Lander Family

Object location:  Box 15

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

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Seventeen pages of letters and notes relating to the Lander family of Mere, collated by Michael Tighe, 2001-2003

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 2001
        Date End: 2003
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 15

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

Identification:
    Object name: family tree
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Twenty pages of family trees relating to the Lander family of Mere, collated by Michael Tighe

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

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

Object location:  Box 16

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Twelve pages of notes on the Lander family of Mere by Sidney Lander of Nailsea, 1944

Production:
    Date: 1944
    Person:
        Person Name: Lander, Sidney
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 16

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

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Wiltshire Industrial Archaeology
    Brief Description: Booklet, ‘Wiltshire Industrial Archaeology’ containing an article on William Lander of Mere by H R Bristow, 1970

Production:
    Date: 1970
    Person:
        Person Name: Bristow, H, R
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Woodrow and Company

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1763
        Date End: 1843
    Person:
        Person Name: Lander, William
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Lander Family

Object location:  Box 16

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

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Twenty-five pages of letters and notes relating to the Jupe family of Mere, including copies of the last will of Henry Jupe, collated by Michael Tighe, 2005

Production:
    Date: 2005
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 16

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

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: The Story of Backwell Baptist Church
    Brief Description: Booklet, ‘The Story of Backwell Baptist Church’ by Peter Steel, with a mention of Isaiah Jupe from Mere, c.1994

Production:
    Date: 1994
    Person:
        Person Name: Steel, Peter
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Ian Thornley Printing

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Jupe, Isaiah
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Jupe Family

Object location:  Box 16

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

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Twenty pages of letters and notes relating to the Lander and Carey families of Mere, collated by Michael Tighe, 2006-2008

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 2006
        Date End: 2008
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 15

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Eleven pages of notes and letters relating to the Jupe family of Mere, 1984-1995

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1984
        Date End: 1995

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

Object location:  Box 16

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Sixteen pages of notes relating to the Jupe family of Mere, 25th January 1995

Production:
    Date: 25.1.1995

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

Object location:  Box 16

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Thirty-seven pages of notes and letters relating to the Jupe family of Mere, collated by Michael Tighe, 1973-1997

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1973
        Date End: 1997
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 16

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

Identification:
    Object name: family tree
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Fourteen pages of correspondence, notes and a family tree of the Lander family of Mere, collated by Michael Tighe, 2004-2006

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 2004
        Date End: 2006
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 16

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

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: personalia
    Title: West Knoyle Baptisms and Burials
    Brief Description: Large transcript list of the baptisms and burials of West Knoyle, 1608-1837, published by the Wiltshire Family History Society, 1994

Production:
    Date: 1994
    Person:
        Person Name: Ainge, Don
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire Family History Society

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1608
        Date End: 1837
    Place:
        Parish: West Knoyle
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 15

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

Identification:
    Object name: report
    Classification: personalia
    Title: The Mitchell Family of Mere
    Brief Description: Report, ‘ The Mitchell Family of Mere’ by Mervyn Mitchell, 1984

Production:
    Date: 1984
    Person:
        Person Name: Mitchell, Mervyn
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1767
        Date End: 1984
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mitchell Family

Object location:  Box 15

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

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: personalia
    Title: East Knoyle Baptisms and Burials
    Brief Description: Large transcript list of the baptisms and burials of East Knoyle, 1538-1837, published by the Wiltshire Family History Society, 1994-1995

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1994
        Date End: 1995
    Person:
        Person Name: Ainge, Don
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire Family History Society

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1538
        Date End: 1837
    Place:
        Parish: East Knoyle
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 15

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

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Thirty-three pages of letters and notes relating to the Long family of Mere, in particular William and Frederick Long, who lived and died in Australia, compiled by Michael Tighe, 1995-2000

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1995
        Date End: 2000
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Long, William
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Long Family

Object location:  Box 15

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Ten photocopied pages from various historic sources relating to the Long family of Mere

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

Object location:  Box 15

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Twenty-five pages of notes and photocopies relating to William Barnes, resident in Mere, collated by Michael Tighe, 1997

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

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Barnes, William
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Barnes Family

Object location:  Box 15

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

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: personalia
    Title: The Charltons of Mere
    Brief Description: Large printed booklet, ‘The Charltons of Mere’, written 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 14

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

Identification:
    Object name: map
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Eight annotated maps and plans, copies, showing the land once owned by the Down family, Mere

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

Object location:  Box 14

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

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Ten pages of notes and correspondence relating to the Edmunds family, collated by Michael Tighe, 2003

Production:
    Date: 2003
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 14

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Thirty-two pages of notes and letters relating to the Hooper family, compiled by Michael Tighe, 1996-2006

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1996
        Date End: 2006
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 14

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

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Letter from Gillian Doolittle to Michael Tighe, and his reply, regarding the history of the Charlton family, 2008

Production:
    Date: 2008
    Person:
        Person Name: Doolittle, Gillian
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 14

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Sixteen pages of notes and correspondence relating to the history of the Edmunds family, mainly Herbert Henry Edmunds of Mere, collated by Michael Tighe, 1997

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

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Edmunds, Henry, Herbert
        Person Role: chemist
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Edmunds Family

Object location:  Box 14

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Solid Year for Mere Carnival
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on the annual general meeting of the Mere Carnival Committee, January 2002

Production:
    Date: 1.2002
    Person:
        Person Name: Fricker, Liz
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Organisation:

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

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 18.5 cm
Width: 8 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Brief Description: Two pages from The Journal with numerous photographs, reporting on Mere Carnival, 18th September 1997

Production:
    Date: 18.9.1997
    Person:
        Person Name: Lawley, Katharine
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Journal

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Event:
        Event Type: carnival
        Event Name: Mere Carnival

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 40 cm
Width: 28 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Queen Crowned at Mere
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting reporting on the crowning of Mrs Maureen Portnall as Mere Carnival Queen, 1962

Production:
    Date: 1962

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Flower, Sylvia, Mrs, Portnall, Maureen, Mrs, Emmett, Janet, Miss, Lockyer, Valerie, Miss

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

Object location:  Box 13

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

Identification:
    Object name: newsletter
    Classification: events
    Title: Our News
    Brief Description: Large newsletter featuring articles on people in Mere and highlighting Mere Carnival, 1999

Production:
    Date: 1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Fricker, Liz
        Person Role: publisher
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Special Print

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Samways, Nicola

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

Object location:  Box 13

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: The Blackmore Vale’s Oldest Surviving Carnival Queen?
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting reporting on Joan White, Mere carnival queen in 1932, 24th August 2001

Production:
    Date: 24.8.2001
    Person:
        Person Name: Fricker, Liz
        Person Role: journalist

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: White, Joan
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Date:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Museum
    Event:
        Event Type: carnival
        Event Name: Mere Carnival

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 19.5 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: programme
    Classification: events
    Title: Mere Carnival Programme
    Brief Description: Blue programme detailing events for Mere Carnival, 1995

Production:
    Date: 1995
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Vicarage Street Print

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

Object location:  Box 13

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Mere Carnival Programme
    Brief Description: Two pages, with photographs, from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on Mere Carnival, 20th September 2002

Production:
    Date: 20.9.2002
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Event:
        Event Type: carnival
        Event Name: Mere Carnival

Object location:  Box 13

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Brief Description: Two cuttings from the Blackmore Vale Magazine showing colour photographs from Mere Carnival, 20th September 2002

Production:
    Date: 20.9.2002
    Person:
        Person Name: Head, Michael
        Person Role: photographer
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Event:
        Event Type: carnival
        Event Name: Mere Carnival

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 16.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: programme
    Classification: events
    Brief Description: One cast list and one illuminated introduction to a play celebrating Mere Castle, performed on Castle Hill, 30th May unknown year

Association:
    Date:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: hill
        Site Name: Castle Hill
    Event:
        Event Type: play

Object location:  Box 13

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Twenty-one pages of notes and letters relating to the Herridge family history compiled by Michael Tighe, 1999-2000

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1999
        Date End: 2000
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 14

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

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: personalia
    Title: The Story of The Forwards
    Brief Description: Typed book, ‘The Story of The Forwards’, a family history written by Gilbert Forward, 1976

Production:
    Date: 1976
    Person:
        Person Name: Forward, Gilbert
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 14

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Twenty-one pages, collated by Michael Tighe, of notes, letters and photocopies of newspaper articles relating to the murder of Nellie Hooper, originally from Mere, in Simla, India, July 1908

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1999
        Date End: 2000
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Hooper, Nellie
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Hooper Family

Object location:  Box 14

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

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: events
    Brief Description: Thirty-seven colour photographs taken during the celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of VJ Day, Mere, August 1995

Production:
    Date: 8.1995

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Event:
        Event Type: anniversary
        Event Name: 50th Anniversary of VJ Day

Object location:  Box 13

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on the pollarding of lime trees by Mere Clock Tower before Remembrance Sunday, 4th November 1992

Production:
    Date: 4.11.1992
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Walker, Chris
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: war memorial
            Site Name: Mere War Memorial

Association:
    Date:
    Event:
        Event Type: anniversary
        Event Name: Remembrance Sunday

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 17 cm
Width: 10.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: warfare and defence
    Brief Description: Thirty-seven pages of a register detailing the service during World War II of men and women with connections to Mere and who attended a reception in the Grove Buildings on 20th August 1995

Production:
    Date: 1995

Association:
    Date:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: hall
        Site Name: The Grove Building
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Parish Council
    Event:
        Event Type: anniversary
        Event Name: 50th Anniversary of VE Day

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 27.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: warfare and defence
    Title: 50 Years Ago, VE Day Memoirs
    Brief Description: Blue booklet, ’50 Years Ago, VE Day Memoirs’, contributed by the people of Zeals, 1995

Production:
    Date: 1995

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Zeals
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 13

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

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: events
    Brief Description: Twelve colour photographs taken during the celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of VE Day, Mere, May 1995

Production:
    Date: 5.1995

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Event:
        Event Type: anniversary
        Event Name: 50th Anniversary of VE Day

Object location:  Box 13

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

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: events
    Brief Description: Booklet detailing the service and ceremony of the handing over of the Roll of Honour of the 43rd Wessex Division to Salisbury Cathedral and the unveiling of the replica war memorial at Mere, undated

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: 43rd Wessex Division

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 19.5 cm
Width: 14.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: file
    Classification: events
    Brief Description: Blue/green paper file holding notes and correspondence relating to a commemoration of George Herbert, poet, held at Mere, 3rd March 1983

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

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Herbert, George
        Person Role: poet
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: anniversary
        Event Name: George Herbert Commemoration

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 30 cm
Width: 22.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: events
    Brief Description: Four assorted pages of notes relating to the plans to commemorate the 50th anniversary of VE Day, Mere, 1995

Production:
    Date: 1995

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Parish Council
    Event:
        Event Type: anniversary
        Event Name: 50th Anniversary of VE Day

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: A Day to Remember
    Brief Description: Cutting from the North Dorset Journal reporting on the various celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of VE Day in North Dorset, including those in Mere, 11th May 1995

Production:
    Date: 11.5.1995
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: North Dorset Journal

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Paris, Kathy, Brown, Giles

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: anniversary
        Event Name: 50th Anniversary of VE Day

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 14 cm
Width: 15.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Diamond Wedding at Mere
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Western Gazette reporting on the diamond wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs G Gray, Castle Street, Mere, 29th November 1957

Production:
    Date: 29.11.1957
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Gray, G, Mr, Gray, G, Mrs
    Place:
            Place Name: Castle Street
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Date:
    Event:
        Event Type: anniversary

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 28 cm
Width: 18.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: events
    Brief Description: Twenty-two pages of assorted correspondence and notes relating to the celebration of the 50th anniversary of VE Day, Mere, August 1995

Production:
    Date: 1995

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 19.8.1995
        Date End: 20.8.1995
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: hall
        Site Name: The Grove Building
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Parish Council
    Event:
        Event Type: anniversary
        Event Name: 50th Anniversary of VE Day

Object location:  Box 13

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Mother of Carnival Queen Wins Title, Too
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting reporting on a mother, Hazel Chase, and her daughter, Marlene Chase, taking part in Mere Carnival, September 1969

Production:
    Date: 9.1969

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Richens, I, Mrs, Chase, Hazel, Mrs, Boulter, E, Mrs, Steeds, Jack, Mr, Deverill, J, Mrs, Flower, Ian

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Chase, Marlene
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: carnival
        Event Name: Mere Carnival

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 32 cm
Width: 14.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Gift of Life
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Western Gazette reporting on the presentation of a resuscitation kit from Valerie Norris to Mere doctor’s surgery, 8th January 1988

Production:
    Date: 8.1.1988
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Price, Bill, Norris, Valerie, Norris, Tracey, Norris, Brett,

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Norris, Roland
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: surgery
        Site Name: Mere Surgery
    Event:
        Event Type: presentation

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 20 cm
Width: 13 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Brief Description: Cutting, mainly photograph, from the Western Gazette showing the Mere Carnival Queen, Marlene Chase, 20th September 1968

Production:
    Date: 20.9.1968
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: English, Diane, Chase, Marlene, James, Lynne, Johnson, Christopher,

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

Object location:  Box 13

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: D Day as David makes his own piece of history
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Salisbury Journal reporting on the retirement of Dr David Longbourne as curator of Mere Museum, July 2007

Production:
    Date: 7.2007
    Person:
        Person Name: Lawley, Katherine
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Salisbury Journal

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
    Place:
            Place Name: Church Street
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: museum
            Site Name: Mere Museum

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Hazzard, Clive
        Person Role: chair
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: hall
        Site Name: Grove Buildings
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society
    Event:
        Event Type: retirement

Object location:  Box 13

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

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: events
    Title: How We Kept The Jubilee In Mere
    Brief Description: Small booklet ‘ How We Kept The Jubilee In Mere’ relating the various celebrations that were organised for Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee in Mere, 1887

Production:
    Date: 1887
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: H H Edmunds

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Rutter, A, D
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: jubilee
        Event Name: Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria

Object location:  Box 13

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

Identification:
    Object name: poem
    Classification: events
    Title: Mere Jubilee Celebration
    Brief Description: Hand-written poem, ‘Mere Jubilee Celebration’ by Mrs H Edmunds celebrating the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria, 1887

Production:
    Date: 1887
    Person:
        Person Name: Edmunds, H, Mrs
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: jubilee
        Event Name: Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 32.5 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: events
    Title: How We Kept The Diamond Jubilee In Mere
    Brief Description: Small booklet ‘How We Kept The Jubilee In Mere’ relating the various celebrations that were organised for Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee in Mere, 1887

Production:
    Date: 1897
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: H H Edmunds

Association:
    Person:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: jubilee
        Event Name: Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 16.5 cm
Width: 12 cm

Identification:
    Object name: flyer
    Classification: events
    Title: Mere British School Bazaar
    Brief Description: Printed flyer for the Mere British School Bazaar, 11th and 12th June, 1913

Production:
    Date: 6.1913

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 11.6.1913
        Date End: 12.6.1913
    Person:
        Person Name: Clifford, Dr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: chapel
        Site Name: Mere Congregational Chapel
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere British School
    Event:
        Event Type: fete
        Event Name: Mere British School Bazaar

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 23 cm
Width: 17.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: programme
    Classification: events
    Title: Mere British School Bazaar
    Brief Description: Faded blue programme for Mere British School Bazaar, 11th and 12th June 1913

Production:
    Date: 6.1913

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 11.6.1913
        Date End: 12.6.1913
    Person:
        Person Name: Clifford, Dr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: hall
        Site Name: Mere Lecture Hall
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere British School
    Event:
        Event Type: fete
        Event Name: Mere British School Bazaar

Object location:  Box 13

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

Identification:
    Object name: programme
    Classification: events
    Brief Description: Dark pink programme for a bazaar to be held for proceeds in aid of Mere and Zeals British Schools, 13th July 1905

Production:
    Date: 13.7.1905

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: hall
        Site Name: Mere Lecture Hall
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere British School
    Event:
        Event Type: fete
        Event Name: Mere and Zeals British Schools Bazaar

Object location:  Box 13

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: events
    Brief Description: Six pages of handwritten notes for a speech by Miss D E Wright, secretary of the Editing Committee in 1974, regarding the book ‘The Story of Mere’, 6th December 1974

Production:
    Date: 6.12.1974
    Person:
        Person Name: Wright, D, E, Miss
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Story of Mere Editing Committee

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 20.5 cm
Width: 16 cm

Identification:
    Object name: magazine cutting
    Classification: events
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine showing a colour photograph from Mere Carnival, featuring the ‘Merely Tipplers’, 21st September 2007

Production:
    Date: 21.9.2007
    Person:
        Person Name: Male, Laura
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Hailes, Bridget, Varney, Rebecca, Osborne, Maureen

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

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 16.5 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: magazine cutting
    Classification: events
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine, report and colour photographs from Mere Carnival, 21st September 2007

Production:
    Date: 21.9.2007
    Person:
        Person Name: Male, Laura
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Callow, Becky, Fry, Hilary, Cross, Sally

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

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 20 cm

Identification:
    Object name: magazine cutting
    Classification: events
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine, report and colour photographs from Mere Carnival, 21st September 2007

Production:
    Date: 21.9.2007
    Person:
        Person Name: Male, Laura
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Melville, Jasmine, Sivell, Mark, Sivell, Gemma, Berry, Charlotte, Merx, Hannah, Phillips, Charlotte
    Event:

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

Object location:  Box 13

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Daily Telegraph reporting on a British Airways jet that crash-landed at Heathrow airport. The pilot, John Coward, who safely landed the plane, was born at Mere Down Farm, Mere, January 2008

Production:
    Date: 19.1.2008
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Daily Telegraph

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Coward, John, Burkill, Peter, Eaton-Mercer, Sharron

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Harmondsworth
        County: Greater London
        Locality Type: airport
        Site Name: Heathrow Airport
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: British Airways
    Event:
        Event Type: accident

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 57.5 cm
Width: 37 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Mother’s Pride for Hero Pilot Son
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine, reporting on a British Airways jet that crash-landed at Heathrow airport. The article interviews Myrene Coward, the mother of pilot John Coward, who safely landed the plane, and who was born at Mere Down Farm, Mere, January 2008

Production:
    Date: 1.2008
    Person:
        Person Name: Fricker, Liz
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Coward, Myrene
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: farm
            Site Name: Mere Down Farm

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Harmondsworth
        County: Greater London
        Locality Type: airport
        Site Name: Heathrow Airport
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: British Airways
    Event:
        Event Type: accident

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 15.5 cm
Width: 20 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: My Son John Was Heathrow Hero
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Salisbury Journal, reporting on a British Airways jet that crash-landed at Heathrow airport. The article interviews Myrene Coward, the mother of pilot John Coward, who safely landed the plane, and who was born at Mere Down Farm, Mere, January 2008

Production:
    Date: 24.1.2008
    Person:
        Person Name: Harding, Jill
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Salisbury Journal

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Coward, John

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Harmondsworth
        County: Greater London
        Locality Type: airport
        Site Name: Heathrow Airport
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: British Airways
    Event:
        Event Type: accident

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 31.5 cm
Width: 28.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Pan Handlers
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Western Gazette, reporting on the exhibition ‘Hearth And Home, Home And Country’ at Mere Museum, 13th November 2008

Production:
    Date: 13.11.2008
    Person:
        Person Name: Fricker, Liz
        Person Role: photographer
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Herbert, Kathy, Burden, Molly, Martin, Dorothy, Cox, Rosemary, Bourne, Barbara, Tanner, Georgina, Wilding, Jenny, Longbourne, David, Birch, Sue

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: museum
        Site Name: Mere Museum
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Museum
    Event:
        Event Type: exhibition
        Event Name: Hearth And Home, Home And Country

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 16 cm
Width: 12.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Dr Longbourne Retires From The Museum
    Brief Description: Cutting, and duplicate, from the Blackmore Vale Magazine, reporting on the retirement of Dr David Longbourne as curator of Mere Museum, 6th July 2007

Production:
    Date: 6.7.2007
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Lee, Bruce, Cooper, Anthony, Glide, Hillary, Matthewman, Colin, Hazzard, Clive, Longbourne, Margaret, Longbourne, David, Wilding, Jenny, Richardson, Win, Anderson, Colin, Spackman, Jenny
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: hall
            Site Name: Grove Buildings

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Museum
    Event:
        Event Type: retirement

Object location:  Box 13

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

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: events
    Brief Description: Colour photograph, copy, taken during the retirement party for Dr David Longbourne, former curator of Mere Museum, 6th July 2007

Production:
    Date: 6.7.2007

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Lee, Bruce, Cooper, Anthony, Glide, Hillary, Matthewman, Colin, Hazzard, Clive, Longbourne, Margaret, Longbourne, David, Wilding, Jenny, Richardson, Win, Anderson, Colin, Spackman, Jenny
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: hall
            Site Name: Grove Buildings

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Museum
    Event:
        Event Type: retirement

Object location:  Box 13

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: New Showcases for Mere Museum
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine, reporting on the acquisition of new display cases for Mere Museum, 22nd February 2008

Production:
    Date: 22.2.2008
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Wilding, Jenny, Longbourne, David
    Place:
            Place Name: Church Street
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: museum
            Site Name: Mere Museum

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Pilgrim Trust

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 12.5 cm
Width: 12 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Mere Skittles Champions
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting, mainly photograph, showing the Walnut B Team, champions of the Mere and District Skittles League, pictured inside the Walnut Tree inn, Mere, probably 1960’s

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1960
        Date End: 1969

Content:
    Organisation:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: inn
            Site Name: Walnut Tree

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Matthews, Frayne, Mr
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere and District Skittles League
    Event:
        Event Type: presentation

Object location:  Box 13

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Mere Sale And Garden Party A Big Success
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting reporting on the annual summer sale and garden party for Mere Congregational Church, held in the grounds of Dewes House, Mere, late 1960’s or early 1970’s

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1967
        Date End: 1973

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Taylor, Janet, Pinder, Mrs, Pester, Keith, Phillips, Idris

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: house
        Site Name: Dewes House
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Congregational Church
    Event:
        Event Type: garden party

Object location:  Box 13

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Coming of Age Show at Mere
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting reporting on Mere Chrysanthemum Society’s 21st annual show, c. 1971

Production:
    Date: 1971

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Youings, K, W, Mr, Youings, Mrs, Webber, H, Mr, Preston-Thomas, R, Rev

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Chrysanthemum Society
    Event:
        Event Type: show
        Event Name: Mere Chrysanthemum Show

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 28 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Mere Celebrates Festival
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Western Gazette reporting on a week of events in Mere, celebrating the Festival of Britain, 20th July 1951

Production:
    Date: 20.7.1951
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: festival
        Event Name: Festival of Britain

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 43.5 cm
Width: 4.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Five Days Of Festivities In A Royal Manor
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting, probably from the Western Gazette, reporting on five days of festivities at Mere for the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, June 1977

Production:
    Date: 6.1977
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Content:
    Event:
    Place:
            Place Name: The Green
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Seventeenth Century Pageant Committee
    Event:
        Event Type: silver jubilee
        Event Name: Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 32 cm
Width: 20 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Mere
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting reporting on the publication of a book, The Story of Mere’, based on a Mere Women’s Institute scrapbook, 1958

Production:
    Date: 1958

Association:
    Date:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Women’s Institute

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 15.5 cm
Width: 5.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: magazine cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Rolling Out The Barrel At Mere
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting, mainly photograph, from the Blackmore Vale Magazine, showing the under 16 football team in fancy dress embarking on a sponsored wheelbarrow push around Mere, 23rd November 2001

Production:
    Date: 23.11.2001
    Person:
        Person Name: Head, Michael
        Person Role: photographer
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Organisation:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Event:
        Event Type: fundraising
        Event Name: BBC Children in Need Appeal

Object location:  Box 13

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

Identification:
    Object name: programme
    Classification: events
    Brief Description: Printed programme detailing the Act of Covenant between the congregational churches of Mere and Shaftesbury and the induction of the Rev James Howard Handley to Mere Congregational Church, 2nd September 1971

Production:
    Date: 2.9.1971

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Handley, James, Howard, Rev
        Person Role: minister
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: Mere Congregational Church

Object location:  Box 13

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: The Stourhead Fire
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Wilts County Mirror and Express, reporting on the fire at Stourhead, April 1902

Production:
    Date: 1902
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wilts County Mirror and Express

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Humby, John, T
        Person Role: firefighter
    Place:
        Parish: Stourton with Gasper
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: country house
        Site Name: Stourhead
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Voluntary Fire Brigade
    Event:
        Event Type: fire
        Event Name: Stourhead fire

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 30 cm
Width: 7 cm

Identification:
    Object name: quotation
    Classification: events
    Brief Description: Typed estimate from printers T H Brickell and Son for printing and binding 500 copies of the book ‘The Story of Mere’, 21st May 1958

Production:
    Date: 21.5.1958
            Parish: Gillingham
            County: Dorset
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: T H Brickell and Son

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Morris, E, M, Mrs
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 13

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

Identification:
    Object name: poster
    Classification: events
    Title: The Story Of Mere
    Brief Description: Black and white poster with photograph advertising the oncoming publishing of the book, based on a Mere Women’s Institute scrapbook, ‘The Story of Mere’, 1958

Production:
    Date: 1958
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Crown Printing Works

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Women’s Institute

Object location:  Box 13

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

Identification:
    Object name: flyer
    Classification: events
    Title: The Story Of Mere
    Brief Description: Two typed flyers, one annotated, advertising a public meeting concerning the publication of the book ‘The Story of Mere’, held at the lecture hall and displaying various artefacts and documents related to the book, 12th November 1958

Production:
    Date: 1958
    Person:
        Person Name: Morris, E, M, Mrs
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: hall
        Site Name: Mere Lecture Hall
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Women’s Institute
    Event:
        Event Type: meeting

Object location:  Box 13

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Story of a Small Town
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Western Gazette reporting on the publication of a book, ‘The Story of Mere’, based on a Mere Women’s Institute scrapbook, 28th November 1958

Production:
    Date: 28.11.1958
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Association:
    Date:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Women’s Institute

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 58 cm
Width: 5.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: pamphlet
    Classification: events
    Title: Devastating Floods In Dorset and Somerset
    Brief Description: Pamphlet, compiled from reports taken from the Western Gazette, reporting on the thunderstorm and great rains of 28th-29th June, resulting in floods throughout Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire and the overflow of Stourton Lake, Stourhead

Production:
    Date: 6.7.1917
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 28.6.1917
        Date End: 29.6.1917
    Place:
        Parish: Stourton with Gasper
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: lake
        Site Name: Stourton Lake
    Event:
        Event Type: flood

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29 cm
Width: 22 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Dorchester Journal and Gazette, reporting on the fire at Stourhead, 16th April 1902

Production:
    Date: 16.4.1902
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Dorchester Journal and Gazette

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Humby, John, T
        Person Role: firefighter
    Place:
        Parish: Stourton with Gasper
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: country house
        Site Name: Stourhead
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Voluntary Fire Brigade
    Event:
        Event Type: fire
        Event Name: Stourhead fire

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 43 cm
Width: 7 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Married 50 Years
    Brief Description: Newspaper article reporting on the golden wedding of Mr and Mrs H A Riddick of West Knoyle, 1957

Production:
    Date: 1957

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1907
        Date End: 1957
    Person:
        Person Name: Riddick, H, A, Mr
    Place:
        Parish: West Knoyle
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: house
        Site Name: Old Rectory Cottage
    Event:
        Event Type: golden wedding

Object location:  Box 19

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 28 cm
Width: 5.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Together For 50 Years
    Brief Description: Newspaper article reporting on the golden wedding of Mr and Mrs Phane Riddick of Mere, undated

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Riddick, Phane, Mr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: golden wedding

Object location:  Box 19

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Late Mrs A Riddick
    Brief Description: Newspaper article reporting on the death of Mrs Ann Riddick, undated

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Riddick, Ann, Mrs
    Place:
        Parish: West Knoyle
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: death

Object location:  Box 19

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 8.5 cm
Width: 5.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Newspaper article reporting on the marriage of Miss J Toogood and Mr P Riddick at West Knoyle, undated

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Riddick, P, Mr
        Person Role: bridegroom
    Place:
        Parish: West Knoyle
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: wedding

Object location:  Box 19

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 6.5 cm
Width: 7 cm

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: personalia
    Title: William Barnes 1886-1986
    Brief Description: Dorset Festival handbook, ‘William Barnes 1886-1986’, published by the William Barnes Society, 1986

Production:
    Date: 1986
    Person:
        Person Name: Jones, Bernard
        Person Role: editor
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: William Barnes Society

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

Object location:  Box 19

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

Identification:
    Object name: pamphlet
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Notes On Sir Richard Baker, The Chronicler
    Brief Description: Small pamphlet, ‘Notes On Sir Richard Baker, The Chronicler’, with handwritten inscription on cover ‘To John Shalton in memory of Thomas Henry Baker’, undated

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Baker, Richard
    Place:
        Parish: Middle Aston
        County: Oxfordshire

Object location:  Box 19

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 20 cm
Width: 13 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Mitchell, A Family History 1767-2002
    Brief Description: Fifty-six pages of family history for the Mitchell family of Kington Magna, Milborne Wick, Gillingham, Mere and West Knoyle, compiled by Douglas Mitchell 1970-2002

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1970
        Date End: 2002
    Person:
        Person Name: Mitchell, Douglas
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 19

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper article
    Classification: events
    Title: The Diamond Jubilee Approach To Castle Hill
    Brief Description: Photocopy from an unknown newspaper reporting on the new approach to Castle Hill, Mere, commemorating the Diamond Jubilee of 1897 and opened by Percy Wyndham

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Wyndham, Percy
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: hill
        Site Name: Castle Hill
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Diamond Jubilee Committee
    Event:
        Event Type: diamond jubilee
        Event Name: Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 15 cm
Width: 7.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notice
    Classification: events
    Brief Description: Typed notice giving details of the forthcoming celebrations in Mere on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, dated 25th February 1977

Production:
    Date: 25.2.1977
    Person:
        Person Name: Williams, R, Mr
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Silver Jubilee Committee
    Event:
        Event Type: silver jubilee
        Event Name: Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II

Object location:  Box 13

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Mere Plans Jubilee Events
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting reporting on the planned events in Mere for the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, 1977

Production:
    Date: 1977

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Silver Jubilee Committee
    Event:
        Event Type: silver jubilee
        Event Name: Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II

Object location:  Box 13

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 20.5 cm
Width: 5 cm