Publications

THE BOOK OF MERE – Portrait of a Wiltshire Town by Dr David Longbourne

The Book of Mere tells the story of a close-knit friendly community covering every aspect of local life down through the years, from schooling and shopping, through entertainment and sport, to work and worship – in times of hardship and poverty, and wealth and prosperity. (160 pages). First published in 2004 Halsgrove Parish History Series

THE MERE PAPERS

A series of papers, privately published by Michael Tighe in aid of the Friends of St Michael the Archangel, Mere, to assist in the study of the history of Mere and its surroundings. Published over five years between 2000 – 2004.

There is a full set in the Library and some are available in the church to purchase.

No.1 – Historians of Mere; Mere in 1851
No.2 – Waltons of Mere
No.3 – Silver Threads – a study of the textile industries of Mere
No.4 – Death and Life in Tudor and Stuart Mere; Edge Tool making and the Down family
No.5 – The Inns of Mere
No.6 – The Doctors of Mere & Mere Chemists & the Edmunds family
No.7 – The domestic buildings of Mere, An introduction; the Goldsbroughs of Mere, farmers, weavers publicans and homeopaths
No.8 – Congregationalism in Mere
No.9 – Enclosure! – the changed face of Mere
No.10 – The Early Days; T.H.Baker, a bibliography
No.11 – Beer, Bacon, Milk and Wine; The Demon Drink
No.12 – The Dean’s Farm, a study of the church lands
No.13 – Woodlands and the Dodingtons
No.14 – Millennial Miscellany
No. 15 – A look at Church Street
No.16 – A church Recovered
No.17 – Downstairs in Mere
No.18 – The Hill Brush Company
No.19 – The History of the Church of St Michael the Archangel Mere, Wiltshire

MERE MUSEUM MONOGRAPHS

No.2 Mere Castle by Sonia Casssell
No.4 Memorial to 43rd Wessex Division by J.E. All brook
No.5 The Silk Industry of Mere bu M.F. Tighe
No 6. Mere Union Workhouse by Elizabeth and Mary Sidwell
No 9. William Lander, Brazier, Mere 1763 – 1843 by H.R.Bristow

WALKS

  • A Mere Meander, a historical trail around Mere by David Hope 
  • Mere Buildings and People by David Hope and Janet Way (2009)