Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting of a photograph showing the lack of water in the Waterside, Mere, following pumping by the West Wiltshire Water Board, 1969

Production:
    Date: 1969

Content:
    Place:
            Place Name: Waterside
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: river
            Site Name: River Shreen

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: West Wiltshire Water Board

Object location:  Box 12

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 12 cm
Width: 14 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Classification: nature
    Title: Take Time, To Discover The Ancient Secrets Of Selwood Forest
    Brief Description: Article from a newspaper reporting on the ancient Forest of Selwood, including a mention of Mere, undated

Production:
    Person:
        Person Name: Whitlock, Ralph
        Person Role: journalist

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 12

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 30 cm
Width: 14.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: environment
    Title: The Construction of a Footpath, Summer 1980
    Brief Description: Booklet, with related letters and photographs, compiled to show the suggestion and subsequent creation by Derick Behrens of a new footpath, south of Ashfield Water, Mere, 1980

Production:
    Date: 1980
    Person:
        Person Name: Behrens, Derick
        Person Role: author

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: footpath

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Parish Council

Object location:  Box 12

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

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Title: The History of East Knoyle School
    Brief Description: Red book, ‘The History of East Knoyle School’ by Edith Young, November 1984

Production:
    Date: 11.1984
    Person:
        Person Name: Young, Edith
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
    Place:
        Parish: East Knoyle
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: school
        Site Name: East Knoyle School

Object location:  Box 11

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 20.5 cm
Width: 14.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Brief Description: Three letters and background notes relating to the history of the British School, Mere, 1997

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

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: school
        Site Name: British School

Object location:  Box 11

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

Identification:
    Object name: plan
    Classification: archaeology
    Brief Description: Plan of Avebury, undated

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Avebury
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: henge
        Site Name: Avebury

Object location:  Box 12

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

Identification:
    Object name: plan
    Classification: archaeology
    Brief Description: Plan of Woodhenge, undated

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Durrington
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: henge
        Site Name: Woodhenge

Object location:  Box 12

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

Identification:
    Object name: plan
    Classification: archaeology
    Brief Description: Plan of Stonehenge, undated

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Amesbury
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: henge
        Site Name: Stonehenge

Object location:  Box 12

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

Identification:
    Object name: list
    Classification: archaeology
    Title: Iron Age Hill Forts In Wiltshire
    Brief Description: Alphabetical list of Iron Age hill forts in Wiltshire

Association:
    Place:
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: hill fort

Object location:  Box 12

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

Identification:
    Object name: plan
    Classification: archaeology
    Title: Three Types of Long Barow
    Brief Description: Annotated plan of three types of long barrow

Association:
    Place:
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: long barrow

Object location:  Box 12

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Title: Mere And Those ‘Rose-Coloured Spectacles’
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Western Gazette letters page, from R P Coward of the Hill Brush Company concerning water at Burton Mill, 11th December 1970

Production:
    Date: 11.12.1970
    Person:
        Person Name: Coward, R, P
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: river
        Site Name: Burton River
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: West Wiltshire Water Board

Object location:  Box 12

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 19 cm
Width: 6 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Title: Renewal Of Water Licence Opposed
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Western Gazette concerning a Mere parish meeting resisting the plans of the West Wiltshire Water Board to extend its temporary licence for abstraction of water, 15th February 1974

Production:
    Date: 15.2.1974
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: river
        Site Name: Burton River
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: West Wiltshire Water Board
    Event:
        Event Type: meeting

Object location:  Box 12

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper
    Classification: agriculture
    Title: The Edinburgh Advertiser
    Brief Description: Original newspaper, ‘The Edinburgh Advertiser’, with an article pleading for a bounty on flax growing, December 1766

Production:
    Date: 12.1766
    Person:
        Person Name: Donaldson, Alexander
        Person Role: printer
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Edinburgh Advertiser

Object location:  Box 12

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 27 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Title: Beauty Spot At Mere Now Pumped Nearly Dry
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Western Gazette, reporting on the twenty one days of extra water pumping by West Wiltshire Water Board, leaving the upper reaches of the River Shreen nearly dry, Mere, 25th July 1969

Production:
    Date: 25.7.1969
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: river
        Site Name: River Shreen
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: West Wiltshire Water Board

Object location:  Box 12

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

Identification:
    Object name: magazine cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting with black and white photograph from the Blackmore Vale Magazine, reporting on an exhibition at Mere Museum concerning the history of the schools in Mere, July 2008

Production:
    Date: 7.2008
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Fricker, Dorothy, Wilding, Jenny, Flower, Evelyn, Richardson, Win, Longbourne, David, Dr, Deverill, Christopher, Loxton, Paula, Gatehouse, Michael

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: school
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Museum
    Event:
        Event Type: exhibition

Object location:  Box 11

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

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Brief Description: Photocopy of a black and white photograph, the interior of a classroom, Dark Lane Infant’s School, Mere, c.1959

Production:
    Date: 1959

Content:
    Place:
            Place Name: Dark Lane
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: school
            Site Name: Dark Lane Infant School

Object location:  Box 11

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 16 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Title: Why Are These Schools Under Threat?
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting reporting on Wiltshire County Council’s recommendation that Kilmington, Zeals and Mere First Schools and Duchy Manor Middle School should close, 21st January 1994

Production:
    Date: 21.1.1994

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Horner, Vicky, Faber, David, Sleigh, Tom, Catton, Robert

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: school
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire County Council

Object location:  Box 11

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 28 cm
Width: 9.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Brief Description: Photocopy of a black and white photograph, exterior of Dark Lane Infant’s School, Mere, c.1959

Production:
    Date: 1959

Content:
    Place:
            Place Name: Dark Lane
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: school
            Site Name: Dark Lane Infant School

Object location:  Box 11

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Title: MP Visits Schools
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting reporting on Wiltshire County Council’s recommendation that Kilmington, Zeals and Mere First Schools and Duchy Manor Middle School should close, 20th January 1994

Production:
    Date: 20.1.1994

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Horner, Vicky, Faber, David, Sleigh, Tom, Catton, Robert

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: school
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire County Council

Object location:  Box 11

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 11 cm

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Brief Description: Photocopy of a black and white photograph, the interior of a classroom, Dark Lane Infant’s School, Mere, c.1959

Production:
    Date: 1959

Content:
    Place:
            Place Name: Dark Lane
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: school
            Site Name: Dark Lane Infant School

Object location:  Box 11

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 14 cm
Width: 17.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: magazine
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Title: Double Duchy
    Brief Description: Twenty five page school magazine, ‘Double Duchy’, for Duchy Manor School, Mere, produced for the autumn term, 1966

Production:
    Date: 1966
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Double Duchy

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: school
        Site Name: Duchy Manor School

Object location:  Box 11

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

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Brief Description: Photocopy of a black and white photograph, the cloakroom, Dark Lane Infant’s School, Mere, c.1959

Production:
    Date: 1959

Content:
    Place:
            Place Name: Dark Lane
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: school
            Site Name: Dark Lane Infant School

Object location:  Box 11

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 14.5 cm
Width: 17.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: magazine cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Title: Mere’s Young And Old United By Healthy Eating
    Brief Description: Magazine cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine, reporting on the links between Fives Court residential home and Mere School through a healthy eating scheme, 2008

Production:
    Date: 2008
    Person:
        Person Name: Fricker, Liz
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Hill, Sarah
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: old people’s home
        Site Name: Fives Court
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere School

Object location:  Box 11

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 17.5 cm
Width: 12.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: survey
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Brief Description: Six pages of plans and sections, a survey of Dark Lane Infant’s School, Mere, March 1973

Production:
    Date: 3.1973
    Person:
        Person Name: Townrow, S
        Person Role: architect

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: school
            Site Name: Dark Lane Infant School

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire County Council

Object location:  Box 11

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 2.5 cm
Width: 42 cm

Identification:
    Object name: plan
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Brief Description: Copy of a plan of Mere National School, Mere, c. 1929

Production:
    Date: 1929

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: school
            Site Name: National School

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Museum

Object location:  Box 11

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 40 cm
Width: 29.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: plan
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Brief Description: Copy of a plan of Mere National School, Mere, c. 1929

Production:
    Date: 1929

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: school
            Site Name: National School

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Museum

Object location:  Box 11

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 40 cm
Width: 29.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Brief Description: Pale blue exercise book, with the history of education in Mere handwritten inside, author unknown

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: school

Object location:  Box 11

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 20 cm
Width: 16 cm

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Title: Mere British School, Christmas 1910
    Brief Description: Pale brown book, with many local trade advertisements, containing information about the history of the British School, Mere, December 1910

Production:
    Date: 1910
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Edmunds and Sons

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: school
        Site Name: British School

Object location:  Box 11

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 24.5 cm
Width: 18.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Title: Mere British School Jubilee
    Brief Description: Small, pale green booklet, three duplicates, containing a short history by John Farley Rutter, of the British School, Mere, 1890

Production:
    Date: 1890
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: H H Edmunds

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: school
        Site Name: British School
    Event:
        Event Type: jubilee

Object location:  Box 11

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Brief Description: Photocopy of a letter, mounted on pale green paper, from William Burnham to Mr and Mrs Coward concerning the retirement of Mr and Mrs Angrave and the discontinuing of their school at Salisbury House, Mere, March 1912

Production:
    Date: 3.1912
    Person:
        Person Name: Burnham, William
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Coward, Mr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: school
        Site Name: Salisbury House School
    Event:
        Event Type: retirement

Object location:  Box 11

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Brief Description: Photocopy of notes, mounted on pale green paper, confirming that Headmaster A Angrave left Salisbury House School in 1912

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Angrave, A, Mr
        Person Role: teacher
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: school
        Site Name: Salisbury House School
    Event:
        Event Type: retirement

Object location:  Box 11

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Title: Top Class
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting with colour photograph from the Western Gazette, reporting on the improvement of Mere Primary School, c. 2003

Production:
    Date: 2003
    Person:
        Person Name: Fricket, Liz
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Williamson, Catriona, Mrs

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: school
        Site Name: Mere Primary School

Object location:  Box 11

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 18.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Title: Former Head at Mere
    Brief Description: Newspaper obituary for Mr Arthur Cecil Wardle, former headmaster of Mere Secondary School, 3rd March 1969

Production:
    Date: 3.3.1969

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1939
        Date End: 1957
    Person:
        Person Name: Wardle, Arthur, Cecil
        Person Role: teacher
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: school
        Site Name: Mere Secondary School
    Event:
        Event Type: death

Object location:  Box 11

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Title: Mere’s School History Brought To Life
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting with colour photograph from The Warminster Journal, reporting on an exhibition at Mere Museum concerning the history of the schools in Mere, July 2008

Production:
    Date: 7.2008
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Warminster Journal

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Fricker, Dorothy, Wilding, Jenny, Flower, Evelyn, Richardson, Win, Longbourne, David, Dr, Deverill, Christopher, Loxton, Paula, Gatehouse, Michael

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: school
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Museum
    Event:
        Event Type: exhibition

Object location:  Box 11

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 22.5 cm
Width: 16 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Brief Description: Small newspaper cutting from the Western Gazette, taken from the ‘News from the Past’ section, reporting on the construction of the school room by the Primitive Methodists at the back of their chapel, Mere, the foundation stone laid by J Farley Rutter, 12th April 1974

Production:
    Date: 12.4.1974
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Rutter, J, Farley, Mr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: school

Object location:  Box 11

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 3.5 cm
Width: 6.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Christmas Card Scene
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Western Gazette, showing Mere in heavy snow, 27th January 1977

Production:
    Date: 27.1.1977
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Event:
        Event Type: snow

Object location:  Box 10

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 14 cm
Width: 18 cm

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Mere by Pen and Camera
    Brief Description: Booklet, ‘Mere by Pen and Camera’ by Herbert H Edmunds, a short illustrated history of Mere and the surrounding district, c. 1900

Production:
    Date: 1900
    Person:
        Person Name: Edmunds, Herbert, H
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Edmunds And Sons

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: leaflet
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Typed leaflet exploring the article by William Barnes on St Michael’s Church, Mere, which was published in the Gentleman’s Magazine in April, 1832

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Barnes, William
        Person Role: poet
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Gentleman’s Magazine

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: report
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: The Chantry, Mere
    Brief Description: Typed, three page paper entitled ‘The Chantry, Mere’, written by Dr W A Pantin and read to the Mere Historical Society within The Chantry, November 1972

Production:
    Date: 1972
    Person:
        Person Name: Pantin, W, A, Dr
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: chantry house
        Site Name: The Chantry
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society
    Event:
        Event Type: lecture

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: plan
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Photocopy of a plan of The Chantry, Mere, showing it as Mere Academy, the school that William Barnes ran, 1827-1835

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1827
        Date End: 1835

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: school
            Site Name: Mere Academy

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Barnes, William
        Person Role: teacher
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: chantry house
        Site Name: The Chantry

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: extract
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: The Chantry, Mere, Wiltshire
    Brief Description: Photocopied extract from ‘Medieval Archaeology Vol III, 1959’, exploring the history of The Chantry, Mere

Production:
    Date: 1959
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Medieval Archaeology, Volume III

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: chantry house
        Site Name: The Chantry

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Closing Of Home
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Western Gazette, reporting on the closure of Castle House, Mere, used as a children’s home for the last eighteen years, 1st May 1964

Production:
    Date: 1.5.1964
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: children’s home
            Site Name: Castle House

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

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Typed letter from Dr Owen Hart to Colin Mitchell concerning the history of Castle House, Mere, 1st December 1975

Production:
    Date: 1.12.1975
    Person:
        Person Name: Hart, Owen, Dr
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Matthews, Gladys
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: house
        Site Name: Castle House

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: magazine cutting
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Mere
    Brief Description: Two pages of the Visitor, featuring an article on Mere accompanied by local Mere advertisements, c. 1985-1989

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1985
        Date End: 1989
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Visitor

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: A Town Goes On Parade
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting of two photographs, probably from the ‘Then and Now’ section of the newspaper, showing Castle Street, Mere, photographed c. 1914 and c. 1980

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1914
        Date End: 1980

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

Object location:  Box 10

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 23 cm
Width: 17 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Title: Great Days At School Are Remembered
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Western Gazette, with colour photographs of pupils and teachers from Duchy Manor Middle School, Mere, 29th July 2004

Production:
    Date: 29.7.2004
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: school
            Site Name: Duchy Manor Middle School

Object location:  Box 11

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 39 cm
Width: 30 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Title: The Full Texts Of School Reminiscences
    Brief Description: Twenty four pages of typed reminiscences by former pupils and teaching staff from the various schools in Mere, 1900’s to 1980’s

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1900
        Date End: 1989
    Person:
        Person Name: Croome, Lucy
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: school
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: British School
    Event:
        Event Type: exhibition

Object location:  Box 11

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: society
    Classification: education
    Title: Recollections of Mere Secondary Modern/Duchy Manor Schools, 1958-1983
    Brief Description: Four pages of typed reminiscences of life at Mere Secondary Modern School and the Duchy Manor School, recollected by Bob Williams and recorded by Jenny Wilding, June 2008

Production:
    Date: 6.2008
    Person:
        Person Name: Williams, Bob

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: school
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Secondary Modern School

Object location:  Box 11

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Typed notes, a short history of William Barnes, mainly concerning his time spent in Mere, with a copy of his poem ‘To A Garden-On Leaving It’ and a copy of his painting of The Chantry, Mere

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: chantry house
            Site Name: The Chantry

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1823
        Date End: 1835
    Person:
        Person Name: Barnes, William
        Person Role: poet
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 10

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 28 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Typed letter from E Maureen Samuel, assistant curator of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, to Miss J Rutter of Mere, concerning a letter written by William Barnes and its location, currently in the Women’s Institute scrapbook at Mere Museum, 24th November 1964

Production:
    Date: 24.11.1964
    Person:
        Person Name: Samuel, E, M, Miss
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Rutter, J, Miss
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Passing Scene At Mere
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting of a photograph, showing a street scene of Mere before the demolition of a shop premises, c. 1962

Production:
    Date: 1962

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 10

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 13.5 cm
Width: 14 cm

Identification:
    Object name: magazine cutting
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Mere Residents Turn On Two Of Their Councillors During Stormy Parish Meeting
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on Salisbury District Council’s ‘Core Strategy of Preferred Options’ and the associated mass house building plans, with the proposal of 500 new homes assigned to Mere, 2nd May 2008

Production:
    Date: 2.5.2008
    Person:
        Person Name: Male, Laura
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Hazzard, Clive
        Person Role: councillor
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Salisbury District Council
    Event:
        Event Type: meeting

Object location:  Box 10

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 8 cm

Identification:
    Object name: magazine cutting
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Protests Prompt Rethink Over House Building Plans
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on Salisbury District Council’s ‘Core Strategy of Preferred Options’ and the associated mass house building plans, with the proposal of 12,400 new homes assigned to Salisbury and villages around the city, 2nd May 2008

Production:
    Date: 2.5.2008
    Person:
        Person Name: Male, Laura
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Salisbury
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Salisbury District Council
    Event:
        Event Type: meeting

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: magazine cutting
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: 400 Turn Out To Express Horror At Building Plans
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on a public meeting at Mere, held at the church because of high numbers, discussing the proposals of Salisbury District Council’s mass house building plans, 25th April 2008

Production:
    Date: 25.4.2008
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Skinner, Quentin
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Salisbury District Council
    Event:
        Event Type: meeting

Object location:  Box 10

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 11 cm
Width: 12 cm

Identification:
    Object name: magazine cutting
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Villagers Call For Extra Time To Fight Homes Plan
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on a public meeting at Mere, held at the church because of high numbers, discussing the proposals of Salisbury District Council’s mass house building plans, 25th April 2008

Production:
    Date: 25.4.2008
    Person:
        Person Name: Holmes, Rosanna
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Skinner, Quentin
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Salisbury District Council
    Event:
        Event Type: meeting

Object location:  Box 10

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 14.5 cm
Width: 16 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Five pages of notes by George Marshall, including a letter and map, concerning the history of the Old Town Mill, Mere, letter dated 24th July 2006

Production:
    Date: 24.7.2006
    Person:
        Person Name: Marshall, George
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Dodd, Henry
        Person Role: miller
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: mill
        Site Name: Old Town Mill

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: notebook
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: History of the Lecture Hall
    Brief Description: Lion Brand’ ruled notebook containing a handwritten, shortened version of the history of Mere Lecture Hall, Salisbury Street, Mere, possibly written by Joyce Rutter, undated

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

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: hall
        Site Name: Mere Lecture Hall

Object location:  Box 10

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 18 cm

Identification:
    Object name: magazine cutting
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Old Mill Buildings Are Homes Fit For A Prince
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on the conversion and refurbishment of Burton Mill into two houses, Mere, 18th August 2000

Production:
    Date: 18.8.2000
    Person:
        Person Name: Fricker, Liz
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Poole, Steve, James, Lester
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: mill
            Site Name: Burton Mill

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: James, Nick
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Duchy of Cornwall

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Architectural Notes
    Brief Description: Two copies of a booklet, ‘Architectural Notes’, by Reverend J A Lloyd on the architecture of St Michael’s Church, Mere, 1898

Production:
    Date: 1898
    Person:
        Person Name: Lloyd, J, A
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Silk In Mere
    Brief Description: One page of typed notes compiled by Michael Tighe, relating to houses used in the silk trade, Mere, 19th October 1994

Production:
    Date: 19.10.1994
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: house

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Four pages of handwritten notes and a photocopied street plan relating to buildings in Boar Street, Dark Lane and Pettridge Lane, Mere, compiled by Michael Tighe

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1980
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 10

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 28 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Six pages of typed and handwritten notes by Michael Tighe, relating to the 1843 tithe map and the 1851 census for Mere

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1980
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 10

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21.5 cm
Width: 28 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Three pages of handwritten notes from the 1851 census and three maps, compiled by Michael Tighe, for Water Street and Dark Lane, Mere

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1980
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 10

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21.5 cm
Width: 28 cm

Identification:
    Object name: plan
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Plan of Property at Mere
    Brief Description: Plan of properties to be sold on Castle Street, Barton Lane and Church Street, Mere, published by Rawlence and Squarey of Salisbury in 1890

Production:
    Date: 1890
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Rawlence and Squarey

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

Association:
    Event:
        Event Type: auction

Object location:  Box 10

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 40 cm
Width: 29.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Four pages of correspondence relating to the purchase of the site for what was to become the Grove Buildings, Mere, May 1891 – April 1892, [the original letters are now deposited at the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre]

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 5.1891
        Date End: 4.1892
    Person:
        Person Name: Squarey, Elias
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Fulton and Pysmith

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Grove, Chafyn, Miss
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Site Name: Grove Buildings
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Rawlence and Squarey

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: magazine cutting
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Hall Makeover Will Create A New Social Centre For Mere
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on the refurbishment of Mere Lecture Hall, Salisbury Street, Mere, 14th March 2008

Production:
    Date: 14.3.2008
    Person:
        Person Name: Male, Laura
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Morgan, Jane
    Place:
            Place Name: Salisbury Street
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: hall
            Site Name: Mere Lecture Hall

Association:
    Date:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Lecture Hall Trust

Object location:  Box 10

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 18.5 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Tin Bungalows, Causeway, Mere
    Brief Description: Three pages of typed notes compiled from information given by Don Hoskins, concerning the inhabitants and history of the tin bungalows, The Causeway, Mere, February 20007

Production:
    Date: 2.2007
    Person:
        Person Name: Hoskins, Don

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: house
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Hill Brush Company

Object location:  Box 10

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 2.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Lecture Hall Reopens
    Brief Description: Cutting of a photograph from the Blackmore Vale Magazine, showing the reopening of the newly refurbished Mere Lecture Hall with MP Andrew Murrison and trust secretary Jane Morgan, c. April 2008

Production:
    Date: 4.2008
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Morgan, Jane, Murrison, Andrew

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: hall
        Site Name: Mere Lecture Hall
    Event:
        Event Type: opening

Object location:  Box 10

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 8.5 cm
Width: 12 cm

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Three copy photographs taken at the tin bungalows, The Causeway, Mere, one photograph showing Michael Hoskins aged five years and his sister Margaret, aged eight months, the other two showing an unknown boy on a bicycle, undated

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1920

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Hoskins, Michael, Hoskins, Margaret
    Place:
            Place Name: The Causeway
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: house

Object location:  Box 10

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 15.5 cm
Width: 10.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Land And Buildings On Causeway
    Brief Description: Eight pages of typed notes and six photocopied maps, compiled by Michael Tighe and associated with land and buildings on The Causeway, Mere, 17th February 2004

Production:
    Date: 17.2.2004
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Chantry Mead
    Brief Description: Nine pages of typed notes, three letters and a map, compiled by Michael Tighe and concerning the history of Chantry Mead, Mere, 16th July 2001

Production:
    Date: 16.7.2001
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Stowell, Eldon, Scott, Dr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: field
        Site Name: Chantry Mead

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Buildings – Salisbury Street
    Brief Description: One page of typed notes and eleven photocopied maps compiled by Michael Tighe and concerning the history of buildings on the south east side of Salisbury Street, Mere, undated

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1980
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Jeans, George
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: house

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Eleven handwritten pages of notes, probably giving details of 1848 census names for residents in different streets of Mere, undated

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

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: society
    Classification: government
    Title: Schedule of Deeds and Documents Relating to St Kilva, The Square, Mere, Wiltshire
    Brief Description: Two pages of a grid detailing deeds and documents relating to St Kilva, now Squire’s Greengrocer, The Square, Mere, compiled by Michael Tighe

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1980
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1888
        Date End: 1986
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: house
        Site Name: St Kilva

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: poem
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: The Last Thatched House In Mere Market Place
    Brief Description: One photocopied page with a poem, ‘The Last Thatched House In Mere Market Place’, with an associated sketch, January 1910

Production:
    Date: 1.1910

Content:
    Place:
            Place Name: Market Place
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: house

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Notes On Hindley’s House, The Square, Mere
    Brief Description: Two typed pages of notes, compiled by Michael Tighe, relating to the history and occupants of Hindley’s House, The Square, Mere, 27th June 1994

Production:
    Date: 27.6.1994
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: house
        Site Name: Hindley’s House

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Deans Orchard
    Brief Description: Duplicate of MHS 266, three pages of typed notes compiled by Michael Tighe concerning the history of Deans Orchard, church property of Mere, 9th February 1999

Production:
    Date: 9.2.1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: house
        Site Name: Deans Orchard

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: poem
    Classification: domestic
    Classification: garden
    Title: To A Garden – On Leaving It
    Brief Description: Copy of William Barnes poem, ‘Sonnet To The Chantry Garden’, the lettering in black calligraphy by unknown hand

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

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: garden

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: pamphlet
    Classification: domestic
    Classification: garden
    Title: Stourhead Mansion, Gardens, Church
    Brief Description: Original pamphlet with brown paper cover [loose], ‘Stourhead Mansion, Gardens, Church’, published by George Sweetman of Wincanton, 1890

Production:
    Date: 1890
    Person:
        Person Name: Sweetman, George
        Person Role: publisher

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Stourton with Gasper
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: country house
        Site Name: Stourhead

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Castle House
    Brief Description: Two pages of typed notes by Michael Tighe concerning the history of Castle House, demolished with the building of the A303 flyover, Mere, 18th November 1995

Production:
    Date: 18.11.1995
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: house
        Site Name: Castle House

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Notes on Various Houses
    Brief Description: Twelve pages of typed notes and various maps, compiled by Michael Tighe, concerning various houses in Mere, 6th October 1995

Production:
    Date: 6.10.1995
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: house

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Five pages of typed notes compiled by Michael Tighe, concerning various locations in Mere, including Steep Street, the Swan Inn, North Street and Whitemarsh Cottage, 11th March 1995

Production:
    Date: 11.3.1995
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Past History of Brush Company Site
    Brief Description: Five pages of typed notes by Michael Tighe concerning the history of The Hill Brush Company, Mere, 28th September 2006

Production:
    Date: 28.9.2006
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Hill Brush Company

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: map
    Classification: environment
    Classification: maps
    Brief Description: Five photocopied maps relating to The Causeway, Mere

Production:
    Date: 1980

Content:
    Place:
            Place Name: The Causeway
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Woodlands Manor At Mere
    Brief Description: One page of typed notes, with duplicate, concerning the architecture and history of Woodlands Manor, Mere, undated

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: manor house
        Site Name: Woodlands Manor

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Woodlands Manor, Mere
    Brief Description: One page of typed notes, probably for visitor information, concerning the history of Woodlands Manor, Mere, leaflet produced during the ownership of the manor house by Wing Commander A H Paull, from 1959 to c.1990

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1959
        Date End: 1990

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Paull, A, H
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: manor house
        Site Name: Woodlands Manor

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: listing
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Woodlands Manor
    Brief Description: Photocopy of the Department of Environment listing information for Woodlands Manor, a Grade I listed building, Mere, 1989

Production:
    Date: 1989
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Department of Environment

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: manor house
        Site Name: Woodlands Manor

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: magazine article
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Shock as Mere’s Oldest Inn Runs Aground
    Brief Description: Article from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on the closure of the Old Ship Hotel, Castle Street, Mere, 7th July 2006

Production:
    Date: 7.7.2006
    Person:
        Person Name: Holmes, Rosanna
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Jeans, George
    Place:
            Place Name: Castle Street
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: inn
            Site Name: Old Ship Hotel

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Harding, Peter
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: inn
        Site Name: Old Ship Hotel
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Parish Council

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: sales particulars
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Dewes House
    Brief Description: Pale brown sales particulars with two photographs, published by the estate agent Jackson-Stops, for the auction at The Talbot Hotel of Dewes House, Mere, 1948

Production:
    Date: 1948
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Jackson-Stops and Staff

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: house
            Site Name: Dewes House

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Whitby, R, E
        Person Role: doctor
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Jackson-Stops and Staff
    Event:
        Event Type: auction

Object location:  Box 10

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 25 cm
Width: 19 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Dewes House
    Brief Description: Four pages of typed notes by Michael Tighe concerning the history of Dewes House, Mere, 9th July 2004

Production:
    Date: 9.7.2004
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: house
        Site Name: Dewes House

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: The Square and the Market Place
    Brief Description: First draft of an article, ‘The Square and the Market Place’, by Michael Tighe, outlining the history and development of The Square and Market Place, Mere, 24th November 2003

Production:
    Date: 24.11.2003
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: The Ship Inn
    Brief Description: Later copy of a report, six typed pages, by Michael Tighe on the Ship Inn, Castle Street, Mere, 9th July 2004

Production:
    Date: 9.7.2004
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: inn
        Site Name: The Ship Inn

Object location:  Box 10

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Burton Farm
    Brief Description: Four pages of notes collated by Michael Tighe concerning the history of Burton Farm, Mere, 4th April 2002

Production:
    Date: 4.4.2002
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: farm
        Site Name: Burton Farm

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Nine typed and handwritten pages of notes concerning Burton Farm and Burton Grange, Mere

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: farm
        Site Name: Burton Farm

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Black and white photograph of Mr Berry’s house before his alterations, Wet Lane, Mere, mid 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1945
        Date End: 1975

Content:
    Place:
            Place Name: Wet Lane
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: house

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Berry, Mr

Object location:  Box 9

Description:
Material: photographic paper
Height: 13 cm
Width: 9 cm

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Three colour photographs of Mr Berry’s house after alterations, Wet Lane, Mere

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1950

Content:
    Place:
            Place Name: Wet Lane
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: house

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Berry, Mr

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: document
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Thirty pages of various photocopied documents, all concerning the history of Woodlands, Mere

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1980

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: manor house
        Site Name: Woodlands
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Doddington family

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Pettridge Lane – Its Buildings and History
    Brief Description: Twenty five pages of typed notes, maps and plans, ‘Pettridge Lane – Its Buildings and History’, written and compiled by Michael Tighe, Mere, 28th February 2003

Production:
    Date: 28.2.2003
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: magazine article
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Woodlands Manor
    Brief Description: Photocopied article from Country Life on the restoration and history of Woodlands Manor, Mere, 17th May 1924

Production:
    Date: 17.5.1924
    Person:
        Person Name: Meyrick-Jones, F
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Country Life

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: manor house
            Site Name: Woodlands Manor

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Two pages of typed notes, possibly by Mr Berry, concerning houses built since 1900 in Pettridge Lane, Mere

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1950

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Berry, Mr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 9

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