Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Five photocopied letters to Leigh Holman of Woodlands Manor from Willie O’Farrell and Alfred Fairbank, concerning the history of Woodlands, Mere, 1951-1959

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1951
        Date End: 1959
    Person:
        Person Name: O’Farrell, Willie
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Holman, Leigh
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: manor house
        Site Name: Woodlands

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: article
    Classification: local history
    Title: 1000 Years of Mere!
    Brief Description: Article by Michael Tighe, ‘1000 Years of Mere!’, short, typed resume of the general social history of Mere, undated

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1980
    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: letter
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Typed letter from Michael Tighe to Dennis Flexney-Briscoe concerning the custom of ‘beating the bounds’, 16th December 1999

Production:
    Date: 16.12.1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Flexney-Briscoe, Dennis
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: beating the bounds

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: trade and professions
    Brief Description: Two drafts of an article written by Michael Tighe concerning the role of retail, and the Walton’s store in particular, in Mere, with a letter from Southampton University Industrial Archaeology Group suggesting alterations to the drafts further to publication in their journal, November 2000

Production:
    Date: 27.11.2000
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: trade and professions
    Title: Industry In A Small Wiltshire Town
    Brief Description: Seven pages of typed notes, ‘Industry In A Small Wiltshire Town’ by Michael Tighe, exploring the influence of various industries on the development of Mere, including the wool, linen and silk industries, 7th January 2000

Production:
    Date: 7.1.2000
    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: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: maps
    Title: Philip Crocker’s Field Notebook
    Brief Description: Draft caption for Philip Crocker’ s field notebook, Mr Crocker being one of the first to survey the whole country, for the Ordnance Survey, on the scale of one inch to the mile, drafted by Michael Tighe and corrected by Dr David Longbourne, undated, notebook now in the British Library

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

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Crocker, Philip
        Person Role: surveyor
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Ordnance Survey

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Twelve pages of typed notes, letters and a Country Life article concerning the existence of ‘fives’ walls, fives being a game akin to early squash, and the origin of the name Fives Court in Mere, collated by Michael Tighe

Production:
    Date: 2.12.1965
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Country Life

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: South Petherton
            County: Somerset
            Locality Type: inn
            Site Name: Crown Inn

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Brailsford, Dennis, Dr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: wall
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Dorset Natural History And Archaeological Society

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: The Grove Building
    Brief Description: Typed summary by the Grove Building Management Committee, outlining a change in the designation of the building, 27th July 2000

Production:
    Date: 27.7.2000
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Grove Building Management Committee

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: hall
        Site Name: Grove Building
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: St Michael’s Parochial Church Council

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Nineteen pages of notes and maps, written and collated by Michael Tighe, outlining the history and development of Pettridge Lane, Mere, undated

Production:
    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: 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: notes
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Two pages of typed notes and a photocopied photograph relating to the history of Castle Street, Mere, undated

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1975

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

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Series of letters between Michael Tighe and Jean Tsushima concerning the history of Woodlands and Sir Matthew Andrews, former tenant of Woodlands, 2000 – 2001

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 2000
        Date End: 2001
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Andrews, Matthew
    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: local history
    Brief Description: Fifteen pages of typed notes, compiled by Michael Tighe, relating to the history of the north side of Castle Street, Mere, 28th January 2003

Production:
    Date: 28.1.2003
    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: letter
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Twenty pages of correspondence and documents concerning the history of Woodlands and the Doddington family

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 2.2000
        Date End: 9.2000
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

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: Latimer House
    Brief Description: Eight pages of typed and handwritten notes compiled by Michael Tighe, relating to the history of Latimer House, Castle Street, Mere, 27th October 1999

Production:
    Date: 27.10.1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Three pages of handwritten notes and plans by Michael Tighe relating to the tenants of an unknown street, Mere, undated

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1975
    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: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Buildings Of North Street
    Brief Description: Twelve pages of typed notes and maps compiled by Michael Tighe, relating to the history of the buildings in North Street, Mere, undated

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1975
    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 cutting
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Harmonious Mansions
    Brief Description: Three-page magazine cutting from Country Life, ‘Harmonious Mansions’ by Alan Powers, reporting on two houses built in the 1930’s by Peter Harland, one of which was Pen Pits, Penselwood, Somerset, built for composer Sir Arthur Bliss, 29th August 1985

Production:
    Date: 29.8.1985
    Person:
        Person Name: Powers, Alan
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Country Life

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Harland, Peter, Harland, Lise, Bliss, Arthur
    Place:
            Parish: Penselwood
            County: Somerset
            Locality Type: house
            Site Name: Pen Pits

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Harland, Peter
        Person Role: architect
    Place:
        Parish: Penselwood
        County: Somerset
        Locality Type: house
        Site Name: Pen Pits

Object location:  Box 9

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 31 cm
Width: 22.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: The Grange, Water Street
    Brief Description: Four pages of typed notes and plans compiled by Michael Tighe, detailing the history of The Grange, Water Street, Mere, prepared for the Wiltshire Buildings Record, 2006

Production:
    Date: 2006
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Seven pages of typed notes and map compiled by Michael Tighe, detailing the history of the buildings on Water Street, Mere, 8th January 2001

Production:
    Date: 8.1.2001
    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: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Twelve pages of typed notes and street map compiled by Michael Tighe, detailing the history of houses in Pettridge Lane, Boar Street and Dark Lane, Mere, 20th December 2001

Production:
    Date: 20.12.2001
    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: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Squires Greengrocery, The Square
    Brief Description: Four pages of typed notes compiled by Michael Tighe, detailing the history of Squires’ Greengrocery, The Square, Mere, 25th November 2000

Production:
    Date: 25.11.2000
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: shop
        Site Name: Squires’ Greengrocery

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Some Curious Things About The Church Of St Michael The Archangel, Mere
    Brief Description: Six pages of typed notes, compiled by Dr David Longbourne for a talk in 2009 given to members of The Friends of St Michael’s Church at their annual general meeting and repeated in October 2010 for members of Mere Historical Society

Production:
    Date: 2009
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael The Archangel
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Friends of St Michael’s Church
    Event:
        Event Type: lecture

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: One page of typed notes from a conveyance of 1864 concerning houses on Mill Lane towards Edgebridge, probably compiled by Michael Tighe

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

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

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: drawing
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Parish Church at Mere
    Brief Description: Black and white engraving of St Michael’s Church, probably early to mid 19th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1800
        Date End: 1850

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

Object location:  Box 9

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 33 cm
Width: 25 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Mere Church
    Brief Description: Small yellow page of typed notes produced by Wiltshire Library and Museum Service, concerning the history of St Michael’s Church, Mere, 1978

Production:
    Date: 1978
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire Library and Museum Service

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

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Deans Orchard
    Brief Description: 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 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Four pages of handwritten notes by Michael Tighe, relating to the history of the north side of Church Street, Mere, undated

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1975
    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: letter
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Typed letter, and copy, from David Longbourne to Michael Tighe, concerning The Old House, Church Street, Mere, 19th October 2000

Production:
    Date: 19.10.2000
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: house
        Site Name: The Old House

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: report
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: The Chantry, Mere
    Brief Description: Two page typewritten report for The Chantry, Mere, probably written by Michael Tighe, with a copy of an article concerning chantry houses from ‘Medieval Archaeology’, undated

Production:
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Medieval Archaeology

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

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Trust Advertises ‘Catholics-only’ Holiday Cottage
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from The Sunday Telegraph reporting on the letting of a National Trust property, Lawes Cottage in Dinton, Wilts, which contained the restriction of only letting to Catholics, a restriction imposed by the donor of the property, Mary Engleheart, 23rd January 2005

Production:
    Date: 23.1.2005
    Person:
        Person Name: Hastings, Chris
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Sunday Telegraph

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Engleheart, Mary, Engleheart, George
    Place:
            Parish: Dinton
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: house
            Site Name: Lawes Cottage

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1600
        Date End: 1699
    Person:
        Person Name: Lawes, William
        Person Role: composer
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The National Trust

Object location:  Box 9

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 58 cm
Width: 36 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Charnage or Chadenwyke
    Brief Description: Typed and handwritten notes by Michael Tighe relating to the history of Charnage, or Chadenwyke, Farm, Mere

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

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

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: document
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Nine photocopied documents from the Public Record Office relating to the history of Charnage, or Chadenwyke, Farm, Mere

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

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: farm
        Site Name: Charnage Farm
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Public Records Office

Object location:  Box 9

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 26 cm
Width: 36 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: One typed page by Michael Tighe and two photocopied pages concerning Sir John Coventry, reputed to have owned and lived in the Ship Inn, Mere, 24th February 2000

Production:
    Date: 24.2.2000
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Coventry, John
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: inn
        Site Name: Ship Inn

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Four letters between Michael Tighe and Robert Cox and a Somerset Industrial Archaeological Society Bulletin, all referring to the history of Penselwood, Somerset, 2005

Production:
    Date: 2005
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Somerset Industrial Archaeological Society

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Penselwood
        County: Somerset

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: local history
    Title: Past History of Brush Company Site
    Brief Description: Draft notes by Michael Tighe concerning the history of The Hill Brush Company, Mere, 22nd October 2003

Production:
    Date: 22.10.2003
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: report
    Classification: local history
    Title: The History of The Hill Brush Company, Mere, Wiltshire
    Brief Description: Typed report by David Coward, ‘The History of The Hill Brush Company, Mere, Wiltshire’, August 2003

Production:
    Date: 8.2003
    Person:
        Person Name: Coward, David
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Two letters from Michael Tighe to David Coward relating to The Hill Brush Company and photocopies of various related documents, maps and plans, 2003

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

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Coward, David
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Hill Brush Company

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Various letters, notes and a booklet relating to the various instances of the name ‘Beggars Bush’ around Somerset and Wiltshire, 2002

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

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Quinn, Phil
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Site Name: Beggars Bush

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: gazetteer
    Classification: local history
    Title: Beggars Bush Gazetteer
    Brief Description: Eleven page, yellow gazetteer with associated notes, ‘Beggars Bush Gazetteer’ compiled by Neil Howlett, 2002

Production:
    Date: 2002
    Person:
        Person Name: Howlett, Neil
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Site Name: Beggars Bush

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: local history
    Title: Doddington of Woodlands
    Brief Description: Sixteen pages of notes and one map, relating to the Doddington family of Woodlands Manor, Mere, compiled by Michael Tighe, 14th February 2000

Production:
    Date: 14.2.2000
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: local history
    Title: The Nun’s Story
    Brief Description: Seven pages of notes compiled by Michael Tighe regarding Jane Forget, who was buried in 1586, the Doddington family and Woodlands Manor, 2nd February 2000

Production:
    Date: 2.2.2000
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Forget, Jane
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: manor
        Site Name: Woodlands Manor
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Doddington family

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: local history
    Title: Church Street
    Brief Description: Thirteen pages of typed notes and street plans, compiled by Michael Tighe, relating to the history of Church Street, Mere, 27th November 1998

Production:
    Date: 27.11.1998
    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: letter
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Two page letter to Mr T B Forward from Rosalyn Bass, The Royal Commission On Historical Manuscripts, with information concerning 18th century records for manors in the parish of Mere, 16th June 1994

Production:
    Date: 16.6.1994
    Person:
        Person Name: Bass, Rosalyn
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Royal Commission On Historical Manuscripts

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Forward, T, B, Mr

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Eleven pages of typed notes, compiled by Michael Tighe, relating to the history of the south side of Church Street, Mere, 10th February 1999

Production:
    Date: 10.2.1999
    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: report
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Cottages at the Causeway, Mere
    Brief Description: Typed report by Michael Tighe, with various correspondence, for four 19th century cottages due to be demolished and owned by The Hill Brush Company Limited, The Causeway, Mere, 27th September 2003

Production:
    Date: 27.9.2003
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: illustration
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Four illustrations of the Market House, Mere, two drawn by Colin Anderson in 2003 are based on the painting by John Buckler, c. 1804

Production:
    Date: 1804
    Person:
        Person Name: Buckler, John
        Person Role: artist

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Site Name: Market House

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Lander, William
        Person Role: artist

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: The Square
    Brief Description: Nineteen pages of typewritten notes relating to the history of The Square, Mere

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1950

Association:
    Place:
        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
    Brief Description: Various documents relating to the sale of Walton’s properties, mostly in The Square, Mere, from 1898 to 1963

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1898
        Date End: 1963

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

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: The Square and the Market Place
    Brief Description: Early 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, 29th November 2003

Production:
    Date: 29.11.2003
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: article
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: The Square and the Market Place
    Brief Description: Final 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, 25th May 2006

Production:
    Date: 25.5.2006
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: listing
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Seven photocopies, descriptions of seven different Grade II listed buildings, all in The Square, Mere, taken from the Listed Buildings Register and including the Clock Tower, Talbot Hotel, the Walton Building, the former post office, 6-7 The Square and Welcome House, R and M Cochran and adjoining house and Balcony Cottage

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1975
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: English Heritage

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: clock tower

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Eight pages of typewritten notes from mainly 19th century wills, census etc, for the buildings and occupants of Salisbury Street, Mere, compiled by Michael Tighe 20th December 2001

Production:
    Date: 20.12.2001
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1797
        Date End: 1971
    Place:
        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
    Brief Description: Fourteen pages of typewritten notes from mainly 19th century wills, census etc, for the buildings and occupants of Salisbury Street and the Old Hollow area, Mere, compiled by Michael Tighe 20th December 2001

Production:
    Date: 20.12.2001
    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: notes
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Six pages of typewritten notes from mainly 19th century wills, census etc, for the buildings and occupants of Dewes House, Mere, compiled by Michael Tighe 20th December 2001

Production:
    Date: 20.12.2001
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Two Votes Decide Homes For Long Hill Beauty Spot
    Brief Description: Newspaper article reporting on a narrow majority vote by Mere Parish Council to back new housing built below Long Hill, Mere, 10th March 1989

Production:
    Date: 10.3.1989
    Person:
        Person Name: Charles, Fanny
        Person Role: journalist

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Scott, Cyril
        Person Role: councillor
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Parish Council

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Request To Raze These Derelict Greenhouses
    Brief Description: Newspaper article reporting on derelict greenhouses and the urging of Mere’s parish and district councillors to use the site for other purposes, 11th March 1983

Production:
    Date: 11.3.1983

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Paul, Jack
        Person Role: councillor
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: greenhouse
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Parish Council

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: local history
    Title: Some Wessex Memories
    Brief Description: Large ring-bound book, ‘Some Wessex Memories from the writings of Thomas Henry Baker 1833-1914’, edited by Patricia Westwood

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1950
    Person:
        Person Name: Westwood, Patricia
        Person Role: editor

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 4.9.1833
        Date End: 16.1.1914
    Person:
        Person Name: Baker, Thomas, Henry
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: farm
        Site Name: Mere Down Farm

Object location:  Box 7

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Reflections On Mere’s Glasshouses
    Brief Description: Newspaper article commenting on the future of a site holding derelict glasshouses and the involvement of Dr Caroline Jackson, Wiltshire’s European Member of Parliament at the time, 19th September 1989

Production:
    Date: 19.9.1989
    Person:
        Person Name: Charles, Fanny
        Person Role: journalist

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Jackson, Caroline
        Person Role: member of parliament
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: greenhouse
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Parish Council
    Event:
        Event Type: competition
        Event Name: BBC Wildlife ‘worst eyesore’ competition

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Pages of photocopied notes from Thomas Henry Baker’s writings, found loose in a volume at the Wiltshire Record Office

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1970
    Person:
        Person Name: Baker, Thomas, Henry
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire Record Office

Object location:  Box 7

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 35 cm
Width: 26 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Brief Description: Three pieces of card with attached newspaper cuttings of Mere houses for sale and notices of extension and alteration, plus a sheet from estate agent Gilyard Scarth with a list of Mere properties sold, various dates from 1975 to 2004

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1975
        Date End: 2004
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Gilyard Scarth

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

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 9

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Pages of photocopied notes from Thomas Henry Baker’s writings, mostly descriptions of monuments and inscriptions in local churches, mainly Mere, original possibly at the Wiltshire Record Office

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1970
    Person:
        Person Name: Baker, Thomas, Henry
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 7

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 26 cm
Width: 35 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: environment
    Brief Description: Typewritten sheet of blue paper, referring to the boundary marks of ancient perambulations and including Huntingford and Lyemarsh Farm, Mere, undated

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1950

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 9

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 25 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Mere Still Angry Over Land Sale
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting reporting on planning permission for houses on the green, Castle Street, Mere, 6th June 1986

Production:
    Date: 6.6.1986

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Scott, Cyril
        Person Role: chair
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Parish Council

Object location:  Box 9

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 16 cm
Width: 8 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Going To See Site At Mere
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting reporting on proposed planning permission for a house next to Lambrook Cottage, The Causeway, Mere, 11th August 1986

Production:
    Date: 11.8.1986

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Spencer, Pat, Mrs
        Person Role: councillor
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: house
        Site Name: Lambrook Cottage
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Zeals Parish Council

Object location:  Box 9

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 8.5 cm
Width: 8 cm

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: local history
    Title: Indexes Of The 1851 Census Of Dorset, Volume 11
    Brief Description: Pale yellow book, ‘Indexes Of The 1851 Census Of Dorset, Volume 11’, covering Shaftesbury and neighbouring parishes, compiled by Murial Monk and published by The Somerset And Dorset Family History Society, 1993

Production:
    Date: 1993
    Person:
        Person Name: Monk, Murial
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Somerset And Dorset Family History Society

Association:
    Date:
    Place:
        Parish: Shaftesbury
        County: Dorset
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Somerset And Dorset Family History Society

Object location:  Box 8

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Letter, typewritten, from Michael Tighe to the Rev David Linaker concerning Colin Clark, curator of Bruton Museum, and his desire to take copies from Mere farmer and local historian Thomas Henry Baker’s notes, 21st January 2006

Production:
    Date: 21.1.2006
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Linaker, David
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: parsonage
        Site Name: The Vicarage
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Friends of the Church of Saint Michael the Archangel

Object location:  Box 7

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

Identification:
    Object name: journal
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Photocopied pages from Thomas Henry Baker’s journal, possibly not a complete copy, with a few handwritten notes by Michael Tighe, undated but late 19th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1887
        Date End: 1900
    Person:
        Person Name: Baker, Thomas, Henry
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 7

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

Identification:
    Object name: lecture
    Classification: local history
    Title: Thomas Henry Baker, The Local Historian Of Mere
    Brief Description: Thirteen-page lecture, typewritten, concerning local historian Thomas Henry Baker, 1833-1914, given by David Longbourne to the Mere Historical Society, 24th October 1985

Production:
    Date: 1985
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 4.9.1833
        Date End: 16.1.1914
    Person:
        Person Name: Baker, Thomas, Henry
        Person Role: farmer
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: farm
        Site Name: Mere Down Farm
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society
    Event:
        Event Type: lecture
        Event Name: Thomas Henry Baker, the local historian of Mere

Object location:  Box 7

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

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Fifteen black and white photographs, mounted on card, of places associated with local Mere historian, Thomas Henry Baker, as well as a photograph of him and his wife, Catherine Elliott in 1907

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1907
        Date End: 1985
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David
        Person Role: photographer

Content:
    Date: 1907
    Person:
        Person Name: Baker, Thomas, Henry, Baker, Catherine
    Event:
    Place:
            Parish: Charlton Horethorne
            County: Somerset
            Locality Type: farm
            Site Name: Gunville Farm

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 4.9.1833
        Date End: 16.1.1914
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society
    Event:
        Event Type: lecture
        Event Name: Thomas Henry Baker, the local historian of Mere

Object location:  Box 7

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

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Short Notes, Additional Notes on Mere
    Brief Description: Small, pale-brown booklet, ‘Additional Notes on Mere’ by Thomas Henry Baker, reprinted from the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, 1898

Production:
    Date: 6.1898
    Person:
        Person Name: Baker, Thomas, Henry
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: C H Woodward

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 7

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

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Notes on the History of Mere
    Brief Description: Three pages and back cover of booklet, ‘Notes on the History of Mere’ by Thomas Henry Baker, with text and illustrations, undated but 1890’s

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1890
        Date End: 1898
    Person:
        Person Name: Baker, Thomas, Henry
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 7

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 22.5 cm
Width: 14.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: One page of handwritten notes, research on Mere by Harry Ross from Westbury, undated

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1900
    Person:
        Person Name: Ross, Harry
        Person Role: author
            Parish: Westbury
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 7

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

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: local history
    Title: Notes on the History of Mere
    Brief Description: Book, ‘Notes on the History of Mere’ by Thomas Henry Baker, reprinted from the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, with no binding or front and back covers

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1890
        Date End: 1898
    Person:
        Person Name: Baker, Thomas, Henry
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: C H Woodward

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 7

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 22 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Typewritten letter to Mrs Vigor from Mrs Patricia Westwood, concerning the finding of mutual ancestors with the names Baker or Vigor, connected to the family of Thomas Henry Baker, 2nd January 1998

Production:
    Date: 2.1.1998
    Person:
        Person Name: Westwood, Patricia
        Person Role: author
            Parish: Southampton
            County: Hampshire

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Vigor, Mrs
    Place:
        Parish: Charlton Horethorne
        County: Somerset
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Vigor family

Object location:  Box 7

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Typewritten letter to David Longbourne from Mrs Patricia Westwood, confirming attendance at a Mere Museum exhibition about Thomas Henry Baker, 7th August 2006

Production:
    Date: 7.8.2006
    Person:
        Person Name: Westwood, Patricia
        Person Role: author
            Parish: Southampton
            County: Hampshire

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Museum
    Event:
        Event Type: exhibition

Object location:  Box 7

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

Identification:
    Object name: leaflet
    Classification: natural history
    Title: Wiltshire Biological Records Centre
    Brief Description: Pale brown leaflet, ‘Wiltshire Biological Records Centre’, publicising the centre in Devizes and the Wiltshire Archaeological And Natural History Society, undated

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1900
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Appleby, Claire, Miss
    Place:
        Parish: Devizes
        County: Wiltshire
        Site Name: Wiltshire Biological Records Centre
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire Archaeological And Natural History Society

Object location:  Box 8

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 39 cm

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: local history
    Title: Wiltshire. A Genealogical Bibliography
    Brief Description: Book, ‘Wiltshire. A Genealogical Bibliography’ by Stuart Raymond and published by the Federation Of Family History Societies, 1993

Production:
    Date: 1993
    Person:
        Person Name: Raymond, Stuart
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Federation Of Family History Societies

Association:
    Place:
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Federation Of Family History Societies

Object location:  Box 8

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

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Somerset Trail Into Wales
    Brief Description: Yellow booklet, ‘Somerset Trail Into Wales’, a transcript of talks given at a day seminar at the University Of Wales, Caerleon Campus, Newport, hosted by Somerset And Dorset Family History Society, 28th March 1998

Production:
    Date: 28.3.1998
    Person:
        Person Name: James, Brian
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Glamorgan Family History Society

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Newport
        Locality Type: university
        Site Name: University Of Wales
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Somerset And Dorset Family History Society
    Event:
        Event Type: seminar
        Event Name: Somerset Trail Into Wales

Object location:  Box 8

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

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: local history
    Title: William Barnes, The Dorset Poet
    Brief Description: Eighteen black and white photographs mounted on card, used to accompany the lecture ‘William Barnes, The Dorset Poet’ given by Dr David Longbourne to the Mere Historical Society, 8th January 1987

Production:
    Date: 8.1.1987
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
        Person Role: photographer

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Barnes, William, Paul, J, J, Mr, Webb, Caroline, Levi, Peter
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1801
        Date End: 1886
    Person:
        Person Name: Barnes, William
        Person Role: poet
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society
    Event:
        Event Name: The Barnes Memorial

Object location:  Box 6

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: recreation
    Classification: performing arts
    Title: The Show Still Goes On
    Brief Description: Double page article from The Journal featuring the history of Mere Drama Society, 9th November 2006

Production:
    Date: 9.11.2006
    Person:
        Person Name: Bates, Lesley
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Journal

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Gray, Beryl, Doddington, Jimmy, George, Dorothy, Lawley, Doug, Jukes, Peggy, Durkee, Maggie, Francis, Jeanette, Howell, Adrienne, Wilding, Jenny

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1946
        Date End: 2006
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Drama Society
    Event:
        Event Type: anniversary
        Event Name: Mere Drama Society 60th Anniversary

Object location:  Box 6

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 38 cm
Width: 47 cm

Identification:
    Object name: recipe book
    Classification: domestic
    Classification: kitchen
    Title: Recipes For The Home
    Brief Description: Photocopied first chapter, ‘Cakes’ from the recipe book, ‘Recipes For The Home’, a collection of recipes from different contributors with various advertisements, arranged by Ewing Edmunds of Mere, late 19th century or very early 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1880
        Date End: 1910
    Person:
        Person Name: Edmunds, Ewing
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Edmunds And Sons

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 6

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

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: domestic
    Classification: housecraft
    Title: Sweet, Sweet Home
    Brief Description: Photocopied housecraft book, ‘Sweet, Sweet Home Or The Mother’s Guide And Servant’s Chart’, a collection of rules, rhymes and methods for domestic duties by Mrs H Edmunds of Mere, late 19th century or very early 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1880
        Date End: 1910
    Person:
        Person Name: Edmunds, H, Mrs
        Person Role: author
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Edmunds And Sons

Object location:  Box 6

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

Identification:
    Object name: sheet music
    Classification: recreation
    Classification: performing arts
    Title: Linden Lea
    Brief Description: Sheet music, with a blue and white striped cover, of ‘Linden Lea’, the words written by William Barnes, the ‘Dorset poet’ and music by Vaughan Williams, published by Boosey and Hawkes and first copyrighted by them in 1912

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1912
    Person:
        Person Name: Barnes, William
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Boosey and Hawkes

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Fisher, Edmund, Mrs
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Performing Rights Society

Object location:  Box 6

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 30.5 cm
Width: 23.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: recreation
    Classification: performing arts
    Brief Description: Two copies of notes by Michael Tighe concerning a piano piece written by Balfour Gardiner and entitled ‘Mere’, undated

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1970
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1902
        Date End: 1906
    Person:
        Person Name: Gardiner, Balfour
        Person Role: composer
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 6

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

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: fine art
    Classification: painting
    Title: Stourhead List Of Pictures
    Brief Description: National Trust booklet with a list of the paintings and corresponding rooms belonging to Stourhead, Wiltshire, 1981

Production:
    Date: 1981
    Person:
        Person Name: Shurmer, James
        Person Role: designer
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The National Trust

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

Object location:  Box 6

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

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: society
    Classification: communication
    Title: Examples Of Handwriting 1550-1650
    Brief Description: Book, ‘Examples Of Handwriting 1550-1650’, with olive-green cover, compiled by W S B Buck and first published by The Society Of Genealogists in 1965

Production:
    Date: 1965
    Person:
        Person Name: Buck, W, S, B
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Society Of Genealogists

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1550
        Date End: 1655
    Place:
        Parish: Frome Selwood
        County: Somerset

Object location:  Box 8

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

Identification:
    Object name: leaflet
    Classification: society
    Classification: heraldry
    Title: Royal Coats Of Arms
    Brief Description: Leaflet, ‘Royal Coats Of Arms’, regarding the presence of these Arms in parish churches, published by The Churches Conservation Trust, May 2002

Production:
    Date: 5.2002
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Churches Conservation Trust

Association:
    Place:
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 8

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 39 cm

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: local history
    Title: Dorset. A Genealogical Bibliography
    Brief Description: Book, ‘Dorset. A Genealogical Bibliography’ by Stuart Raymond and published by the Federation Of Family History Societies, 1991

Production:
    Date: 1991
    Person:
        Person Name: Raymond, Stuart
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Federation Of Family History Societies

Association:
    Place:
        County: Dorset
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Federation Of Family History Societies

Object location:  Box 8

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

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: Guide to the Records of the Bishop, the Archdeacons of Salisbury and Wiltshire, and other Archidiaconal and Peculiar Jurisdictions, and to the Records from the Bishop of Bristol’s Sub-Registry for Dorset
    Brief Description: Book, ‘Guide to the Records of the Bishop, the Archdeacons of Salisbury and Wiltshire, and other Archidiaconal and Peculiar Jurisdictions, and to the Records from the Bishop of Bristol’s Sub-Registry for Dorset’, compiled for the County Records Committee by Pamela Stewart, published by Wiltshire County Council in 1973

Production:
    Date: 1973
    Person:
        Person Name: Stewart, Pamela
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire County Council

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Sarum, Joseph
    Place:
        Parish: Salisbury
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: archive
        Site Name: Wren Hall
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: County Records Committee

Object location:  Box 8

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

Identification:
    Object name: leaflet
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Typewritten leaflet from St Michael’s Church, Mere, describing the history of the new hassocks, begun in 1974

Production:
    Date: 1976

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1974
        Date End: 1976
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: Church of St Michael the Archangel

Object location:  Box 6

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

Identification:
    Object name: lecture
    Classification: local history
    Title: William Barnes, The Dorset Poet
    Brief Description: Twelve pages of lecture notes, ‘William Barnes, The Dorset Poet’, lecture given by Dr David Longbourne to the Mere Historical Society, 8th January 1987

Production:
    Date: 8.1.1987
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1801
        Date End: 1886
    Person:
        Person Name: Barnes, William
        Person Role: poet
    Place:
        Parish: Winterbourne Carne
        County: Dorset
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

Object location:  Box 6

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: recreation
    Classification: performing arts
    Title: Fred Calls It A Day After 75 Years
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting featuring the career and retirement of Fred Tranter from Castle Street, Mere, musical director of Gillingham Imperial Silver Band, 17th January 2002

Production:
    Date: 17.1.2002
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Journal

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Tranter, Fred
        Person Role: bandmaster
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Gillingham Imperial Silver Band
    Event:
        Event Type: retirement

Object location:  Box 6

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 24 cm
Width: 18 cm

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Illustrated
    Brief Description: Small booklet composed of black and white copy photographs of Mere, most prints of late 18th or early 19th date

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1875
        Date End: 1925
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Edmunds

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 6

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: recreation
    Classification: performing arts
    Title: Musical Memory Lingers On
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Western Daily Press featuring the disbanding of Mere Town Band and the buying and installation of two public benches engraved in memory of the band, 3rd April 1987

Production:
    Date: 3.4.1987
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Daily Press

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Pester, Ted
        Person Role: musician
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Town Band

Object location:  Box 6

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 18 cm
Width: 12 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: recreation
    Classification: performing arts
    Title: Seats Presented By Bandmaster
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Western Gazette featuring the disbanding of Mere Town Band and the buying and installation of two public benches engraved in memory of the band, 3rd April 1987

Production:
    Date: 3.4.1987
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Town Band

Object location:  Box 6

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 28.5 cm
Width: 8.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: recreation
    Classification: performing arts
    Title: Bandsmen No More
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting and photograph from the Western Gazette featuring the disbanding of Mere Town Band and the buying and installation of two public benches engraved in memory of the band, 3rd April 1987

Production:
    Date: 3.4.1987
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Pester, Ted
        Person Role: musician
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Town Band

Object location:  Box 6

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 19.5 cm
Width: 8 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notice
    Classification: recreation
    Classification: performing arts
    Brief Description: Pink promotional notice or ‘flyer’ for the visit of organist Reginald Foort and his specially designed electrophonic reproducer to the Congregational Church, Mere, 20th November 1950

Production:
    Date: 20.11.1950
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Crown Printing Works

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Foort, Reginald
        Person Role: organist
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: Congregational Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: British Broadcasting Company
    Event:
        Event Type: concert

Object location:  Box 6

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 19.5 cm
Width: 13 cm

Identification:
    Object name: programme
    Classification: recreation
    Classification: performing arts
    Brief Description: Cream souvenir programme for the visit of organist Reginald Foort and his specially designed electrophonic reproducer to the Congregational Church, Mere, 20th November 1950

Production:
    Date: 20.11.1950
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Crown Printing Works

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Foort, Reginald
        Person Role: organist
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: Congregational Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: British Broadcasting Company
    Event:
        Event Type: concert

Object location:  Box 6

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 19 cm
Width: 12.5 cm