Identification:
    Object name: extract
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Photocopied extract from ‘Somerset and Dorset Notes and Queries’, Volume 6, of an extract from the diary of Celia Fiennes, ‘Through England on a Side Saddle in the time of William and Mary’, describing her visit to Castle Hill and her discovery of a small, underground chamber from the site of the former castle, c.1700

Production:
    Date: 1.1.1973
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Somerset and Dorset Notes and Queries

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Fiennes, Celia
        Person Role: author
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: castle
        Site Name: Mere Castle

Object location:  Box 1

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

Identification:
    Object name: pamphlet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Museum Monographs, No.1 Mere Castle
    Brief Description: Monograph produced by the Friends of Mere Museum, written by Sonja Cassell and illustrated by Colin Anderson, detailing the history of Mere Castle, Mere, Wiltshire, late 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1990
        Date End: 1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Cassell, Sonja
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Friends of Mere Museum

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: castle
        Site Name: Mere Castle
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Museum

Object location:  Box 1

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: archaeology
    Classification: post medieval
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Western Gazette reporting the find of a gold Tudor coin in the garden of Mrs Edna Taylor, Mill Lane, Mere, Wiltshire 16th September 1983

Production:
    Date: 16.9.1983
            Parish: Yeovil
            County: Somerset
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Taylor, Edna, Mrs
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: garden

Object location:  Box 1

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: local history
    Title: Snow Houses
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the letters page, written by Mrs Eileen Loram describing china plate painting by her grandmother Agnes Yates which depicted a snow house in the garden of Dewes House, Mere. In her subsequent book, ‘Putting the Clock Back’, 1939, Agnes Yates refers to one snow house which was built in January 1881 during a great snowstorm which could hold sixteen people inside.

Production:
    Date: 20.1.1982
    Person:
        Person Name: Loram, Eileen
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Yates, Agnes
        Person Role: author
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: snow

Object location:  Box 1

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 12 cm
Width: 9 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: local history
    Title: The Secret Below a Mere House
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting concerning the discovery of an old well and passageway by builders Michael Taylor and Roger Lark during the building of an extension to Ashleigh, Castle Hill, Mere, Wiltshire c.1984

Production:
    Date: 1984

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Lark, Roger
        Person Role: builder
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: house
        Site Name: Ashleigh
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Local History Society
    Event:
        Event Type: restoration

Object location:  Box 1

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 34 cm
Width: 15.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Western Gazette describing an open evening held at the library on behalf of Mere Museum, with competitions, exhibitions and the formation of the new group ‘Friends of Mere Museum’, Mere, Wiltshire, 11th October 1990

Production:
    Date: 11.10.1990
            Parish: Yeovil
            County: Somerset
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
        Person Role: curator
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: library
        Site Name: Mere Library
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Museum
    Event:
        Event Type: exhibition

Object location:  Box 1

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 22 cm
Width: 19.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: lease
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Photocopy of a lease written in Latin and granted to John and Elizabeth Anerema and their son Thomas for the tenancy of a cottage in Castle Street, Mere, 6th December 1516

Production:
    Date: 1515
    Person:
        Person Name: Duvall, Henry
        Person Role: author
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Anerema, John
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: house

Object location:  Box 1

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 40.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Letter from Mrs Phyl Ralton to Mr Michael Tighe concerning her attempt to translate the Latin lease granted to Elizabeth and John Anerema in 1516 for the tenancy of a cottage in Castle Street, Mere, letter dated 15th September 2004

Production:
    Date: 15.9.2004
    Person:
        Person Name: Ralton, Phyl, Mrs
        Person Role: author
            Parish: Fleet
            County: Hampshire

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: house

Object location:  Box 1

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Letter from Mr Michael Tighe in reply to Mrs Phyl Ralton concerning her attempt to translate the Latin lease granted to Elizabeth and John Anerema in 1516 for the tenancy of a cottage in Castle Street, Mere, letter dated 15th September 2004

Production:
    Date: 17.9.2004
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Ralton, Phyl, Mrs
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: house

Object location:  Box 1

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: archaeology
    Classification: saxon
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Western Gazette concerning the discovery of a skeleton, thought to be Saxon, in the garden of Mr Raymond Hill, undertaker, Water Street, Mere, 1st July 1983

Production:
    Date: 7.1983
            Parish: Yeovil
            County: Somerset
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wes

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Hill, Raymond
        Person Role: undertaker
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: garden
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire County Council
    Event:
        Event Type: excavation

Object location:  Box 1

Description:
Material: paper
Height: cm
Width: cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: archaeology
    Classification: saxon
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Western Gazette concerning the discovery of a skeleton, thought to be Saxon, with three pieces of gold jewellery, dated 600 -700 AD and discovered by builders Terry Coombes and Darren Manley whilst refurbishing eight council houses in Barnes Place, Mere, 3rd August 1995

Production:
    Date: 8.1995
            Parish: Yeovil
            County: Somerset
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Coombes, Terry
        Person Role: builder
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wessex Archaeology
    Event:
        Event Type: restoration

Object location:  Box 1

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 31.5 cm
Width: 16.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: article
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Title: An Alabaster Tablet
    Brief Description: Article reprinted from The Salisbury Times concerning the history of an alabaster tablet dug up from a garden at the foot of Castle Hill in 1878 and donated to Mere Church in 1890 by Mr T H Baker. The tablet was reframed in stone in 1936 and can be found in the chancel of St Michael’s Church, Mere, 5th February 1937

Production:
    Date: 2.1937
            Parish: Salisbury
            County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Salisbury Times

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Baker, Thomas, Henry
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: garden
        Site Name: Castle Hill

Object location:  Box 1

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 30 cm
Width: 19 cm

Identification:
    Object name: leaflet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Historical Society 2012 – 2013 Programme Of Activities
    Brief Description: Yellow programme for Mere Historical Society activities, 2012 – 2013

Production:
    Date: 2012
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: The Story Of Montacute And Its House
    Brief Description: Small book ‘The Story Of Montacute And Its House’ by H Avray Tipping and Oswald Barron, published by Country Life for The National Trust, 1947

Production:
    Date: 1947
    Person:
        Person Name: Tipping, H Avray
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Country Life Ltd

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Montacute
        County: Somerset
        Locality Type: country house
        Site Name: Montacute House
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The National Trust

Object location:  box 72

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Great Turn Out For Mere Carnival
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on the Mere Carnival, 20th September 2013

Production:
    Date: 20.9.2013
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Berry, Charlotte, Berry, Jasmine, Rich, Evie, Beale, India Skye, Hatcher, Joel, Hunt, Abigail, Franks, Charlie, Franks, Alfie, Osborne, Daisy, Bissage, Callum, Potter, Henry
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

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

Object location:  Box 66

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: magazine cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: utilities
    Title: Measuring The Effect Of Abstraction
    Brief Description: Magazine cutting from the Wessex Water Magazine reporting on the trial to monitor watercourses led by Wessex Water and the Mere Rivers Group, autumn/winter 2013

Production:
    Date: 2013
    Person:
        Person Name: Crump, Felicity
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wessex Water

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Bowles, Fiona
    Organisation:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 66

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 27 cm
Width: 20 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: local history
    Title: From Our Files
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Salisbury Journal, the ‘From Our Files’ section with articles from 50, 100 and 150 years ago including one about Christmas at Mere Workhouse, December 2007

Production:
    Date: 12.2007
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Salisbury Journal

Association:
    Date:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: workhouse
        Site Name: Mere Workhouse

Object location:  Box 66

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 12.5 cm
Width: 13 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: warfare and defence
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from Gillingham Matters reporting on Remembrance Sunday at Mere, December 2013

Production:
    Date: 12.2013
    Person:
        Person Name: Russell, Graham
        Person Role: photographer
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Gillingham Matters

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Traves, Lesley, Jeans, George
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: war memorial

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

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: warfare and defence
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from Gillingham Matters reporting on Remembrance Sunday at Mere, December 2013

Production:
    Date: 12.2013
    Person:
        Person Name: Russell, Graham
        Person Role: photographer
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Gillingham Matters

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: war memorial

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

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: warfare and defence
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from Gillingham Matters reporting on Remembrance Sunday at Mere, December 2013

Production:
    Date: 12.2013
    Person:
        Person Name: Russell, Graham
        Person Role: photographer
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Gillingham Matters

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Marshall, Carol
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: war memorial

Association:
    Date:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Gillingham, Mere and Shaftesbury Lions
    Event:
        Event Type: ceremony
        Event Name: Remembrance Sunday

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: communication
    Title: Sorting Office Closure Threat To Mere Post Office
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on threatened closures to the mail sorting room at Mere Post Office, 29th November 2013

Production:
    Date: 29.11.2013
    Person:
        Person Name: Manning, Mathew
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Jeans, George
        Person Role: postmaster
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: post office
        Site Name: Mere Post Office
    Event:
        Event Type: closure

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Flavia Ebbisham 21.11.1920 – 4.1.2014
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine, an obituary for Flavia Ebbisham, former Mere resident, 17th January 2014

Production:
    Date: 17.1.2014
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Ebbisham, Flavia

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

Object location:  Box 66

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 20.5 cm
Width: 8 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine, a funeral service notice for Flavia Ebbisham, former Mere resident, 17th January 2014

Production:
    Date: 17.1.2014
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Ebbisham, Flavia
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: funeral

Object location:  Box 66

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 8 cm
Width: 4.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: funeral programme
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Programme for the funeral and thanksgiving service for Flavia Ebbisham, January 2014

Production:
    Date: 1.2014

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Ebbisham, Flavia Mary
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church
    Event:
        Event Type: funeral

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: newsletter
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Historical Society Autumn Review
    Brief Description: Newsletter for Mere Historical Society, edited by Margaret Halliday, autumn 2012

Production:
    Date: 2012
    Person:
        Person Name: Halliday, Margaret
        Person Role: editor
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: society
    Classification: health and social services
    Title: Mere Workhouse Notes Ex Guardians Minutes
    Brief Description: Notes and duplicate by Dr Michael Plaxton from local 19th century workhouse records, undated, early 21st century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 2000
        Date End: 2013
    Person:
        Person Name: Plaxton, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1886
        Date End: 1896
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: workhouse
        Site Name: Mere Workhouse

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: society
    Classification: health and social services
    Title: Mere Workhouse Onwards 1890 onwards
    Brief Description: Notes by Dr Michael Plaxton from local 19th century workhouse records, undated, early 21st century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 2000
        Date End: 2013
    Person:
        Person Name: Plaxton, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1889
        Date End: 1895
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: workhouse
        Site Name: Mere Workhouse

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Brigadier Dick Webster
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Daily Telegraph, an obituary of Brigadier Dick Webster, former Olympic pole-vaulter and resident of Mere, 9th November 2009

Production:
    Date: 9.9.2009
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Daily Telegraph

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Webster, Dick, Brigadier

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

Object location:  Box 66

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 18.5 cm
Width: 26 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: A Week Of Words And More At Mere Literary Festival
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on the 17th Mere Literary Festival, 4th October 2013

Production:
    Date: 4.10.2013
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 14.10.2013
        Date End: 20.10.2013
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: festival
        Event Name: Mere Literary Festival

Object location:  Box 66

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 14 cm
Width: 7 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: science and technology
    Classification: motive power
    Title: Old Mills Begin To Generate Electricity
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on three redundant mill and weir sites which have begun to produce renewable energy, with mention of Stephen Burroughs from Lordsmead Mill, Mere, 31st May 2013

Production:
    Date: 31.5.2013
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Place:
            Place Name: Milton on Stour
            Parish: East Knoyle
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: weir
            Site Name: Benjafield Farm Weir

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Burroughs, Stephen
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: mill
        Site Name: Lordsmead Mill
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Gillingham Town Council

Object location:  Box 66

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 14.5 cm
Width: 12 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: societies
    Title: The Real Bread Campaign – Real Bread Maker Week
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on a week of promoting ‘real’ bread by the Mere group Merely Real Bread, helped by the Long Crichel Bakery, 17th May 2013

Production:
    Date: 17.5.2013
    Person:
        Person Name: Jeans, George
        Person Role: photographer
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Campbell, Jamie, Phillips, Judy, Curtis, Rosie
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire South West Area Board
    Event:
        Event Type: themed event
        Event Name: Real Bread Maker Week

Object location:  Box 66

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 19 cm
Width: 8.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: societies
    Title: Merely Bread Fun Day
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on a week of promoting ‘real’ bread by the Mere group Merely Real Bread, and the ‘Bake In’ finale at Mere Lecture Hall, 24th May 2013

Production:
    Date: 24.5.2013
    Person:
        Person Name: Norman, Jane
        Person Role: photographer
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Petassis, Sheila, Rankin, Nancy, Henson, Karen, Gillard, Heather, Turner, Jill, Treby, Sarah
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: hall
            Site Name: Mere Lecture Hall

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire South West Area Board
    Event:
        Event Type: themed event
        Event Name: Real Bread Maker Week

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: trade and professions
    Title: First Anniversary For Walton House Antiques
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on the first anniversary of Walton House Antiques, Mere, 7th June 2013

Production:
    Date: 7.6.2013
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: antique shop
            Site Name: Walton House Antiques

Association:
    Event:
        Event Type: anniversary

Object location:  Box 66

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 17 cm
Width: 8.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: recreation
    Classification: performing arts
    Title: Young Mere Actor In New Play
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on a new play ‘Alias Richard Lee’ performed at Bristol, with actor Josh Wood from Mere taking a leading role, 14th June 2013

Production:
    Date: 14.6.2013
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Wood, Josh
        Person Role: actor
    Place:
        Parish: Bristol
        County: Somerset
        Locality Type: theatre
        Site Name: Alma Tavern
    Event:
        Event Type: play

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: BVM 35th Anniversary Picture Competition Winners Announced
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on the winners of a photographic competition held by the Magazine to celebrate its 35th anniversary, with second place going to Ann Carpenter of Mere, 6th September 2013

Production:
    Date: 6.9.2013
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Carpenter, Ann, Mouland, Denis, Catchpole, Derek
    Place:
            Parish: Shaftesbury
            County: Dorset
            Locality Type: shop
            Site Name: Saxon Photographic

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

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: A Fine Day For Sport At Mere School
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on Mere School Sports Day, 26th July 2013

Production:
    Date: 26.7.2013
    Person:
        Person Name: Edkins, Jon
        Person Role: photographer
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

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

Association:
    Event:
        Event Type: school sports

Object location:  Box 66

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 9.5 cm
Width: 12 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: All The Fun Of Five Courts’ Fair
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on the 10th annual Autumn Fair held by the Friends of Fives Court, 13th September 2013

Production:
    Date: 13.9.2013
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Kantharia, Jean, Bell, Joan
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: old people’s home
            Site Name: Fives Court

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Friends of Fives Court
    Event:
        Event Type: fair

Object location:  Box 66

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 13.5 cm
Width: 8.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Sixteen-Year-Old Victoria’s Sky Dive For HeadSmart
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on Victoria Longbourne from Mere who jumped from a plane to raise funds for HeadSmart, a brain tumour charity, 28th September 2013

Production:
    Date: 28.9.2013
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, Victoria

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Langton-Gilks, David
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: HeadSmart
    Event:
        Event Type: skydiving

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Mere Garden Club’s Annual Show
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on Mere Garden Club’s annual show, 13th September 2013

Production:
    Date: 13.9.2013
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Organisation:

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

Object location:  Box 66

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 10 cm
Width: 12 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Medal Recognises Bernard’s Contribution To Arctic Conveys
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting and duplicate from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on the awarding of the Arctic Star medal to Bernard Howell, who served on the Arctic Conveys during World War II, 28th June 2013

Production:
    Date: 28.6.2013
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Howell, Bernard

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: war
        Event Name: World War II

Object location:  Box 66

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 14.5 cm
Width: 8 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: society
    Classification: health and social services
    Title: Mere Workhouse Records 1880-1890 Samples Of Interest
    Brief Description: Notes and duplicate by Dr Michael Plaxton from local 19th century workhouse records, undated, early 21st century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 2000
        Date End: 2013
    Person:
        Person Name: Plaxton, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1880
        Date End: 1890
    Person:
        Person Name: Trowebridge, Henry
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: workhouse
        Site Name: Mere Workhouse

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: agriculture
    Classification: power
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Western Morning News reporting on the sale by auction of a private collection of farming items held at Little Manor Farm, Corfe Mullen, Dorset, 16th March 2013

Production:
    Date: 16.3.2013
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Morning News

Content:

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Corfe Mullen
        County: Dorset
        Locality Type: farm
        Site Name: Little Manor Farm
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: John Walton & Co Ltd

Object location:  Box 66

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 36.5 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Diamond Surprise For Anniversary Couple
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on the diamond wedding anniversary of May and Derek Fricker, Mere, 12th April 2013

Production:
    Date: 12.4.2013
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Fricker, May, Fricker, Derek

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: diamond wedding

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Thousands Back A303 Dual It! Campaign
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on the campaign to dual the A303 and the views of Patrick Palmer, a landowner living next to a dualled part of the A303, 5th April 2013

Production:
    Date: 5.4.2013
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Palmer, Patrick

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Martock
        County: Somerset
        Locality Type: farm
        Site Name: Bower Hinton Farm

Object location:  Box 66

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 19.5 cm
Width: 12 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Dad’s Event Proves A Big Hit In Mere
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on an event, ‘The Boys Big Breakfast’, organised by The Friends of Mere School, 31st May 2013

Production:
    Date: 31.5.2013
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Barton, Gary
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Friends of Mere School
    Event:
        Event Type: meal
        Event Name: The Boys Big Breakfast

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: society
    Classification: health and social services
    Brief Description: Letter from Rawlence & Squarey, land agents, to Mr F Ford concerning Silton Manor Farm and charity payments, 20th December 1943

Production:
    Date: 20.12.1943
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Rawlence & Squarey

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Ford, F
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: farm
        Site Name: Silton Manor Farm
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wyndham Charity

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: society
    Classification: health and social services
    Brief Description: Correspondence between F Ford and H Phillips concerning the payment of rent to Harding’s Charity, 1936

Production:
    Date: 1936
    Person:
        Person Name: Ford, F
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Harding’s Charity

Object location:  Box 66

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 26.5 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: society
    Classification: utilities
    Title: Mere Rivers Group
    Brief Description: Notes from a meeting of Mere Rivers Group, Mere, 2nd May 2012

Production:
    Date: 2.5.2012
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Rivers Group

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire Wildlife Trust

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: events
    Title: How Wine Came To Mere
    Brief Description: Notes by Robin Yapp, founder of vintners Yapp Brothers, for a talk ‘How Wine Came To Mere’ given to the Friends of Mere Museum, 1st December 2009

Production:
    Date: 1.12.2009
    Person:
        Person Name: Yapp, Robin
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Friends of Mere Museum
    Event:
        Event Type: lecture

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: ‘Queen Victoria’ Makes Mere Fete A Right Royal Occasion
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from The Journal, photographs of local people dressed as Victorians, including Pip Brown dressed as Queen Victoria, opening the summer fete at St Michael’s Church, Mere, 19th June 1997

Production:
    Date: 19.6.1997
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Journal

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Brown, Pip, Elliott, Ben, Rev
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Amateur Dramatic Society
    Event:
        Event Type: fete
        Event Name: St Michael’s Church Fete

Object location:  Box 66

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 16.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: events
    Brief Description: Colour photograph of Pip Brown dressed as Queen Victoria with two other unidentified costumed men during the summer fete at St Michael’s Church, Mere, June 1997

Production:
    Date: 6.1997

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

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Amateur Dramatic Society
    Event:
        Event Type: fete
        Event Name: St Michael’s Church Fete

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: events
    Brief Description: Colour photograph of Pip Brown dressed as Queen Victoria with Rev Ben Elliott also in costume during a procession to open the summer fete at St Michael’s Church, Mere, June 1997

Production:
    Date: 6.1997

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Brown, Pip, Elliott, Ben, Rev
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Amateur Dramatic Society
    Event:
        Event Type: fete
        Event Name: St Michael’s Church Fete

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: events
    Brief Description: Colour photograph of Pip Brown dressed as Queen Victoria with two other unidentified costumed men during the summer fete at St Michael’s Church, Mere, June 1997

Production:
    Date: 6.1997

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

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Amateur Dramatic Society
    Event:
        Event Type: fete
        Event Name: St Michael’s Church Fete

Object location:  Box 66

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 7.5 cm
Width: 5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: events
    Brief Description: Colour photograph of Pip Brown dressed as Queen Victoria with two other unidentified costumed men during the summer fete at St Michael’s Church, Mere, June 1997

Production:
    Date: 6.1997

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

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Amateur Dramatic Society
    Event:
        Event Type: fete
        Event Name: St Michael’s Church Fete

Object location:  Box 66

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 7.5 cm
Width: 5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Royal Visit
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Western Gazette, photograph of local people dressed as Victorians, including Pip Brown dressed as Queen Victoria, opening the summer fete at St Michael’s Church, Mere, 19th June 1997

Production:
    Date: 19.6.1997
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Brown, Pip, Elliott, Ben, Rev
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Amateur Dramatic Society
    Event:
        Event Type: fete
        Event Name: St Michael’s Church Fete

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: events
    Brief Description: Colour photograph of Liz Tuck during the process of erecting the archive shed within the United Reform Church, 2nd October 2008

Production:
    Date: 2.10.2008

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Tuck, Liz
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: church
            Site Name: United Reform Church

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society
    Event:
        Event Type: construction

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: photograph
    Classification: events
    Brief Description: Colour photograph of the finished archive shed within the United Reform Church, 2nd October 2008

Production:
    Date: 2.10.2008

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: church
            Site Name: United Reform Church

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society
    Event:
        Event Type: construction

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: Mere School Football Team Celebrates Success
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on Mere School football team’s success at two local tournaments, 15th March 2013

Production:
    Date: 15.3.2013
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

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

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Parish Council
    Event:
        Event Type: football match
        Event Name: Gillingham Family Football Tournament

Object location:  Box 66

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 13 cm
Width: 12 cm

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: events
    Brief Description: Four letters from the Duchy of Cornwall to Matthew Norris concerning the sale of a cottage and garden to Mr Norris, Mere, 1902-1903

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 20.1.1902
        Date End: 9.3.1903
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Duchy of Cornwall

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Norris, Matthew
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: sale

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: receipt
    Classification: society
    Classification: money
    Brief Description: Receipt from the Bank of England for £25 to Matthew Norris concerning the sale from the Duchy of Cornwall of a cottage and garden to Mr Norris, Mere, 6th March 1903

Production:
    Date: 6.3.1903
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Bank of England

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Norris, Matthew
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Duchy of Cornwall
    Event:
        Event Type: sale

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Title: 19 Games Without Defeat!
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from unknown publication reporting on Mere Football Club, champions of the Frome and District League, mid to late 1960’s or early 1970’s

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1963
        Date End: 1972

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

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Frome and District League
    Event:
        Event Type: football match

Object location:  Box 66

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 16 cm
Width: 18 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: events
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from unknown publication reporting on Mere Football Club’s third annual sports day, Recreation Ground, Mere, 1975

Production:
    Date: 1975

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Lawley, D, G, Mr, Power, C, Arney, L
    Organisation:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: playing field OR playground
            Site Name: Mere Recreation Ground

Association:
    Event:
        Event Type: sports

Object location:  Box 66

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 18 cm
Width: 19.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: agriculture
    Brief Description: Correspondence between Walter Rowden and various people concerning Rowden’s tenancy of Forest Farm, Gillingham, Dorset, 1953-1955

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 30.11.1953
        Date End: 28.4.1955
    Person:
        Person Name: Rowden, Walter
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Gillingham
        County: Dorset
        Locality Type: farm
        Site Name: Forest Farm

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: minutes
    Classification: society
    Classification: health and social services
    Brief Description: Minutes of the trustees meeting, Mere Forest Charity, held at the Lecture Hall, Mere, 7th March 1953

Production:
    Date: 7.3.1953

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: hall
        Site Name: Mere Lecture Hall
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Forest Charity
    Event:
        Event Type: meeting

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: account sheet
    Classification: society
    Classification: health and social services
    Title: Mere Parochial Charities
    Brief Description: Mere Parochial Charities accounts for Forest Charity, Allotment Charity and United Charities, 1953

Production:
    Date: 1953
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Parochial Charities

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Allotment Charity

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: society
    Classification: health and social services
    Brief Description: Letter from Henry Bowyer (?) of the Charity Commission to Frank Ford of Mere concerning the provision of blankets, 16th November 1914

Production:
    Date: 16.11.1914
    Person:
        Person Name: Bowyer, Henry
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Charity Commission

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 66

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 32 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: agriculture
    Brief Description: Various letters of application for the tenancy of Forest Farm, Gillingham, Dorset, 1952-1954

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1952
        Date End: 1954

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Gillingham
        County: Dorset
        Locality Type: farm
        Site Name: Forest Farm

Object location:  Box 66

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 18 cm
Width: 11.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: society
    Classification: government
    Brief Description: Letter from F W Davis, rating officer of Shaftesbury Rural District Council, to Mr F Ford of Mere concerning the whereabouts of a field, 19th November 1938

Production:
    Date: 19.11.1938
    Person:
        Person Name: Davis, F, W
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Ford, F, Mr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Shaftesbury Rural District Council

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: list
    Classification: society
    Classification: health and social services
    Title: Mere United Charities, Distribution Of Blankets
    Brief Description: List of recipients of blankets from Mere United Charities, 1924-1942

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1924
        Date End: 1942

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere United Charities

Object location:  Box 66

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 30 cm
Width: 20 cm

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: society
    Classification: health and social services
    Brief Description: Letter from F Ford of Mere United Charities to J Walton & Co about the purchase and distribution of blankets in Mere and Zeals, 10th December 1941

Production:
    Date: 10.12.1941
    Person:
        Person Name: Ford, F, Mr
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere United Charities

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: society
    Classification: health and social services
    Brief Description: Letter from F Ford to the Charity Commission registering Mere Forest, Mere United and Mere Allotment Charities, 6th December 1961

Production:
    Date: 6.12.1961
    Person:
        Person Name: Ford, F, Mr
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Charity Commission

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: society
    Classification: health and social services
    Brief Description: Letter from F Ford to H Phillips asking for rental payment on the field called The Grove, Gillingham, to the trustees of Harding’s Charity, 23rd November 1934

Production:
    Date: 23.11.1934
    Person:
        Person Name: Ford, F, Mr
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Phillips, H
    Place:
        Parish: Gillingham
        County: Dorset
        Locality Type: field
        Site Name: The Grove
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Harding’s Charity

Object location:  Box 66

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 26.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: societies
    Title: Rivers Group Vows To Keep The Pressure On Water Company
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting and duplicate from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on the Mere Rivers Group and their campaign to stop Wessex Water pumping too much water from local rivers, 15th March 2013

Production:
    Date: 15.3.2013
    Person:
        Person Name: Manning, Mathew
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Sheppard, Ian
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: bridge
            Site Name: Landers Bridge

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: river
        Site Name: River Shreen
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Rivers Group

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: society
    Classification: health and social services
    Brief Description: Letter from F Ford to the manager, Lloyds Bank, Mere, giving details of the trustees of Mere United Charities, 21st December 1943

Production:
    Date: 21.12.1943
    Person:
        Person Name: Ford, F
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Role: bank manager
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Lloyds Bank

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Correspondence between Michael Tighe and various people about the acquisition of Mere Papers, 1999-2006

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1999
        Date End: 2006
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 65

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

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Two letters to Dr David Longbourne from Michael Tighe and Ben Elliott referring to the trade badges or arms and merchant marks found within St Michael’s Church, Mere, October 2000

Production:
    Date: 10.2000
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church

Object location:  Box 66

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

Identification:
    Object name: guide
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Walkers’ Guide
    Brief Description: Numerous guides within a loose cover to walks around Mere, published by Mere Parish Council, 1987

Production:
    Date: 1987
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Parish Council

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 63

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

Identification:
    Object name: map
    Classification: environment
    Classification: maps
    Title: A District Map, Mere, Wiltshire
    Brief Description: A Town & Country publication, a district map of Mere, c.1970

Production:
    Date: 1970
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Town & Country Publications

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Walworth & Co

Object location:  Box 63

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 53 cm
Width: 38.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: extract
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Mere Chantry House
    Brief Description: Photocopy of pages 224-232 of Chantry Priests’ Houses from Mediaeval Archaeology, Vol III, 1959

Production:
    Date: 1959
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mediaeval Archaeology

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

Object location:  Box 63

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 23 cm
Width: 16.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: local history
    Title: The Scrapbook Before And After
    Brief Description: Notes for a talk to the Women’s Institute ‘The Scrapbook Before And After’ by Michael Tighe, February 2000

Production:
    Date: 2.2000
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 63

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

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Notes from Public Record Office relating to land at Zeals, undated, late 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1975
        Date End: 1999
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Public Record Office

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1738
        Date End: 1809
    Place:
        Parish: Zeals
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 63

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Western Gazette reporting on the restoration of the gate pillars, by the placing of replicas of two black dogs, at the North Lodge entrance to Zeals House, Zeals, 15th August 1980

Production:
    Date: 15.8.1980
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Zeals
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: country house
            Site Name: Zeals House

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Saffron, R, G, Mr
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Chafyn Grove Family
    Event:
        Event Type: restoration

Object location:  Box 63

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 23 cm
Width: 15.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Letter from Frank Harper to Michael Tighe with detailed notes about Zeals House and Zeals Airfield during the Second World War, and typed version by Michael Tighe, September 1997

Production:
    Date: 9.1997
    Person:
        Person Name: Harper, Frank
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1942
        Date End: 1944
    Place:
        Parish: Zeals
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: country house
        Site Name: Zeals House
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Royal Air Force
    Event:
        Event Type: war
        Event Name: World War II

Object location:  Box 63

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

Identification:
    Object name: extract
    Classification: local history
    Title: The Killing Field
    Brief Description: Article ‘The Killing Field’ by Bernard Pike, taken from a copy of Wiltshire Life, c.2000

Production:
    Date: 2000
    Person:
        Person Name: Pike, Bernard
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire Life

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Mackay, Martin Reay Sutherland
    Place:
            Parish: Zeals
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: farmhouse
            Site Name: Search Farmhouse

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1942
        Date End: 1944
    Place:
        Parish: Zeals
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: airfield
        Site Name: Zeals Airfield
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Royal Air Force
    Event:
        Event Type: war
        Event Name: World War II

Object location:  Box 63

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

Identification:
    Object name: extract
    Classification: local history
    Title: Notes on the Documentary History of Zeals
    Brief Description: Photocopy of an article from an unknown publication, ‘Notes on the Documentary History of Zeals’ by John Batten, original c. 1895

Production:
    Date: 1895
    Person:
        Person Name: Batten, John
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Zeals
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 63

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: local history
    Title: Book Explores Village Life, Past and Present
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting from the Western Gazette reporting on the new book, ‘A Tale of Two Manors, Zeals A Wiltshire Village’ compiled by Gwyneth Jackson, Marguerite White, David Longbourne and Gordon Jackson, 8th January 1998

Production:
    Date: 8.1.1998
    Person:
        Person Name: Anthem, Paul
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Content:
    Organisation:

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Jackson, Gwyneth
        Person Role: author
    Place:
        Parish: Zeals
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 63

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 39 cm
Width: 29.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: petition
    Classification: society
    Classification: communication
    Brief Description: Photocopy of a petition by the inhabitants of Mere and neighbouring parishes to ask the Postmaster General to make Mere a postal town, undated, c.mid 19th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1840
        Date End: 1875

Association:
    Person:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 64

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 35 cm
Width: 47 cm

Identification:
    Object name: magazine
    Classification: environment
    Classification: buildings
    Title: Country Life
    Brief Description: Original Country Life magazine containing an article about Woodlands Manor, Mere, 10th May 1924

Production:
    Date: 10.5.1924
    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 64

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 37 cm
Width: 24 cm

Identification:
    Object name: leaflet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere
    Brief Description: Leaflet showing day trips from Mere and advertising a variety of local trades, c.1970

Production:
    Date: 1970
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Chamber of Trade

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Tourist Information Office

Object location:  Box 63

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 36 cm
Width: 48 cm

Identification:
    Object name: report
    Classification: society
    Classification: government
    Title: A Feasibility Study Prepared For The Mere Parish Council
    Brief Description: Feasibility Study to establish the use of the Old Mere First School building as a Community Centre, 16th July 1992

Production:
    Date: 16.7.1992
    Person:
        Person Name: Apps, C, P
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere First School Sub-Committee

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

Object location:  Box 62

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 30 cm
Width: 21.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: trade and professions
    Title: Hindleys and the Bourton Foundry
    Brief Description: Pale green booklet ‘Hindleys and the Bourton Foundry’ by David Eaton, 2002

Production:
    Date: 2002
    Person:
        Person Name: Eaton, David
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Holway Publishing

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: engineering works
        Site Name: E S Hindley & Sons

Object location:  Box 63

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

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Memories
    Brief Description: Book ‘Mere Memories’ by Dorothy George and Jim Doddington, 1995

Production:
    Date: 1995
    Person:
        Person Name: George, Dorothy
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Books

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 63

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: government
    Title: Library In Former School For Mere
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting, possibly from the Western Gazette, reporting on a meeting of Mere Parish Council where various matters were discussed including converting the former National School into a library, 10th January 1969

Production:
    Date: 10.1.1969
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

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

Object location:  Box 62

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

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: health and social services
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting, possibly from the Blackmore Vale Magazine, advertising Monkswell Cottage, a residential care home, Mere, undated, late 20th or early 21st century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1985
        Date End: 2005
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Axson, Eve
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: old people’s home
        Site Name: Monkswell Cottage

Object location:  Box 62

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 7.5 cm
Width: 9.5 cm

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: society
    Classification: health and social services
    Title: Closing Of Home
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting and duplicate from the Western Gazette reporting on the closing of Castle House, a children’s home owned by Wiltshire County Council, 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:
    Person:
        Person Name: Course, A, J, Mr
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire County Council
    Event:
        Event Type: closure

Object location:  Box 62

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 17 cm
Width: 9 cm

Identification:
    Object name: leaflet
    Classification: society
    Classification: government
    Title: South Wiltshire The Way Ahead?
    Brief Description: Green and white leaflet explaining the development plan by Wiltshire County Council for the growth of South Wiltshire, 1976

Production:
    Date: 1976
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire County Council

Association:
    Place:
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 62

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

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: society
    Classification: money
    Title: The Monthly Assessments For The Relief Of Ireland Raised In The Division Of Warminster 1648
    Brief Description: Booklet, a transcription by Thomas Henry Baker from a 1648 manuscript reprinted from the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, early to mid 20th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1900
        Date End: 1965
    Person:
        Person Name: Baker, Thomas, Henry
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: C H Woodward

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine

Object location:  Box 62

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

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: society
    Classification: government
    Title: Wiltshire County Council 100, The First Hundred Years 1889-1989
    Brief Description: Booklet, ‘Wiltshire County Council 100, The First Hundred Years 1889-1989’, 1989

Production:
    Date: 1989
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire County Council

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1889
        Date End: 1989
    Place:
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire County Council
    Event:
        Event Type: centenary

Object location:  Box 62

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

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: society
    Classification: health and social services
    Brief Description: Letter from Evelyn Butfield thanking Michael Tighe about research into The Retreat, Mere, and adding further information about her family, and a letter from Michael Tighe to Michael Hannon relating to Evelyn Butfield, c.2006-2007

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 2006
        Date End: 1.10.2007
    Person:
        Person Name: Butfield, Evelyn
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1921
        Date End: 1928
    Person:
        Person Name: Bush, May
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: maternity home
        Site Name: The Retreat
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Trotman Family

Object location:  Box 62

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

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: society
    Classification: health and social services
    Brief Description: Correspondence between Pauline Butcher of the National Free Church Women’s Council and Michael Tighe relating to the Rutter family and The Retreat, Mere, with photocopied report of the annual meeting of the 1915 Women’s Auxiliary, 1998

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 31.7.1998
        Date End: 3.8.1998
    Person:
        Person Name: Butcher, Pauline
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: maternity home
        Site Name: The Retreat
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: National Free Church Women’s Council

Object location:  Box 62

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