MHS Archive entry MHS:1518

Identification:
    Object name: map
    Classification: environment
    Classification: maps
    Brief Description: Copies of an 1891 Ordnance Survey map of Mere and various enlargements

Production:
    Date: 1891
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Ordnance Survey

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 21

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:1513

Identification:
    Object name: map
    Classification: environment
    Classification: maps
    Brief Description: Copy of the Duchy of Cornwall survey of Mere, 1796 or 1798

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1796
        Date End: 1798
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Duchy of Cornwall

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 21

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 30 cm
Width: 42.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:1514

Identification:
    Object name: map
    Classification: environment
    Classification: maps
    Title: Mere Inclosure Award Map A
    Brief Description: Copy, and duplicate, of the ‘Mere Inclosure Award Map A’, original in Mere Museum, 1821, by Richard Webb and George Barnes

Production:
    Date: 1821
    Person:
        Person Name: Webb, Richard
        Person Role: map maker

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Museum

Object location:  Box 21

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 34 cm
Width: 102 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:1515

Identification:
    Object name: map
    Classification: environment
    Classification: maps
    Title: Mere Inclosure Award Map B
    Brief Description: Copy, and duplicate, of the ‘Mere Inclosure Award Map B’, original in Mere Museum, 1821, by Richard Webb and George Barnes

Production:
    Date: 1821
    Person:
        Person Name: Webb, Richard
        Person Role: map maker

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Museum

Object location:  Box 21

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 39 cm
Width: 105 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:1516

Identification:
    Object name: map
    Classification: environment
    Classification: maps
    Title: Mere Inclosure Award Map B
    Brief Description: Copy, and duplicate, of the ‘Mere Inclosure Award Map C’, original in Mere Museum, 1821, by Richard Webb and George Barnes

Production:
    Date: 1821
    Person:
        Person Name: Webb, Richard
        Person Role: map maker

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Museum

Object location:  Box 21

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 37 cm
Width: 132 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:1517.1

Identification:
    Object name: map
    Classification: environment
    Classification: maps
    Title: Ordnance Survey Sheet ST 83 SW
    Brief Description: Ordnance Survey map, Sheet ST 83 SW, six inches to a mile, showing Mere, Wiltshire, 1961

Production:
    Date: 1961
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Ordnance Survey

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 21

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 55 cm
Width: 54 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:1517.2

Identification:
    Object name: map
    Classification: environment
    Classification: maps
    Title: Ordnance Survey Sheet ST 73 SE
    Brief Description: Ordnance Survey map, Sheet ST 73 SE, six inches to a mile, showing Stourton with Gasper, Wiltshire, 1961

Production:
    Date: 1961
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Ordnance Survey

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Stourton with Gasper
            County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 21

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 56 cm
Width: 51 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:1517.3

Identification:
    Object name: map
    Classification: environment
    Classification: maps
    Title: Ordnance Survey Sheet SU 02 SW
    Brief Description: Ordnance Survey map, Sheet SU 02 SW, six inches to a mile, showing Bowerchalke, Wiltshire, 1961

Production:
    Date: 1961
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Ordnance Survey

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Bower Chalke
            County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 21

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 66 cm
Width: 54.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:1517.4

Identification:
    Object name: map
    Classification: environment
    Classification: maps
    Title: Ordnance Survey Sheet SU 26 NW
    Brief Description: Ordnance Survey map, Sheet SU 26 NW, six inches to a mile, showing Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, 1961

Production:
    Date: 1961
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Ordnance Survey

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Savernake
            County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 21

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 67 cm
Width: 54.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:895

Identification:
    Object name: extract
    Classification: local history
    Title: Uncommon Sensibility In A Horse
    Brief Description: Photocopy of an extract from a book, ‘Wonders Of The Horse’, describing the death of Rev Charles Wager Allix of Mere in 1795, undated

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Allix, Charles Wager
        Person Role: vicar
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: death

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 14 cm
Width: 25.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:1505

Identification:
    Object name: map
    Classification: environment
    Classification: maps
    Brief Description: Brittle fragment of Mere tithe map of 1848, Barrow Street area

Production:
    Date: 1848

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

Object location:  Box 21

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 53 cm
Width: 29 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:896

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: The Gentleman Of War
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Daily Telegraph reporting on the career of John Keegan, Daily Telegraph Defence Editor, of Kilmington, speaker of the 1998 Reith Lectures, 6th April 1998

Production:
    Date: 6.4.1998
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Daily Telegraph

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Keegan, John

Association:
    Date:
    Place:
        Parish: Kilmington
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: manor house
        Site Name: Kilmington Manor
    Event:
        Event Type: lecture
        Event Name: Reith Lectures

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 59.5 cm
Width: 37.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:1506

Identification:
    Object name: map
    Classification: environment
    Classification: maps
    Brief Description: Brittle fragment of Mere tithe map of 1848, Whitehill Common area

Production:
    Date: 1848

Content:
    Place:
            Place Name: Whitehill Common
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 21

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 27 cm
Width: 58 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:897

Identification:
    Object name: photocopy
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Photocopied list of leaseholders of the parsonage of Mere from the late 17th and early 18th centuries

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1694
        Date End: 1706
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: parsonage

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 36 cm
Width: 25.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:1507

Identification:
    Object name: map
    Classification: environment
    Classification: maps
    Brief Description: Brittle fragment of Mere tithe map of 1848, Horse Croft Common area

Production:
    Date: 1848

Content:
    Place:
            Place Name: Horse Croft Common
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 21

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 40 cm
Width: 24 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:898

Identification:
    Object name: photocopy
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Photocopied list of people related to the parsonage of Mere, 22nd February 1714

Production:
    Date: 22.2.1714

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

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 36 cm
Width: 25.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:1508

Identification:
    Object name: map
    Classification: environment
    Classification: maps
    Brief Description: Brittle fragment of Mere tithe map of 1848, Lower Park Farm area

Production:
    Date: 1848

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: farm
            Site Name: Lower Park Farm

Object location:  Box 21

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 28 cm
Width: 52 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:899

Identification:
    Object name: photocopy
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Photocopied list of payments received, possibly rents, 18th century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1700
        Date End: 1799

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 36 cm
Width: 25.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:900

Identification:
    Object name: photocopy
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Photocopied list of leaseholders, from the late 17th and early 18th centuries

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1668
        Date End: 1716
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 36 cm
Width: 25.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:901

Identification:
    Object name: list
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Printout list of Mere wills from The National Archives, from the 15th to the 19th century

Production:
    Date: 21.8.2004

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1419
        Date End: 1839
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The National Archives

Object location:  Box 20

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:902

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Ings Family
    Brief Description: Page of notes relating to the Ings family of Mere, undated

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

Object location:  Box 20

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:903

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: One page of notes relating to John Lucas Willoughby of Mere, undated

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Willoughby, John Lucas
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Sudan Government Railways

Object location:  Box 20

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:904

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Scrap of paper with notes relating to folk songs collected in Mere Workhouse, undated

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Laycock, Tim
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: workhouse
        Site Name: Mere Workhouse

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 10 cm
Width: 12.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:905

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Ashlocke
    Brief Description: One page of notes relating to the 16th century wills of Thomas and Dorothy Ashlocke of Mere, undated

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1555
        Date End: 1562
    Person:
        Person Name: Ashlocke, Thomas
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Ashlocke family

Object location:  Box 20

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:1500

Identification:
    Object name: map
    Classification: environment
    Classification: maps
    Title: A Map Of West Knoyle In The County Of Wilts
    Brief Description: Copy of a map of West Knoyle, 1736

Production:
    Date: 1736

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: West Knoyle
            County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 21

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 69 cm
Width: 100 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:1501

Identification:
    Object name: map
    Classification: environment
    Classification: maps
    Brief Description: Photocopied Ordnance Survey map of Mere and surrounding areas, used as a key to the fragmented Mere tithe map of 1848

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Ordnance Survey

Object location:  Box 21

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:1502

Identification:
    Object name: map
    Classification: environment
    Classification: maps
    Brief Description: Brittle fragment of Mere tithe map of 1848, Down Farm Downs and area

Production:
    Date: 1848

Content:
    Place:
            Place Name: Down Farm Downs
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 21

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 86 cm
Width: 30 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:1503

Identification:
    Object name: map
    Classification: environment
    Classification: maps
    Brief Description: Brittle fragment of Mere tithe map of 1848, West Hill area

Production:
    Date: 1848

Content:
    Place:
            Place Name: West Hill
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 21

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 12.5 cm
Width: 86 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:1504

Identification:
    Object name: map
    Classification: environment
    Classification: maps
    Brief Description: Brittle fragment of Mere tithe map of 1848, Chaddenwick Farm area

Production:
    Date: 1848

Content:
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: farm
            Site Name: Chaddenwick Farm

Object location:  Box 21

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 76 cm
Width: 39 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:879

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Reminiscences Of The Life Of Francis Burchett Rutter
    Brief Description: Faded and spotted booklet entitled ‘Reminiscences Of The Life Of Francis Burchett Rutter’, with a note on the inside cover explaining the ownership of the booklet, a Mrs E J Weakley of Warminster

Production:
    Date: 1932

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Weakley, E, J, Mrs
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 22 cm
Width: 14.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:880

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Reminiscences Of The Life Of Francis Burchett Rutter
    Brief Description: Booklet entitled ‘Reminiscences Of The Life Of Francis Burchett Rutter’, with a note on the inside cover explaining the ownership of the booklet, a Mrs E J Weakley of Warminster

Production:
    Date: 1932

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Weakley, E, J, Mrs
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 22 cm
Width: 14.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:881

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Scrappy’ Dixon – A Pioneer Of Recycling
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on the retirement of Cecil Dixon of Mere, dealer in scrap metal, c.1999

Production:
    Date: 1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Fricker, Liz
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Dixon, Cecil

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

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 19 cm
Width: 8 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:882

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Henrietta, 12, Joins Golfing Elite
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on aspiring golf player, Henrietta Brockway, 1st November 2002

Production:
    Date: 1.11.2002
    Person:
        Person Name: Fricker, Liz
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Brockway, Henrietta

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 18 cm
Width: 9 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:883

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: George Is At Home With Council Work
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting reporting on the election of George Jeans as Salisbury district councillor, c. November 2001

Production:
    Date: 11.2001

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Jeans, George

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

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 27.5 cm
Width: 7 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:884

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Robert Finan – Every Item Tells A Story
    Brief Description: Cutting from Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on Robert Finan, antiques dealer of Mere, 9th April 1999

Production:
    Date: 9.4.1999
    Person:
        Person Name: Fricker, Liz
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Finan, Robert

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 30 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:885

Identification:
    Object name: order of service
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Order of service for the funeral of Eanswythe Laman of Mere, 11th August 2001

Production:
    Date: 2001

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Laman, Eanswythe
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church
    Event:
        Event Type: funeral

Object location:  Box 20

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:886

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: After 44 Years, Evelyn Makes A Clean Sweep
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Journal reporting on the retirement of Evelyn Flower from the Hill Brush Company, 6th September 2001

Production:
    Date: 6.9.2001
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Journal

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Flower, Evelyn, Mrs

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Coward, Philip
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Hill Brush Company
    Event:
        Event Type: retirement

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 19 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:887

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Fred Calls It A Day After 75 Years
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Journal reporting on the retirement of Fred Tranter, musical director of Gillingham Imperial Silver Band for 29 years, 17th January 2002

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

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Tranter, Fred

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Gillingham Imperial Silver Band
    Event:
        Event Type: retirement

Object location:  Box 20

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:888

Identification:
    Object name: magazine cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Neglect Fires An Artist’s Mania For Mushrooms
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Countryman reporting on the life of Suzanne Lucas, artist, publicising her exhibition of toadstool paintings for The Society of Botanical Artists in London, May 2001

Production:
    Date: 5.2001
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Countryman

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Lucas, Suzanne

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Society of Botanical Artists
    Event:
        Event Type: exhibition

Object location:  Box 20

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:889

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: My Magic World Of Mushrooms
    Brief Description: Cutting from West Country Life reporting on the life of Suzanne Lucas, artist, publicising her toadstool paintings , c. May 2001

Production:
    Date: 5.2001
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: West Country Life

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Lucas, Suzanne

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Society of Botanical Artists

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 36 cm
Width: 28.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:890

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: On The Trail Of A New Lifestyle
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Journal reporting on the new walking careers of Alison and Dave Howell from Mere, 30th May 2002

Production:
    Date: 30.5.2002
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Journal

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Howell, Alison, Howell, Dave

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 18.5 cm
Width: 28.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:875

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Death of Dr F B Rutter
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Wiltshire Times reporting on the death of Dr Francis Burchett Rutter, 23rd July 1932

Production:
    Date: 23.7.1932
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Rutter, Francis Burchett

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1869
        Date End: 1932
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: death

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 65 cm
Width: 17.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:891

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Family Party For Lily
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Western Gazette reporting on the 100th birthday of Mrs Lily Anna Taylor of Mere, 21st April 1978

Production:
    Date: 21.4.1978
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Taylor, Lily, Mrs, Hall, Amy, Mrs
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: hall
            Site Name: The Grove Building

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

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:876

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Mere Mourns One Of Its Best Known Residents
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting reporting on the death of Albert Henry Avery, builder of Mere, c.1968

Production:
    Date: 1968

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Avery, Albert Henry
        Person Role: builder
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: Congregational Church
    Event:
        Event Type: funeral

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 51 cm
Width: 5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:892

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Mere Memories
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine featuring memories of Mere, 18th February 1979

Production:
    Date: 18.2.1979
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 22.5 cm
Width: 7.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:877

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Charlie Jeans – Innovator And Still Working At 97
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on the death of Charlie Jeans of Mere, 3rd January 2003

Production:
    Date: 3.1.2003
    Person:
        Person Name: Fricker, Liz
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Jeans, Charlie

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1906
        Date End: 2003
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: death

Object location:  Box 20

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:893

Identification:
    Object name: magazine cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Charles Edwin Ponting, F.S.A
    Brief Description: Photocopy of the obituary of Charles Edwin Ponting, F.S.A, taken from the Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine, 1932

Production:
    Date: 1932
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Ponting, Charles Edwin
        Person Role: architect
    Place:
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Society of Architects
    Event:
        Event Type: death

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 25.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:878

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Exploring Mere
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Blackmore Vale Magazine reporting on the opening of the Mere Church Fete by Colonel John Blashford Snell, c. 2009-2010

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 2009
        Date End: 2010
    Person:
        Person Name: Head, Michael
        Person Role: photographer
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr, Blashford-Snell, John
    Event:

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 20

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:894

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper article
    Classification: personalia
    Title: The Way Of All Flesh
    Brief Description: Photocopied article from The Sunday Telegraph reporting on butcher and fishmonger Robert Nurden of Mere, 10th May 1992

Production:
    Date: 10.5.1992
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Sunday Telegraph

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Nurden, Robert

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

Object location:  Box 20

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:863

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: local history
    Title: Contented Man On The Green
    Brief Description: Large cutting from the Bristol Evening World featuring an article on Mere, 12th July 1960

Production:
    Date: 12.7.1960
    Person:
        Person Name: Barnes, Max
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Bristol Evening World

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Ford, Archie, Avery, Bert, Avery, Mrs, Burden, Walter, Coward, William

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 42 cm
Width: 33 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:864

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Sister Rosemary Goddard-An Appreciation
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting of an obituary to Sister Rosemary Goddard of Mere, undated

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Goddard, Rosemary
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Event:
        Event Type: death

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 13 cm
Width: 10.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:865

Identification:
    Object name: notebook
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere In The Olden Times
    Brief Description: Bound, brown marbled notebook once owned by T [Thomas] Standerwick, entitled ‘Mere In The Olden Times’, possibly by Unity Edmunds, c.1930’s

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1930
        Date End: 1939

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Standerwick, Thomas
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Standerwick family

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 22.5 cm
Width: 19 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:866

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Letter from H R Bristow to Miss Rutter, containing references to Samuel Lander, Mr Bristow’s grandfather, 18th June 1967

Production:
    Date: 18.6.1967
    Person:
        Person Name: Bristow, H, R, Mr
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Lander, Samuel
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 23 cm
Width: 18 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:867

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: One page of handwritten notes concerning specific 19th century dates in the lives of Samuel Lander and Joseph Lander, undated

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Lander, Samuel John
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 20

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:868

Identification:
    Object name: extract
    Classification: personalia
    Title: David And Goliath
    Brief Description: Photocopied extract, mainly engravings, of ‘David And Goliath’, an article attempting to prove that Newton’s ideas of astrology were wrong, by William Lander of Mere, 1833

Production:
    Date: 1833
    Person:
        Person Name: Lander, William
        Person Role: author

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Lander, William

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Newton, Isaac
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 20

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:869

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Letter from H R Bristow to Miss Wright, containing references to the Lander family, 1st January 1975

Production:
    Date: 1.1.1975
    Person:
        Person Name: Bristow, H, R, Mr
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Wright, Miss
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Lander family

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 22.5 cm
Width: 18 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:870

Identification:
    Object name: extract
    Classification: personalia
    Title: The Village Genius
    Brief Description: Photocopied extract from ‘Views Of Labour And Gold’ entitled ‘The Village Genius’ by William Barnes, formerly of Mere, 1859

Production:
    Date: 1859
    Person:
        Person Name: Barnes, William
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 20

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:856.1

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Title: The Goldsbrough Chant
    Brief Description: Notes by Michael Tighe on the Goldsbrough family of Silton and Mere, specifically Nathaniel Goldsbrough and his composing of church chants, 17th January 2000

Production:
    Date: 17.1.2000
    Person:
        Person Name: Tighe, Michael
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1716
        Date End: 1877
    Person:
        Person Name: Goldsbrough, Nathaniel
        Person Role: teacher
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Goldsbrough family

Object location:  Box 20

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:871

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Doctor’s Tireless Work Recognised
    Brief Description: Cutting from The Journal reporting on the award of an MBE to Dr David Longbourne, first curator of Mere Museum, 3rd January 2002

Production:
    Date: 3.1.2002
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Journal

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Museum
    Event:
        Event Type: presentation
        Event Name: MBE

Object location:  Box 20

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:856.2

Identification:
    Object name: music score
    Classification: recreation
    Classification: performing arts
    Brief Description: Photocopy of a music score, a church chant, composed by Nathaniel Goldsbrough in the second half of the eighteenth century or the first half of the nineteenth century, written down for Albert Goldsbrough in 1877

Production:
    Date: 1877
    Person:
        Person Name: Perman, John
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Goldsbrough, Nathaniel
        Person Role: composer
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 11.5 cm
Width: 21 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:872

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Councillor Resigns
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Western Gazette reporting on the resignation of Commander J R Hooper from Mere and Tisbury Rural District Council, 23rd March 1956

Production:
    Date: 23.3.1956
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Hooper, J, R, Mr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere and Tisbury Rural District Council

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 19 cm
Width: 5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:857

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: local history
    Title: Anecdotes of Mere
    Brief Description: Seven pages of typed notes, ‘Anecdotes of Mere’, collected by Dr David Longbourne and given as an informal talk to Mere Historical Society, 15th December 1992

Production:
    Date: 1992
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society
    Event:
        Event Type: lecture
        Event Name: Anecdotes of Mere

Object location:  Box 20

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:873

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Death Leaves A Gap In Local History
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Western Gazette reporting on the death of Miss Alice Rutter of Mere, a leading figure in the life of Mere for many years, 19th February 1988

Production:
    Date: 19.2.1988
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Rutter, Alice Joyce, Miss
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society
    Event:
        Event Type: death

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 32 cm
Width: 12.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:858

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Fourteen pages of typed notes and analysis of the 1881 census for Mere

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

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 27.5 cm
Width: 21.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:874

Identification:
    Object name: order of service
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Order of service, and duplicate, for a memorial to Dr F B Rutter in the Congregational Church, Mere, 1932

Production:
    Date: 1932

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1869
        Date End: 1932
    Person:
        Person Name: Rutter, Francis Burchett, Dr
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: Congregational Church
    Event:
        Event Type: service

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 26.5 cm
Width: 11.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:859

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Four pages of typed notes relating to the papers of George Bernard Berry, 2006

Production:
    Date: 5.6.2006

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Berry, George Bernard
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

Object location:  Box 20

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:860

Identification:
    Object name: extract
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Five pages taken from ‘The Salisbury Medical Bulletin’ relating to John Tatum, eighteenth century surgeon, who resided in Salisbury from 1753 until his death in 1783

Production:
    Date: 10.1976
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Salisbury Medical Bulletin

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Tatum, John

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1724
        Date End: 1783
    Place:
        Parish: Salisbury
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 20

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:861

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Title: The Tatum Tombstones
    Brief Description: Three pages of typed notes by Dr O S Hart describing the Tatum family, many of whom are buried at St Michael’s Church, Mere, 23rd January 1979

Production:
    Date: 23.1.1979
    Person:
        Person Name: Hart, O, S, Dr
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 20

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:862

Identification:
    Object name: transcript
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Transcript Of Letter Given By Standerwick Family
    Brief Description: Two copies of a transcript from a letter given by the Standerwick family, 28th February 1818

Production:
    Date: 28.2.1818

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

Object location:  Box 20

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:848

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: local history
    Title: Cottages At Brush Factory
    Brief Description: Two pages of typed notes relating to the previous history of derelict cottages at the Hill Brush Company, Shaftesbury Road, Mere, 2003

Production:
    Date: 2003

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

Object location:  Box 20

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:849

Identification:
    Object name: inventory
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Photocopy of the inventory of Mary Pride from Mere, 1629

Production:
    Date: 1629

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Pride, Mary
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 36 cm
Width: 25.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:850

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Four pages of notes and lists from the Domesday Book, relating to Wiltshire landowners

Production:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Domesday Book

Association:
    Place:
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 20

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:851

Identification:
    Object name: document
    Classification: society
    Classification: government
    Brief Description: Photocopy of a legal document, possibly from 1635

Production:
    Date: 1635

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 41.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:836

Identification:
    Object name: receipt
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: Photocopy of a receipt for a bill of 403 pounds paid to H H Edmunds and Son, chemists of Mere, 2nd August 1928

Production:
    Date: 2.8.1928

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: H H Edmunds and Son

Object location:  Box 20

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:852

Identification:
    Object name: document
    Classification: society
    Classification: government
    Brief Description: Photocopy of a legal document, seventeenth century

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1600
        Date End: 1699

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 20

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:837

Identification:
    Object name: article
    Classification: local history
    Title: Liberty of Gillingham
    Brief Description: Photocopy of an article from the Victoria County History mentioning the manor of Milton and Gillingham, undated

Production:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Victoria County History

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Milton Lilbourne
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 35.5 cm
Width: 25 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:853

Identification:
    Object name: inventory
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Photocopy of the inventory of John Hibbard, February 1612

Production:
    Date: 2.1612

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Hibbard, John
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 42 cm
Width: 25.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:838

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Two pages of handwritten notes by Michael Tighe relating to the Maggs family of Mere, undated

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

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

Object location:  Box 20

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:854

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Past and Present
    Brief Description: Two pages from ‘The Visitor’ newspaper featuring an article on Mere, past and present, November 1996

Production:
    Date: 11.1996
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Visitor

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Coward, Jim, Cray, Jack, Greenland, Bill, Whitmarsh, Cecil, Whitmarsh, Percy, Alford, Bob, Whitmarsh, Ernie

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 30 cm
Width: 41 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:839

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Photocopy of a letter from Isaiah Maggs Jupe concerning the delivery of silk from his mill and a photocopy of the reply from Francis Durant accepting delivery of the silk, 5th October 1894

Production:
    Date: 5.10.1894
    Person:
        Person Name: Jupe, Isaiah
        Person Role: author
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: mill
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire Silk Manufacturing Company

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 34 cm
Width: 27.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:855

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Rev Henry Wake
    Brief Description: Two typed pages referring to the Rev Henry Wake, vicar of Mere from 1812 to 1845, and a photocopied letter to Rev Wake, undated

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1812
        Date End: 1845
    Person:
        Person Name: Wake, Henry
        Person Role: vicar
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 20

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:840

Identification:
    Object name: certificate
    Classification: trade and professions
    Brief Description: Photocopy of an Ordinary Share Certificate of 50 pounds for the Wiltshire Silk Manufacturing Company, 1st March 1892

Production:
    Date: 1.3.1892

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Jupe, Isaiah Maggs
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire Silk Manufacturing Company

Object location:  Box 20

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:841

Identification:
    Object name: order of service
    Classification: society
    Classification: religion
    Brief Description: Order of service for Rogation Sunday at St Matthew’s Church, Mere, 17th May 1998

Production:
    Date: 17.5.1998

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Matthew’s Church
    Event:
        Event Type: service
        Event Name: Rogation Sunday

Object location:  Box 20

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:842

Identification:
    Object name: correspondence
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: E-mail from Fiona [?] to Jenny Sheppard regarding the Brice family of Mere, 6th December 2006

Production:
    Date: 6.12.2006

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Sheppard, Jenny
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Brice family

Object location:  Box 20

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:843

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Brief handwritten notes about ‘Bobby’ Bourne of Mere, undated

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Bourne, Bobby
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: house
        Site Name: The Silk House

Object location:  Box 20

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:844

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Mere
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Western Gazette and its ‘100 Years Ago’ section, reporting on the erection of a memorial tablet in 1872 for Captain Chafyn-Grove of Zeals House by the 8th Wilts Rifle Volunteer Company, 29th September 1972

Production:
    Date: 29.9.1972
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Chafyn-Grove, Captain
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: church
        Site Name: St Michael’s Church
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: 8th Wiltshire Rifle Volunteer Company

Object location:  Box 20

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 5 cm
Width: 5.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:845

Identification:
    Object name: will
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Photocopy of the will of William Dodyngton of Mere, 1507

Production:
    Date: 1507
    Person:
        Person Name: Dodyngton, William
        Person Role: author

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

Object location:  Box 20

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:846

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: local history
    Title: The Diamond Jubilee Approach To Castle Hill
    Brief Description: Photocopy of a newspaper article reporting on the new approach to Castle Hill, Mere, built as a memorial to Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee, 1897

Production:
    Date: 1897

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

Object location:  Box 20

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:847

Identification:
    Object name: map
    Classification: environment
    Classification: maps
    Brief Description: Four pages of tracing paper with pencil-drawn maps relating to various industrial sites around Mere, undated

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 20

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:832

Identification:
    Object name: notes
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Handwritten notes and copies of photographs relating to John Hyatt, cabinet maker and pastor who resided in Mere for a short time, c.1797-1800

Production:
    Person:
        Person Name: Spiers, David
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1797
        Date End: 1800
    Person:
        Person Name: Hyatt, John
        Person Role: cabinet maker
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 19

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:833

Identification:
    Object name: compact disc
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Willoughbys and Hartgills
    Brief Description: Compact disc containing an essay by Giles Browne about the ‘Kilmington Murder’ involving the Hartgill and Willoughby families, 2008

Production:
    Date: 2008
    Person:
        Person Name: Browne, Giles
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Kilmington
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Willoughby family
    Event:
        Event Type: murder

Object location:  Box 19

Description:
Height: 12 cm
Width: 12 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:834

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: local history
    Title: Church Registers at Mere
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Western Gazette reporting on the church registers of Mere, 12th August 1955

Production:
    Date: 12.8.1955
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 19

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 20.5 cm
Width: 4.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:816

Identification:
    Object name: family tree
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: Copy of the Cowley family tree

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

Object location:  Box 19

Description:
Material: paper
Height: cm
Width: cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:835

Identification:
    Object name: magazine
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere With West Knoyle And Zeals Parish Magazine
    Brief Description: Parish magazine with an appreciation in memory of Dr Francis Rutter, August 1932

Production:
    Date: 8.1932
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Edmunds and Son

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Rutter, Francis Burchett, Dr
        Person Role: doctor
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  Box 19

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 24 cm
Width: 18.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:817

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Singing Butcher Celebrates Life
    Brief Description: Cutting from the Salisbury Journal reporting on ‘singing butcher’ Robert Nurden of Mere, who celebrated 40 years in business, January 2004

Production:
    Date: 1.2004
    Person:
        Person Name: Lawley, Katharine
        Person Role: journalist
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Salisbury Journal

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: Nurden, Robert
    Place:
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
            Locality Type: shop
            Site Name: R M Nurden

Object location:  Box 19

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21.5 cm
Width: 16.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:819

Identification:
    Object name: article
    Classification: society
    Classification: royalty
    Title: Castle Hill And Richard Earl Of Cornwall
    Brief Description: Sixteen page article from a talk given at Mere, ‘Castle Hill And Richard Earl Of Cornwall’, written by Dr David Longbourne, 1993

Production:
    Date: 1993
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Richard
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: castle
        Site Name: Castle Hill
    Event:
        Event Type: lecture

Object location:  Box 19

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:820

Identification:
    Object name: article
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Sir Richard Colt Hoare Of Stourhead
    Brief Description: Ten page article, text of an informal talk given to Mere Historical Society, ‘Sir Richard Colt Hoare Of Stourhead’ written by Dr David Longbourne, March 2001

Production:
    Date: 2001
    Person:
        Person Name: Longbourne, David, Dr
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Date:
    Person:
        Person Name: Colt-Hoare, Richard
    Place:
        Parish: Stourton with Gasper
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: country house
        Site Name: Stourhead
    Event:
        Event Type: lecture

Object location:  Box 19

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

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:821

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: A J S White
    Brief Description: Newspaper obituary from The Times for Arthur J S White of Mere, former secretary-general of the British Council, 14th February 1991

Production:
    Date: 18.2.1991
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Times

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: White, Arthur J S
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire Regiment
    Event:
        Event Type: death

Object location:  Box 19

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 16.5 cm
Width: 19.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:822

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Delivered Bread In Mere For 30 Years
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting reporting on the death of Mrs Dorothy Ford of Mere, 4th March 1983

Production:
    Date: 4.3.1983

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Ford, Dorothy
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
        Locality Type: bakery
    Event:
        Event Type: death

Object location:  Box 19

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 18.5 cm
Width: 4.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:823

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Title: Campaigning Woman Councillor Quits After 28 Years
    Brief Description: Newspaper cutting reporting on the retirement of Mrs Dorothy George as a parish councillor for Mere, 29th April 1983

Production:
    Date: 29.4.1983
    Person:
        Person Name: Wood, Haydon
        Person Role: journalist

Content:
    Person:
        Person Name: George, Dorothy

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

Object location:  Box 19

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 44.5 cm
Width: 9.5 cm