Search the Archive

This is a trial search facility for those archive items that have been re-catalogued onto the Modes Compact database. To date only a portion of the archive has been re-catalogued and this process is ongoing. Data last updated 22 July 2024.

There are seven fields on which the search can be performed:

  • ArchiveID: the unique reference number of the item
  • Summary: a short description of the item – this is the best field to search on
  • PersonName: the primary individual  associated with the item (if there is one)
  • PlaceName: the primary place associated with the item (if there is one)
  • StartDate: if dates are available, the first/beginning date
  • EndDate: if dates are available for a period, the end date
  • ArchiveRef: where the item is in the archive (usually a box number)

The search is by free text only, case insensitive. Blank fields are omitted from the results.

If you require further details about any item(s) please contact us including details of the ArchiveID and ArchiveRef value(s) in your message.

Total Records Found: 4227, showing 10 per page
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1727
Summary two lists, four maps on Meldon
ArchiveRef Box 52
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1726
Summary tracing of map of Meldon, footpaths and hedges, Chris Webber
ArchiveRef Box 52
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1725
Summary old map of Chagford district, Greenaway 1827
StartDate 1827
ArchiveRef Box 52
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1724
Summary 5 photocopies of ordinance survey maps of Chagford [Devonshire Sheet XC SW & XC NW, LXXXIX SE and NE 1906] [Judith Cosford Collection]
ArchiveRef Box 52
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1723
Summary 3 photocopies of ordinance survey maps of Chagford [Devonshire Sheet LXXVIII, LXXXIX SE and XCIX 1906] [Judith Cosford Collection]
ArchiveRef Box 52
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1722
Summary notes on Chagford's open fields and two maps of Chagford: copy of the Chagford Tithe Tap [1841-2] and ordinance survey map [Judith Cosford Collection]
ArchiveRef Box 52
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1721
Summary black and white photograph of the unveriled plaque to Sir Frank Whittle at his former home Walland Hill
PersonName Whittle, Frank
StartDate 2001
ArchiveRef Box 51
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1720
PersonName Whittle, Frank
StartDate 2001
ArchiveRef Box 51
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1719
Summary colour photograph of the unveiled plaque of Sir Frank Whittle at Walland Hill taken at 2002 ceremony
PersonName Whittle, Frank
PlaceName Walland Hill
StartDate 2002
ArchiveRef Box 51
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1718
Summary colour photograph of the unveiled plaque of Sir Frank Whittle at Walland Hill taken at 2002 ceremony
PersonName Whittle, Frank
PlaceName Walland Hill
StartDate 2002
ArchiveRef Box 51