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:2018.1767
PlaceName Bakers Arms
StartDate 10.197
ArchiveRef Box 36
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1766
Summary newspaper photo of chagford square
PlaceName Chagford Square
StartDate 5.9.1933
ArchiveRef Box 36
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1765
Summary Mid Devon Hunt Gymkhana Relay Race
PersonName Arden, Mrs A C
PlaceName Chagford
StartDate 21.10.1940
ArchiveRef Box 31
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1762
Summary Letter from Devon Life dated 26.5.1999 re Church Ale House [Judith Cosford]
ArchiveRef Box 52
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1761
Summary Notes on a book title 'The Rights of Common upon the Forest of Dartmoor and the Commons of Devon' by Stuart Moore and Perciaval Birkett published 1890
ArchiveRef Box 52
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1760
Summary Chagford documents at Devon Record Office
StartDate 1623
EndDate 1927
ArchiveRef Box 52
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1756
Summary Devon County Sites and Monuments Register, Reave on Meldon Hill and Map of Reaves of North East Dartmoor
ArchiveRef Box 52
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1757
Summary Notes on field walks Town Mill Estates [Judith Cosford]
ArchiveRef Box 52
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1758
Summary Duchy Management Plan, Yardworthy Farm, Archaeological Survey 1:2500, October 1981 and letter dated 29.1.90 about standing stones
ArchiveRef Box 52
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1759
Summary Neil Bennett article in The Times 13.5.1995 on first Chagford Fire Engine and letter from John Somers Cocks dated 20.6.1995 about the Fire Engine and Chagford Open Fields
ArchiveRef Box 52