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:2018.1862
Summary Holy Street Mill, 1844
PlaceName Holy Street Mill
StartDate 1844
ArchiveRef Reseracher Box JM
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1861
Summary sale of the Walland Hill Estate, December 1917
PersonName Osborne, F
PlaceName Higher Withecombe
StartDate 1.12.1917
EndDate 7.12.1917
ArchiveRef Box 34
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1859
Summary A type written report on the Geology of the North Eastern part of Dartmoor by D G Broughton
PersonName Broughton, D G
ArchiveRef Box 53
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1858
Summary Western Morning News cutting on "Discoveries in Hut Circles, Prehistoric Pottery near Chagford" 24.4.1936
StartDate 24.4.1936
ArchiveRef Box 53
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1857
Summary Article "Excavations at Kestor, An Early Iron Age settlement near Chagford, Devon" by Aileen Fox for the Devonshire Association 1954 with black and white illustrations and photographs
PlaceName Kestor
StartDate 1954
ArchiveRef Box 53
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1856
Summary Extract of the Dartmoor Exploration Commiittee, fifth report on the antiquities and historic sites at Fernworthy with black and white illustrations
PlaceName Dartmoor
ArchiveRef Box 53
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1855
Summary Incomplete extract with label as follows [Dartmoor with a difference, 2nd edition, Lois Deacon, Toucan Press, Mount Durand, St Peter Port, Guernsey, CI 1974]
PlaceName Dartmoor
StartDate 1974
ArchiveRef Box 53
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1854
Summary Notice of the fall and restoration of the "Spinsters Rock" or cromlech in the parish of Drewsteignton in the county of Devon, and of stone circles and avenues formerly existing in its vicinity with black and white drawings
PlaceName Spinsters Rock
StartDate 1862
ArchiveRef Box 53
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1847
Summary Kestor area maps
ArchiveRef Box 53
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1848
Summary list of 12 photocopied articles relating to Chagford history
ArchiveRef Box 53