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