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:2018.1823
Summary W Thorn advert for saddlery [Judith Cosfords notes]
PersonName Thorn, W
ArchiveRef Box 52
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1822
Summary Billheads of various businesses [Judith Cosfords notes]
StartDate 1930
ArchiveRef Box 52
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1820
Summary Details of Richard Scott and Richard Rowe plus family tree [Judith Cosford notes]
PersonName Scott, Richard
StartDate 1778
EndDate 1992
ArchiveRef Box 52
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1819
Summary Famous People who visited or lived in Chagford [Judith Cosford notes]
StartDate 1655
EndDate 1974
ArchiveRef Box 52
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1818
Summary 1841 Tithe commutation Jane Hayter Hames, History of Chagford pages 101 -102
StartDate 1607
EndDate 1847
ArchiveRef Box 52
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1816
Summary working notes [Judith Cosford] Dartmoor Mining Leats, Devon and Cornwall notes and queries; Sweet Diaries vol 16
ArchiveRef Box 52
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1812
Summary GH Reed reaper apparatus field trials 1875
ArchiveRef Box 52
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1811
Summary Aggett bell chiming apparatus
ArchiveRef Box 52
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1809
Summary 1841 census Chagford scanned original
ArchiveRef Box 52
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1810
Summary 1851 census Chagford scanned original
ArchiveRef Box 52