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:2018.1791
Summary report on fire in New Street, 16.8.1948, 5 houses lost
PlaceName New Street
StartDate 16.8.1948
ArchiveRef Box 34
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1790
Summary sale notification, Lower Juston (sic) [Lower Jurston], 6.12.1805
PersonName Harvey, Benjamin
PlaceName Lower Jurston
StartDate 6.12.1805
ArchiveRef Box 34
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1888
Summary letter regarding stone boundary markers in the Chagford/Gidleigh area and six black and white photocopies of photographs of the stones: photographs show Crownhall Bottom, Langridge Summit and Hawthorn Clitter
PlaceName Crownhall Bottom
ArchiveRef Box 53
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1885
Summary Photocopy of several articles, copied on to one sheet: Song of the Stone, Doveton F B, June 1887, Photo of Rushford Stepping Stones 19.2.1934, Express and Echo, letter re Chagford Cross, Western Morning News 18.6.1934, letter re Chagford Cross
PlaceName Middlecott
ArchiveRef Box 53
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1884
Summary The Stanley Memorial Stone by Tom Greaves, article and letter from J H Bond to Mr Malseed
StartDate 29.3.1994
ArchiveRef Box 53
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1881
Summary Letter and photo at Mill pond querying mortarstone
StartDate 24.2.1987
ArchiveRef Box 53 original in Box 11b
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1880
Summary Two photos of Waterwheel at Wheal Maria, Devon Great Consols about 1937 and Stamps and Waterwheel at Golden Dagger Mine near Postbridge in 1937
ArchiveRef Box 53
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1877
Summary sale notice Puggiestone, 26.3.1926
PlaceName Puggiestone
StartDate 26.3.1926
ArchiveRef Box 34
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1875
Summary sale notice for Drewston and Parford farms
PlaceName Drewston
ArchiveRef Box 36
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1871
Summary Nattadon Farm purchase by Devon County Council, to make 7 smallholdings, 16.5.1913
PersonName Bailey, F
StartDate 16.5.1913
ArchiveRef Box 34