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:2018.1956
Summary Life on a Dartmoor Scrapyard, Dartmoor Magazine, No 89
ArchiveRef Box 54
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1955
Summary The Dartmoor Archeology and Bracken Project, interim report 2003
ArchiveRef Box 54
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1954
Summary The Dartmoor Archeology and Bracken Project, interim report 2000
ArchiveRef Box 54
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1953
Summary The Dartmoor Archeology and Bracken Project, interim report 1999
ArchiveRef Box 54
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1952
Summary Pastoralism on Dartmoor, E G Fogwill, MA, Transactions of the Devonshire Association Vol. LXXXVI 1954 pages 89 to 114
ArchiveRef Box 54
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1949
Summary Notes on lecture by Tom Greeves on fields, farms and working the land
ArchiveRef box 54
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1948
Summary Legends of the Kistvaens including photograph of The Money Pit Cairn and map of Thornworthy Cottage
ArchiveRef box 54
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1944
Summary Programme and notes on Day School given by Tom Greeves on the Dartmoor Tin Industry (Ellis Chagford and John Ponsford Drewsteignton Steam Thrashing Company)
PersonName Aggett, William
ArchiveRef box 54
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1943
Summary Manuscript notes on farmhouses in Chagford Parish
ArchiveRef box 54
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1942
Summary Extract from unknown book on South Teign Country and North Teign Country with photographic plates and map of Teign tributories.
ArchiveRef box 54