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:2018.2175
Summary
handwritten notes on Bradford Pool from history society lecture & Burkes encyclopedia of heraldry
ArchiveRef
box 57b
ArchiveID
CHALH:2018.2268
Summary
handwritten notes on history & accounts of Great Week Mine in 1880s
ArchiveRef
Box 58
ArchiveID
CHALH:2018.2267
Summary
Edward 1's Charter to the Tinners of Cornwall and Devon dated 10.1.1305
StartDate
10.1.1305
ArchiveRef
Box 58
ArchiveID
CHALH:2018.2262
Summary
Dartmoor Tinworking Research Group Newsletter No 6 January, 1994 article on Donald Langley Smith former manager of Golden Dagger Tin Mine
PersonName
Greeves, Tom
PlaceName
Golden Dagger Mine, Postbridge
StartDate
1.1994
ArchiveRef
Box 58
ArchiveID
CHALH:2018.2254
Summary
handwritten notes on Southill leat quoting extract from Crossings Guide to Dartmoor 1912 edition and High Dartmoor - Eric Hemery 1983
ArchiveRef
Box 58
ArchiveID
CHALH:2018.2247
Summary
notes on the history of South Hill, Manor Cottage, Teigncombe Estates including Holy Street Manor and info on stained glass by Hoskins, W.G.
ArchiveRef
Box 40
ArchiveID
CHALH:2018.2239
Summary
map of Great Tree
StartDate
1880
ArchiveRef
Box 33
ArchiveID
CHALH:2018.2233
Summary
photocopy of 1911 census for Drewsteignton and Chagford
StartDate
1911
ArchiveRef
Box 33
ArchiveID
CHALH:2018.2230
Summary
Letter from Tom Greeves to Judith Cosford and Jean Rhodes summarising archaelogical finds on their visit to Rushford Woods, Chagford and Bradford Adit, Shilstone
StartDate
3.6.1989
ArchiveRef
Box 58
ArchiveID
CHALH:2018.2229
Summary
Tinners and Tenants on South-West Dartmoor: A Case Study in Landscape History - a B.A. dissertation on tinworking in South-West Dartmoor, subsquently published by the Devonshire Association.
PersonName
Newman, Philip, B.A.
StartDate
12.1994
ArchiveRef
Box 58