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:2018.2209
Summary Carriage Licence, Samuel L Dicker of Drewston Chagford 5.5.1898
ArchiveRef Box 29
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.2203
Summary bill to Mr Samuel Dicker from Messrs Ponsford, Drewsteignton Lime Quarries 1885
ArchiveRef Box 29
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.2199
Summary itemised bill for iron works to Mr S Dicker from James Bowden, ironmonger Vulcan Iron Works 1884
PersonName Dicker, S, Mr
PlaceName Vulcan Iron Works
StartDate 17.11.1883
EndDate 9.6.1884
ArchiveRef Box 29
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.2198
Summary butcher's bill to Mr S Dicker from Richard Holmes 1884
PersonName Dicker, S, Mr
PlaceName opposite the Coffee Tavern
StartDate 19.9.1884
ArchiveRef Box 29
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.2359
Summary documents relating to the Great Stannary Parliament of 1494
ArchiveRef Box 60
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.2358
Summary poster and accounts re. fund raising for stannary 500 video and chagford map project
StartDate 1997
ArchiveRef Box 60
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.2356
Summary List of helpers for Stannary 500 celebrations, noting different contributions made typed, with handwritten addition; photographs of people in medieval and contemporary costume in different locations: St Michael's church; Chagford square; open moorland.
ArchiveRef Box 60; originals in Box 11b
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.2355
Summary Typewritten letter, with handwritten notes, addressed to Jean(Rhodes?),no dates, signature not legible, about research on location of tinners' seals; tracing of two female medieval figures inside frame; pencil sketch of proposed Chagford Stannary seal, wi
PersonName Cotton, Frank;Stone, Gwen; Kimble, Margareta; Kimble, David; Judith; Jean
ArchiveRef Box 60
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.2354
Summary Chagford Centre Bulletin, October 1994,16 pages, containing notices of future events and diary and short reports on prvious activities
StartDate 10.1994
ArchiveRef box 60
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.2348
Summary notes re.preparation, relating to the film "Nearer the Weather" mostly ghandwritten, one typed sheet with handcrossings out
StartDate 1994
ArchiveRef box 59