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:2018.980
Summary Biography of Olive Back, nee Harvard including notes regarding early 20th century Methodism in Chagford and Exeter District
PersonName Back, Olive
StartDate 1895
EndDate 1977
ArchiveRef box 45
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.978
Summary Article regarding Kenneth Ashburner and Stone Lane arboretum Western Times & Gazette 27.7.1979
PersonName Ashburner, Kenneth
PlaceName Stone Lane arboretum
ArchiveRef box 45
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.976
Summary Correspondence [2 letters] from Joan Anderson re the Aggett Family of Chagford, including extensive quotations and commentary from 'The story of the eventful life of a restless Devonian in the last century' C.V. Jiggens, Express & Echo 25.2.1960
StartDate 19th century
ArchiveRef box 45
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.975
Summary Two articles about the death of postman George Allen in Western Morning News and Okehampton Times
StartDate 8.7.1996
EndDate 11.7.1996
ArchiveRef Box 45
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.963
Summary Eaglehurst (Mill Pond) house and outbuildings with machinery
ArchiveRef Box 11a
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.962
Summary Eaglehurst (Mill Pond) house and outbuildings
ArchiveRef Box 44 original in Box 11a
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.961
Summary Eaglehurst (Mill Pond) house and outbuildings
ArchiveRef Box 11a
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.960
Summary Eaglehurst (Mill Pond) outbuildings repaired
ArchiveRef Box 44 original in Box 11a
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.954
Summary Eaglehurst (Mill Pond) rear of building with doorway in colour
ArchiveRef Box 44 orginal in Box 11a
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.953
Summary Eaglehurst (Mill Pond) rear of building with doorway in colour
ArchiveRef Box 11a