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:2018.1194
Summary black and white photograph of Richard 'Dick' Waller cutting peat on Dartmoor; taken for 'Dartmoor, then and now' by F.H.Starkey
PersonName Waller, Richard
StartDate 1985
ArchiveRef Box 11a
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1192
Summary 2 black and white photographs of Richard 'Dick' Waller cutting peat on Dartmoor; taken for 'Dartmoor, then and now' by F.H.Starkey
PersonName Waller, Richard
StartDate 1985
ArchiveRef Box 46
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1191
Summary notes regarding the Vicary, Berry and Fulford families and the woollen industry in Chagford
PersonName Berry, John
StartDate 1744
EndDate 1906
ArchiveRef Box 46
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1189
Summary photocopy of the appointment of John Thorn to sell postage stamps in Chagford 1856 - and note on provenance [taken from unnamed volume found in the Postal Museum]
PersonName Thorn, John
ArchiveRef Box 45a
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1187
Summary advertisement for W Thorn Manufacturer of Saddlery
PersonName Thorn, W
ArchiveRef Box 45a
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1186
Summary letter from John Thorn with autobiographical notes - life as a postman
PersonName Thorn, John
ArchiveRef Box 45a
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1185
Summary letter about D. W. Thorn from John Thorn
StartDate 27.12.1994
ArchiveRef Box 45a
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1184
Summary Biographical notes of Douglas William Thorn
StartDate 29.7.1926
ArchiveRef Box 45a
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1183
Summary order of service for the funeral of Douglas William Thorn
StartDate 29.7.1926
EndDate 18.12.2015
ArchiveRef Box 45a
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.1182
Summary Thorn Family dates and photo
StartDate 1856
EndDate 1956
ArchiveRef Box 45a