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:2018.2879
Summary Copies of Photographs of bells 1908 -Aggatts Bell works and bells at Chagford Church
StartDate 1927
ArchiveRef Box 70
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.2880
Summary Copies of Photographs of bells 1914 and 1920 - bellringers and bell hanger William Aggett
PersonName Weekes, Will
StartDate 1914
EndDate 1920
ArchiveRef Box 70
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.2878
Summary Advertisement for W. Aggett and sons from the 1927 Supplement to the Ringers Guide to the Church Bells on Devon - photograph of bells in tower
StartDate 1914
ArchiveRef Box 70
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.2877
Summary Letter notifying initial meeting of Stannary 500 project on 28 Feb 1994
PersonName Rhodes, Jean
StartDate 1994
ArchiveRef Box 61
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.2876
Summary Peel of Bells for Stannary 500 1994, designed by Jon Bint
PersonName Bint, Jon
StartDate 9.9.1994
ArchiveRef Box 61
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.2874
Summary copy postcard from W Aggett re hanging of bells at Buckfast Abbey
StartDate 1920
ArchiveRef Box 70
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.2875
Summary copy photo of transport used by W Aggett for taking bells to Devon towns
ArchiveRef Box 70
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.2872
Summary list of corresponded regarding works to bells at St Michael's Church, Chagford
ArchiveRef Box 70
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.2873
Summary letter to W Aggett regarding lengths of clappers to bells at St Michaels Church, Chagford
StartDate 23.11.1914
ArchiveRef Box 70
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.3032
Summary The Edge - Chagford
ArchiveRef Box 71