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:2018.3104
Summary A rugby team photography taken outside Whiteabury, with a remnant of the backing identifying the location
PlaceName Whiteabury
ArchiveRef Map Drawer 4
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.3102
Summary extract from Dartmoor Links - A day out in Chagford
ArchiveRef box 72
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.3100
Summary Copy of 1879 Bye Laws - Rural Sanitary Authority
ArchiveRef box 72
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.3101
Summary Wild Birds of Chagford and Moretonhampstead - 1866
ArchiveRef box 72
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.3099
Summary photo and Street plan of Meldon Road development 1922
ArchiveRef box 138
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.3097
Summary Chagford Refuse Dump Offer 17/11/1939 - New Senior Council School in Chagford 1935 - Western Morning News
ArchiveRef Box 72
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.3098
Summary photo and Street plan of Meldon Road development 1922
ArchiveRef Box 72 original in box 138
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.3096
Summary notes by William Hawley 1907 Summary of Ministry of Health Reports 1906 for South Devon - about Tubercle bacillus and conditions of farm animals
ArchiveRef Box 72
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.3094
Summary Extracts from a diary from Sylvester Trevelyan 1799
ArchiveRef Box 72
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.3095
Summary Article about The blizzard of 1891
ArchiveRef Box 72