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:2018.3053
Summary Newscuttings about Chagford Church, 1953 Western Morning News, 1959 WT and 1961 Western Morning News and 1979 - WT
ArchiveRef Box 71
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.3052
Summary photocopy of Church wardens Accounts part of 1794 accounts - 1429a/PWS (V)- Devon Record Office
ArchiveRef Box 71
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.3051
Summary Photocopy of church Accounts - 1745
ArchiveRef Box 71
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.3050
Summary Chagford, Deanery of Dunsford - curate John Betsey - Chanter 225a 192 -193, information about the parish
ArchiveRef Box 71
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.3049
Summary Note about Bishop granting license to Elizabeth wife of Thomas Coppleston esq to eat flesh during lent owing to her infirmity
ArchiveRef Box 71
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.3048
Summary Notes on Churchwardens Accounts - Mary Stone - 1729 - 1821
ArchiveRef Box 71
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.3047
Summary information leaflets about Chagford Church
ArchiveRef Box 71
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.3046
Summary Index of surnames in the Churchwardens Accounts - Winifred Osborne; Devon Record Office notes about the Church Wardens Accounts
ArchiveRef Box 71
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.3045
Summary History of Buckfast Abbey
ArchiveRef Box 71
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.3044
Summary The Church Wardens Accounts of St. Michaels Church 1480-1600 - transcribed from the original by Francis Mardon Osborne; original book on the archive shelf
ArchiveRef Box 71