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:2018.379
Summary Description and photograph of Butchers shop, millennium project - originals in Box 11a
PersonName Goelz, Genia
ArchiveRef Box 33
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.377
Summary Description and leaflets of Courtyard Cafe and Proper Job,photos of staff millennium project - original in Box 11a
PersonName Hodges, Jo
ArchiveRef Box 33
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.376
Summary description and photograph Chagford Galleries, millennium project - originals in Box 11a
ArchiveRef Box 33
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.375
Summary photograph of Tuck Lorraine, millennium Project - original in Box 11a
PersonName Tuck, Lorraine
ArchiveRef Box 33
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.363
Summary Chagford Golf Club, Meldon Hill, brief history, 1908 - 1930, extract from a website
PlaceName Meldon Hill
StartDate 1908
EndDate 1930
ArchiveRef Box 40
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.359
Summary Mee's chemist, The Square, 2000, staff photograph, Chagford millennium Project
PersonName Mee, Charles
PlaceName The Square, 5
StartDate 2000
ArchiveRef Box 33
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.567
Summary house history of Kestrels formerly Beverley Cottage, Manor Road
PersonName King, S
ArchiveRef Box 38
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.566
Summary house history of The Old Bakery, 16 New Street, 1997 - original in Box 11a
PersonName Cull
StartDate 1997
EndDate 2019
ArchiveRef Box 38
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.564
Summary house history of 3, The Acre, 1979 - original in Box 11a
PersonName Gregory, H
StartDate 1979
EndDate 2000
ArchiveRef Box 38
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.557
Summary notes on history of 5 Manor Drive, Chagford
PlaceName Chagford
ArchiveRef box38