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:2018.771
Summary Abstract title of property refers to Whiddon House
PersonName Rowe, John
StartDate 1789
ArchiveRef Box 42
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.764
Summary Another Carbide gas Burner, Whiddon Park House
ArchiveRef Box 11a
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.765
Summary Carbide gas burners, Whiddon Park House
ArchiveRef Box 42
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.763
Summary Carbide gas Burner, Whiddon Park House
ArchiveRef Box 11a
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.761
Summary Kelly's Directory Chagford 1889
StartDate 1889
ArchiveRef Box 42
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.756
Summary vernacular building survey - Whiddon Park House
PlaceName Whiddon Park House
ArchiveRef box 42
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.755
Summary article describing the appearance of the ghost of Mary Whiddon to a wedding guest at Whiddon Park. Western Morning News 12.7.1971
PersonName Whiddon, Mary
ArchiveRef Box 42
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.753
Summary list of items held on the Baily / Turner family at the Somerset Records Office
ArchiveRef box 42
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.751
Summary photographs of Edward Evans and Mary Turner (nee Lane), black and white photocopies
PersonName Turner, Mary
ArchiveRef box 42
ArchiveID CHALH:2018.750
Summary transcript of a short contemporary biography of Andrew Cheape Turner and a letter from his nephew to the Charles Turner, Executor of the will of Andrew Turner
PersonName Turner, Andrew Cheape
ArchiveRef box 42