MHS Archive entry MHS:4920

Identification:
    Object name: extract
    Classification: society
    Classification: health and social services
    Brief Description: single page (p.4) from a Mere Museum monograph about the Mere Union (workhouse), with information about emigration of inmates, staff, education and health, the organisation of the inmates according to gender and age, funding of the Union and occupations of the inmates.

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1980
        Date End: 1995
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Museum

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Plaxton, Michael, Dr
        Person Role: researcher
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Union

Description:
Height:

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:6809

Identification:
    Object name: service sheet
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: service sheet for the funeral and thanksgiving for the life of Lieutenant-Colonel Bob Montgomery late of Mere, Tuesday November 1st 2016

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1.11.2016

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Montgomery, Robert Kerr
        Person Role: soldier
    Place:
    Event:
        Event Name: operation Chariot

Description:
Height: 34.6 cm
Width: 24.9 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4921

Identification:
    Object name: printout
    Classification: society
    Classification: health and social services
    Brief Description: printout of the Order Prohibiting Outdoor Relief, 1844

Production:
    Date: 1844
    Person:
        Person Name: Plaxton, Michael, Dr
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Hansard

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Plaxton, Michael, Dr
        Person Role: researcher
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Union

Description:
Height:

Height:

Width: good
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MHS Archive entry MHS:4922.1-16

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Historical Society News Letter
    Brief Description: booklets containing accounts of lectures talks and outings presented by Mere Historical Society from Autumn 1978 (the first issue) until Spring 1986 (issue 16)

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1978
        Date End: 1986

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

Object location:  box 34

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 14.8 cm

Height: 14.8

Width: good
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MHS Archive entry MHS:4923.1-21

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Historical Society News Letter
    Brief Description: booklets containing accounts of lectures talks and outings presented by Mere Historical Society from Autumn1986 (issue 17) to Autumn 1990 (issue 25)

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1986
        Date End: 1990

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

Object location:  box 34

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 14.8 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4923.11-22 with index

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Historical Society News Letter
    Brief Description: booklets containing accounts of lectures talks and outings presented by Mere Historical Society from Autumn 1991 (issue 26) to Autumn 1996 (issue 36), including an index for the first 36 issues. Issue 33 is missing

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1991
        Date End: 1996

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

Object location:  box 34

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 14.8 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4924.1-10

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Historical Society News Letter
    Brief Description: booklets containing accounts of lectures talks and outings presented by Mere Historical Society from Autumn 1996 (issue 37) to Spring 2001 1996 (issue 46)

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1996
        Date End: 2001

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

Object location:  box 34

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 14.8 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4925.1-10

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Historical Society News Letter
    Brief Description: booklets containing accounts of lectures talks and outings presented by Mere Historical Society from Autumn 2001 (issue 47) to Spring 2006 (issue 56)

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 2001
        Date End: 2006

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

Object location:  box 34

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 14.8 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4926.1-8

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Historical Society News Letter
    Brief Description: booklets containing accounts of lectures talks and outings presented by Mere Historical Society from Autumn 2006 (issue 57) to Spring 2010 (issue 64)

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 2006
        Date End: 2010

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

Object location:  box 34

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 14.8 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4927.1-7

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Historical Society News Letter
    Brief Description: booklets containing accounts of lectures talks and outings presented by Mere Historical Society from Autumn 2010 (issue 65) to Spring 2013 (issue 71)

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 2010
        Date End: 2013

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

Object location:  box 34

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 14.8 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4929

Identification:
    Object name: register
    Classification: information
    Brief Description: red hard-cover book listing the names of members of the Mere Historical Society, 1972 – 1985

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1972
        Date End: 1985
            Parish: Mere
            County: Wiltshire
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

Description:
Material: paper

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4931

Identification:
    Object name: letter
    Classification: societies
    Brief Description: letter from Rev. K.E. Kendra, O.B.E. to Mrs Christine Wallis, Secretary of Mere Historical Society, thanking her for welcoming him to the Society at his first meeting as Chairman, 20.3.1987

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Wallis, Christine, Mrs
        Person Role: secretary
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4932

Identification:
    Object name: article
    Classification: history
    Brief Description: typescript of an article, probably for the Mere Historical Society Review and Newsletter, about a talk given to the Society by Admiral Sir William Pillar about the history of Jersey, written by Mrs Christine Wallis, undated

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1970
        Date End: 1990
    Person:
        Person Name: Wallis, Christine, Mrs
        Person Role: secretary
    Place:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4918

Identification:
    Object name: printout
    Classification: society
    Classification: health and social services
    Brief Description: printout from wikipedia on the subject of the Workhouse Text Act (1723) and The Relief of the Poor Act 1782

Production:
    Date: 2013
    Person:
        Person Name: Plaxton, Michael, Dr
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: wikipedia encyclopedia

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Plaxton, Michael, Dr
        Person Role: researcher
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Union

Description:
Height:

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4933

Identification:
    Object name: letters
    Classification: commemoration
    Brief Description: twenty pages of correspondence between members of Mere Historical Society and suppliers about the commissioning of a lectern or bookcase with brass plaque to remember John Flanaghan, the first chairman and Curator of Mere Museum, who died in June 1973

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 11.1973
        Date End: 16.10.1974
    Person:
        Person Name: Wallis, Christine, Mrs
        Person Role: secretary
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4919

Identification:
    Object name: printout
    Classification: society
    Classification: health and social services
    Brief Description: printout of Hansard proceedings on the subject of Poor Law Union charges (No. 2) Bill, original dated 27.7.1848

Production:
    Date: 1848
    Person:
        Person Name: Plaxton, Michael, Dr
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Hansard

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Plaxton, Michael, Dr
        Person Role: researcher
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Union

Description:
Height:

Height:

Width: good
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MHS Archive entry MHS:4934

Identification:
    Object name: letters
    Classification: commemoration
    Brief Description: six pages of correspondence between members of Mere Historical Society and suppliers about the commissioning of an engraved brass plaque to be affixed to a bookcase donated by Mrs Flanaghan to remember her husband John Flanaghan, the first chairman and Curator of Mere Museum, who died in June 1973

Association:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 11.1973
        Date End: 16.10.1974
    Person:
        Person Name: Wallis, Christine, Mrs
        Person Role: secretary
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4904

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: society
    Brief Description: Mere Historical Society’s Summer Newsletter, June 2012

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 6.2011
    Person:
        Person Name: Lewis, Peter, Rev.
        Person Role: president
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Halliday, Margaret, Mrs
        Person Role: editor

Description:
Height: 21 cm
Width: 14.8 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4905

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: society
    Brief Description: Mere Historical Society’s Autumn Newsletter and Reviews, September 2014

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 8.2014
    Person:
        Person Name: Grinyer, Tony, Mr
        Person Role: editor
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Grinyer, Tony, Mr
        Person Role: editor

Description:
Height: 21 cm
Width: 14.8 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4906

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: society
    Brief Description: Mere Historical Society’s AGM NewsReview, March 2015

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 3.2015
    Person:
        Person Name: Grinyer, Tony, Mr
        Person Role: editor
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Grinyer, Tony, Mr
        Person Role: editor

Description:
Height: 21 cm
Width: 14.8 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4907

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: society
    Brief Description: Mere Historical Society’s Autumn Newsletter, September 2015

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 8.2015
    Person:
        Person Name: Grinyer, Tony, Mr
        Person Role: editor
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Grinyer, Tony, Mr
        Person Role: editor

Description:
Height: 21 cm
Width: 14.8 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4908

Identification:
    Object name: typescript
    Classification: society
    Brief Description: 4 pages printed from a website with information about regulations and food rations at the Mere Union (workhouse) in 1871-2

Production:
    Date: 2007
    Person:
        Person Name: Plaxton, Michael, Dr
        Person Role: printer

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Plaxton, Michael, Dr
        Person Role: researcher
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Union

Description:
Height:

Height:

Width: fair
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MHS Archive entry MHS:4909

Identification:
    Object name: typescript
    Classification: society
    Brief Description: 1-page extract from a census of schools and the provision of education in Wiltshire, including Mere and Zeals, with mention of the Mere Union (workhouse) School, 1850s

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 2000
        Date End: 2015
    Person:
        Person Name: Plaxton, Michael, Dr

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Plaxton, Michael, Dr
        Person Role: researcher
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Union

Description:
Height:

Height:

Width: fair
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MHS Archive entry MHS:4910

Identification:
    Object name: photocopy
    Classification: society
    Brief Description: 2 photocopies of the plan of the buildings comprising Mere Union (workhouse) in 1930, drawn by Dr. Colin Anderson in 1995. annotated by Dr.Michael Plaxton as to the occupants of each building

Production:
    Date: 1995
    Person:
        Person Name: Anderson, Colin, Dr
        Person Role: draughtsman

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Plaxton, Michael, Dr
        Person Role: researcher
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Union

Description:
Height:

Height:

Width: fair
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MHS Archive entry MHS:4911

Identification:
    Object name: article
    Classification: society
    Title: Life in the Union Workhouse
    Brief Description: copy of an article published in The Blackmore Vale Magazine about life in the union workhouse, 4th May 2007

Production:
    Date: 2007
    Person:
        Person Name: Guttridge, Roger, Mr
        Person Role: author

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Plaxton, Michael, Dr
        Person Role: researcher
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Union

Description:
Height:

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4912

Identification:
    Object name: plan
    Classification: society
    Classification: health and social services
    Brief Description: copy of a plan of Mere Union (workhouse) in 1931, produced by Messrs. Rawlence & Squarey prior to the sale of the building after the closure of the workhouse. The former occupants and users of the various sections of the building are printed on the plan.

Production:
    Date: 1931
    Person:
        Person Name: Plaxton, Michael, Dr
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Messrs. Rawlence & Squarey

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Plaxton, Michael, Dr
        Person Role: researcher
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Union

Description:
Height:

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4913

Identification:
    Object name: printout, map
    Classification: society
    Classification: health and social services
    Brief Description: copy of a list of places included in and served by the Mere Union (workhouse) with accompanying map, with names of current (1911) members of the Board of Guardians, annotated by Dr. Plaxton

Production:
    Date: 2009
    Person:
        Person Name: Plaxton, Michael, Dr

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Plaxton, Michael, Dr
        Person Role: researcher
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Union

Description:
Height:

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4898

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: history
    Title: The Antiquary
    Brief Description: a single issue of ‘The Antiquary’, Volume II, July – December 1880, bound in boards covered with marbled paper with leather spine covering and corners, marbled paper end-leaves, upper edges of leaves gilded, edited by Edward Walford, M.A. and published in London by Elliot Stock. Inscription of gift on second flyleaf dated 1918. Presented to Mere Historical Society in January 1977 by George Carter of Mere

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Carter, George, Mr
        Person Role: donor
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

Description:

Height:

Width: good
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MHS Archive entry MHS:4914

Identification:
    Object name: dietary tables
    Classification: society
    Classification: health and social services
    Brief Description: copy of the amended dietary tables for occupants of the Mere Union (workhouse) agreed at a meeting of the Board of Guardians in September 1894, signed by Thomas Henry Baker, Presiding Chairman

Production:
    Date: 1894
    Person:
        Person Name: Plaxton, Michael, Dr
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Board of Guardians of Mere Union

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Plaxton, Michael, Dr
        Person Role: researcher
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Union

Description:
Height:

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4899

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: society
    Brief Description: Mere Historical Society’s Spring Review, 2011

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 3.2011
    Person:
        Person Name: Halliday, Margaret, Mrs
        Person Role: editor
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Halliday, Margaret, Mrs
        Person Role: editor

Description:
Height: 21 cm
Width: 14.8 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4915

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: society
    Classification: health and social services
    Brief Description: study guide for local historians and teachers about the Union Workhouse, by Andy Reid

Production:
    Date: 1994
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: British Association for Local History

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Plaxton, Michael, Dr
        Person Role: researcher
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Union

Description:
Height:

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4900

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: society
    Brief Description: Mere Historical Society’s Autumn Review, 2011

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 9.2011
    Person:
        Person Name: Halliday, Margaret, Mrs
        Person Role: editor
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Halliday, Margaret, Mrs
        Person Role: editor

Description:
Height: 21 cm
Width: 14.8 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4916

Identification:
    Object name: printout
    Classification: society
    Classification: health and social services
    Brief Description: copy of a page of information about the history of the unions

Production:
    Date: 2013
    Person:
        Person Name: Plaxton, Michael, Dr

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Plaxton, Michael, Dr
        Person Role: researcher
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Union

Description:
Height:

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4901

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: society
    Brief Description: Mere Historical Society’s Spring Review, 2012

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 3.2012
    Person:
        Person Name: Halliday, Margaret, Mrs
        Person Role: editor
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Halliday, Margaret, Mrs
        Person Role: editor

Description:
Height: 21 cm
Width: 14.8 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4917

Identification:
    Object name: printout
    Classification: society
    Classification: health and social services
    Brief Description: printout from wikipedia on the subject of English Poor Laws with illustrations

Production:
    Date: 2013
    Person:
        Person Name: Plaxton, Michael, Dr
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: wikipedia encyclopedia

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Plaxton, Michael, Dr
        Person Role: researcher
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Union

Description:
Height:

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4902

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: society
    Brief Description: Mere Historical Society’s Spring Review, 2013

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 3.2013
    Person:
        Person Name: Halliday, Margaret, Mrs
        Person Role: editor
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Halliday, Margaret, Mrs
        Person Role: editor

Description:
Height: 21 cm
Width: 14.8 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4903

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: society
    Brief Description: Mere Historical Society’s Summer Newsletter, June 2011

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 6.2011
    Person:
        Person Name: van Sloten, Ruth, Mrs
        Person Role: president
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Halliday, Margaret, Mrs
        Person Role: editor

Description:
Height: 21 cm
Width: 14.8 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:791A

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Parish magazine ‘Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle’, 10 issues, February 2011 – January 2012

Production:
    Date: 2011
        Date End: 2012

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 29

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:792A

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Parish magazine ‘Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle’, 10 issues, February 2012 – January 2013

Production:
    Date: 2012
        Date End: 2013

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 29

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:793A

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Parish magazine ‘Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle’, 10 issues, February 2013 – January 2014

Production:
    Date: 2013
        Date End: 2014

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 30

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:794A

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Parish magazine ‘Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle’, 10 issues, February 2014 – January 2015

Production:
    Date: 2014
        Date End: 2015

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 30

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:795A

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Parish magazine ‘Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle’, 10 issues, February 2015 – January 2016

Production:
    Date: 2015
        Date End: 2016

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 31

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:796A

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Parish magazine ‘Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle’, 10 issues, February 2016 – January 2017

Production:
    Date: 2016
        Date End: 2017

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 31

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:781A

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Parish magazine ‘Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle’, 10 issues, February 2001 – January 2002

Production:
    Date: 2001
        Date End: 2002

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 26

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4894

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: trade
    Brief Description: report with pictures from The Blackmore Vale Magazine about the Mere business ‘Jeans Electrical’ with its Salisbury St. shop and the Chapel Showroom on Boar St. Mere, March 2017

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Jeans, George, Mr
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Euronics buying group

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:782A

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Parish magazine ‘Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle’, 10 issues, February 2002 – January 2003

Production:
    Date: 2002
        Date End: 2003

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 26

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4895

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: trade
    Brief Description: small brownish paper grocery order book issued to Mrs. P. Coleman of Bridge House, Salisbury St.,Mere by the Grocery Department of the Co-operative Retail Services, South-western group, used between 16th May 1967 and 1st February 1968

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Coleman, P., Miss
    Place:
        Locality Type: shop
        Site Name: Co-operative retail Services Ltd.,
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Co-operative Retail Services Ltd.

Description:

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:783A

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Parish magazine ‘Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle’, 10 issues, February 2003 – January 2004

Production:
    Date: 2003
        Date End: 2004

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 26

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4896

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: events
    Title: Merely a Festival
    Brief Description: paperback anthology celebrating the 20th anniversary of Mere Literary Festival, compiled by Adrienne Howell and Sue Evans, published by Brimstone Press. 2016

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Howell, Adrienne, Mrs
        Person Role: compiler
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Literary Festival

Description:

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:784A

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Parish magazine ‘Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle’, 10 issues, February 2004 – January 2005

Production:
    Date: 2004
        Date End: 2005

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 26

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4897

Identification:
    Object name: book
    Classification: local history
    Title: Shards
    Brief Description: typescript text in green hard covers, written by Hubert G. Eaton, a teacher, about his own life and times in and around Mere and district, self-published in 1984

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Eaton, Hubert, Mr
        Person Role: author
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere School

Description:

Height:

Width: poor
ELSE

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:785A

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Parish magazine ‘Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle’, 10 issues, February 2005 – January 2006

Production:
    Date: 2005
        Date End: 2006

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 27

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:786A

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Parish magazine ‘Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle’, 10 issues, February 2006 – January 2007

Production:
    Date: 2006
        Date End: 2007

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 27

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:787A

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Parish magazine ‘Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle’, 10 issues, February 2007 – January 2008

Production:
    Date: 2007
        Date End: 2008

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 27

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:788A

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Parish magazine ‘Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle’, 10 issues, February 2008 – January 2009

Production:
    Date: 2008
        Date End: 2009

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 28

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:789A

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Parish magazine ‘Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle’, 10 issues, February 2009 – January 2010

Production:
    Date: 2009
        Date End: 2010

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 28

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:790A

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Parish magazine ‘Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle’, 10 issues, February 2010 – January 2011

Production:
    Date: 2010
        Date End: 2011

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 28

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:775A

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Parish magazine ‘Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle’, 10 issues, February 1995 – January 1996

Production:
    Date: 1995
        Date End: 1996

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:776A

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Parish magazine ‘Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle’, 10 issues, February 1996 – January 1997

Production:
    Date: 1996
        Date End: 1997

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:6234

Identification:
    Object name: file
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: blue ring binder containing records of family trees in Upper Stour, Wiltshire, A – J

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 2014

Association:
    Place:

Object location:  Box 73

Description:
Height: 35 cm
Width: 30 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:777A

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Parish magazine ‘Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle’, 10 issues, February 1997 – January 1998

Production:
    Date: 1997
        Date End: 1998

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:6235

Identification:
    Object name: file
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: black ring binder containing the main (summary) index for records relating to families in Upper Stour, Wiltshire

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 2014

Association:
    Place:

Object location:  Box 73

Description:
Height: 35 cm
Width: 30 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:778A

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Parish magazine ‘Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle’, 10 issues, February 1998 – January 1999

Production:
    Date: 1998
        Date End: 1999

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:6236

Identification:
    Object name: file
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: black ring binder containing records of family trees in Upper Stour, Wiltshire ,K – Z

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 2014

Association:
    Place:

Object location:  Box 73

Description:
Height: 35 cm
Width: 30 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:779A

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Parish magazine ‘Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle’, 10 issues, February 1999 – January 2000

Production:
    Date: 1999
        Date End: 2000

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:764A

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Parish magazine ‘Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle’, December 1984

Production:
    Date: 12.1984

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 24A

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:780A

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Parish magazine ‘Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle’, 10 issues, February 2000 – January 2001

Production:
    Date: 2000
        Date End: 2001

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 25

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:765A

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Parish magazine ‘Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle’, January – December 1985

Production:
    Date: 1985

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 24A

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:766A

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Parish magazine ‘Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle’, 9 issues, January – December 1986

Production:
    Date: 1986

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 24A

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:767A

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Parish magazine ‘Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle’, 10 issues, February – December 1987

Production:
    Date: 1987

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 24A

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:768A

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Parish magazine ‘Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle’, 12 issues, January – December 1988

Production:
    Date: 1988

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 24A

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:769A

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Parish magazine ‘Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle’, 9 issues, March – December 1989

Production:
    Date: 1989

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 24A

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:770A

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Parish magazine ‘Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle’, 11 issues, January – December 1990

Production:
    Date: 1990

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 24A

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:771A

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Parish magazine ‘Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle’, 11 issues, January – December 1991

Production:
    Date: 1990

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 24A

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:772A

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Parish magazine ‘Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle’, 10 issues, January – December 1992

Production:
    Date: 1992

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 24A

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:773A

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Parish magazine ‘Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle’, 10 issues, February 1993 – January 1994

Production:
    Date: 1993
        Date End: 1994

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 24A

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:774A

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: local history
    Title: Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle
    Brief Description: Parish magazine ‘Mere Matters And So Does West Knoyle’, 10 issues, February 1994 – January 1995

Production:
    Date: 1994
        Date End: 1995

Association:
    Place:
        Parish: Mere
        County: Wiltshire

Object location:  box 24A

Description:
Material: paper
Height: 21 cm
Width: 15 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4878

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper article
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: press article and photograph about retired Mere G.P. Dr Ellliot Whitby, ages 90 years, who has learned spinning and weaving classes at classes in Gillingham givn by Miss Anne Lander of mere andMrs Eliizabeth Gilbert of Gillingham, September 1979

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 9.1979
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Salisbury Journal ?

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Whitby, Elliot, Dr

Object location:  box 69

Description:
Height: 42.2 cm
Width: 13.6 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4893

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Brief Description: two press cuttings with photographs concerning the offer for sale of Charnage chalk quarry, near Mere, 10.3.2017

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 10.3.2017
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Blackmore Vale Magazine

Association:
    Place:
        Locality Type: quarry
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Object location:  box 69

Description:
Height: 10.9 cm
Width: 12.3 cm
Depth: 20.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4879

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Brief Description: press article and photograph about the second lightning strike on a pinnacle of the church of St. Michael the Archangel in three years, July 1977, and the damage done

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 15.7.1979
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Salisbury Journal ?

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Duckworth, Geoffrey, Rev.
    Event: lightniing strike

Object location:  box 69

Description:
Height: 28.5 cm
Width: 31.7 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4880

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: press article and photograph about a Salisbury Hospital Consultant, Mr. J.G. Reynolds who has resigned his post prior to departing for Australia to become a farmer, Western Gazette, 30th November 19662

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 30.11.1962
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Reynolds, J.G., Mr
        Person Role: Consultant obstretician

Object location:  box 69

Description:
Height: 48 cm
Width: 9.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4881

Identification:
    Object name: flyer
    Classification: local history
    Brief Description: announcement )(with photograph) of a pubic meeting in the Lecture Hall, Mere about the shortly-to-be-published book of local history based on the Mere W.I. scrapbook about the same subject, December 6th (? 1957).

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 6.12.1956
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Crown Printing Works, Mere

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Baker, T.H., Mr

Object location:  box 69

Description:
Height: 28.2 cm
Width: 17.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4882

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Brief Description: long press article, with photograph, about Mere, especially its situation and environment, by Monica Hutchings, March 1955

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 3.1955
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette (?)

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Hutchings, Monica, Ms

Object location:  box 69

Description:
Height: 43.6 cm
Width: 14 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4882A

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Brief Description: press article with photogaph about the closure of Castle House, Mere, used as a Home for older children by Wiltshire County Council for 18 years

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1964

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Course, A.J., Mr
    Place:
        Locality Type: house
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Wiltshire County Council

Object location:  box 69

Description:
Height: 14.6 cm
Width: 9.2 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4883

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: press photograph of Nurse Wells of Mere with another nurse and 3 of Nurse Wells ‘babies’ at Mere’ Nusring Association Fete, June 1932

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 30.6.1932
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Bristol Evening World

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Wells, Nurse
    Event:
        Event Name: Mere Wiltshire Nursing Association Fete

Object location:  box 69

Description:
Height: 12.2 cm
Width: 11.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4884

Identification:
    Object name: press photograph
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: press photograph of prize-winners (named) of Salisbury and District Agricultural Club’s 11th ploughing match, October 1962 near High Post, Salisbury

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 19.10.1962
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette (?)

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Goldsworthy, J, Mr

Object location:  box 69

Description:
Height: 10.6 cm
Width: 14.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4885

Identification:
    Object name: newspsper cutting
    Classification: envirornment & buildings
    Brief Description: press article with photograph about the new housing estate near Ivymead, Mere consisting of 17 new houses, called Springfield Rd, August 1964

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 8.1964
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette (?)

Association:
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere and Tisbury Rural Council

Object location:  box 69

Description:
Height: 15.6 cm
Width: 14 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4886

Identification:
    Object name: newspsper article
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: press article with photograph about Mrs Alice Senior of Westfield, Zeals, who celebrated her 100th birthday, no date

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1950
        Date End: 1970
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette (?)

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Senior, Alice, Mrs

Object location:  box 69

Description:
Height: 41.1 cm
Width: 9 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4887

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment and buildiings
    Brief Description: press photograph of the building of Mere’s new secondary school off Springfield Rd., due to open in September 1964

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 14.8.1964
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Object location:  box 69

Description:
Height: 12 cm
Width: 13.8 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4888

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment & buildings
    Brief Description: press photograph of the construction of Mere’s new by-pass, December 1975

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 12.1975
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Westen Gazette

Object location:  box 69

Description:
Height: 14.6 cm
Width: 18 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4889

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment & buildings
    Brief Description: press photograph of the bridge over the Warminster Road, Mere, part of Mere’s new by-pass, due to open in 1976

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 12.1975
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette

Object location:  box 69

Description:
Height: 16.6 cm
Width: 18 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4890

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment & buildings
    Brief Description: press article with photograph about the congregation of St. Matthew’s Church, Mere, who are drawing up a petition to save the church from closure, August 1980

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 8.1980
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: The Western Gazette (?)

Object location:  box 69

Description:
Height: 20.1 cm
Width: 18.3 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4876

Identification:
    Object name: press photograph
    Classification: personalia
    Brief Description: photograph of Nurse Wells of Mere with ‘some of her ‘babies’ (a large number of children whom she delivered) at the Wiltshire Association Garden Fete in Dewes House, Mere, June 1932

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 20.6.1932
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Salisbury Gazette (?)

Association:
    Place:

Object location:  box 69

Description:
Height: 17 cm
Width: 33.7 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4891

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Brief Description: press photograph of the clock tower in The Square, Mere in January 1977 after a fall of snow.

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1.1977
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette (?)

Object location:  box 69

Description:
Height: 13.8 cm
Width: 18.3 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4877

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Brief Description: article and photograph from ?The Salisbury Journal about the replacements of replicas of the two black dogs which once stood on the gate pillars of the north lodge entrance to Zeals House, Wilts, August 1980

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 8.1980
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Salisbury Journal ?

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Saffron, R.G., Mr
        Person Role: owner
    Place:

Object location:  box 69

Description:
Height: 22.8 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4892

Identification:
    Object name: newspaper cutting
    Classification: environment
    Brief Description: press photograph of a Wiltshire county road sign almost buried in snow, January 1979

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 1.1979
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Western Gazette (?)

Object location:  box 69

Description:
Height: 16.8 cm
Width: 13.6 cm

 

 

MHS Archive entry MHS:4862

Identification:
    Object name: booklet
    Classification: society
    Brief Description: Mere Historical Society’s Spring Newsletter, Spring 2016

Production:
    Date:
        Date Begin: 5.2016
    Organisation:
        Organisation Name: Mere Historical Society

Association:
    Person:
        Person Name: Grinyer, Tony
        Person Role: editor

Object location:  box 69

Description:
Height: 21 cm
Width: 14.8 cm