MEREM:2008.92

Brief description: a calendar for 1949 (most date sheets removed from recto) printed for John Walton & Co of Mere, with a picture in black and white of Stourton Tower (Alfred’s Tower) with a brief history of the tower; a complete calendar for 1949 is printed on the reverse with a JW monograph and list […]

MEREM:2008.91

Brief description: 16-page illustrated brochure with pink covers containing a brief history of Walton & Co., descriptions of its various stores and services, a brief account of Mere and advertisements, c.1930s Classifications: trade / person Identifications: booklet / brochure Place: Measurements: height 18.4 cm Material: paper, staples Completeness: complete

MEREM:2008.90

Brief description: small printed card for the allotment of pew sittings in the Congregational Church, Mere, printed before 1894 Classifications: society / religion Identifications: card / Place: Measurements: height 9.5 cm Material: card, ink Completeness: complete

MEREM:2008.89

Brief description: 46 page booklet (illustrated) with embossed grey covers printed in red, containing the history of the buildings of Mere’s Congregational Church and of non-conformist philosophy, 1919 Classifications: society / religion / environment / buildings Identifications: booklet Place: Mere Measurements: height 17.6 cm Material: paper Completeness: complete

MEREM:2008.88.7

Brief description: receipt bearing a postage stamp of George V (2 pence), issued to Thomas Standerwick and Francis Burchett Rutter from The Dorset, Somerset and Wilts Investment Society Ltd,of Wincanton, for the sum of £23.10.6, signed by Clarence Rutter and countersigned by W. H. Benjafield, dated 1st January 1922. The reverse bears a second George […]

MEREM:2008.88.6.1

Brief description: small printed sheet, the proof of a notice listing the Managers’ attendance at Mere Penny Bank on Saturday evenings, 1897- 1899 Classifications: society / money / person Identifications: leaflet / Place: Measurements: height 19.6 cm Material: paper, ink Completeness: complete

MEREM:2008.88.6

Brief description: coloured photograph of The Old Rectory Cottage, Mere, south west front, 1993 Classifications: environment / buildings Identifications: photograph Place: Measurements: height 10.1 cm

MEREM:2008.88.5

Brief description: a printed page listing specimens of proposed tables for Provident savings in Mere Penny Bank, c.1875 (?) Classifications: society / money Identifications: pamphlet Place: Measurements: height 17.3 cm

MEREM:2008.88.4

Brief description: a folded, printed page containing a notice to the depositors in Mere Penny Bank of the closing up of all present accounts on September 1st 1888, dated 20th August 1888 Classifications: society / money Identifications: pamphlet Place: Measurements: height 20.6 cm

MEREM:2008.88.3

Brief description: a printed list of rules for Mere Penny Bank (established in 1859) with the list of officials and trustees, c.1870 Classifications: society / money / person Identifications: pamphlet / Place: Measurements: height 20.5 cm Material: paper, ink Completeness: paper missing (but no text)