MEREM:2007.21
Brief description: pamphlet containing historial and architectural notes about the Parish Church, Mere, illustrated on the front with an engraving of the church, written by Revd. N. E. E, Johnson, Vicar of Mere, c.1966 Classifications: environment / buildings / society / religion Identifications: pamphlet / church guide Place: Mere Wiltshire Measurements: height 21.2 cm Material: […]
MEREM:2007.15
Brief description: small glass ridged poison bottle [empty] with white screw cap printed with ‘DEC’, formerly containing Decolourised Tincture of Iodine, sold by John Walton and Co. Ltd, of Mere, whose label is on the bottle; c.1934. Classifications: trade / chemist / person Identifications: bottle / iodine bottle Measurements: height 9.4 cm Material: glass, plastic, […]
MEREM:2007.12
Brief description: coloured printed map of roads in Dorset and its borders, including Wiltshire [+ Mere], formerly two pages in a book entitled ‘New Travellers’ Companion’, marked with the distances between towns and villages and Hyde Park Corner, London, number 6 in a series, published by R. H. Laurie, Fleet Street, 1806 Classifications: environment / […]
MEREM:2007.10
Brief description: printed service sheet for an Armistice Day service held in the Parish Church Mere on Armistice Sunday, November 7th 1926. Classifications: arms / environment / buildings Identifications: service sheet Place: Mere Wiltshire Measurements: height 24.5 cm Material: paper, ink Completeness: complete Additional images: Click the images to view larger image
MEREM:2007.7.2
Brief description: enlarged photocopy of a Belgian reproduction of a leaflet or card produced for the English Temperance movement showing people holding banners with temperance and related slogans marching towards the personnification of Temperance who stands by a water fountain, c.1890 Classifications: societies / temperance Identifications: leaflet / pamphlet Country: Belgium Measurements: height 21 cm […]
MEREM:2007.1
Brief description: 5 sheets stapled together comprising a letter from Michael Tighe, of Mere, to the Institute of Geological Sciences about the exposure during building works of the Mere Fault,with a map and two photographs, 29th April 2005, and a reply from D. T. Aldiss of the British Geological Survey Classifications: natural science / geology […]
MEREM:2006.61.12
Brief description: copy of a poster advertising a mowing, reaping and harvesting competition, open only to total abstainers, with a list of prizes, to be held at Harvest time, 1866 Classifications: agriculture / harvest / societies / temperance Identifications: poster / Place: Measurements: height 47.5cm Material: paper, ink Completeness: complete
MEREM:2006.61.5
Brief description: copy of a pledge of abstinence issued by Mere Temperance Society signed by Sarah Long, dated March 10 1899. A list of questions about the abstainer’s record, and some pencil calculations, on the reverse Classifications: societies / temperance / person Identifications: pledge / Place: Measurements: height 8.9 cm Material: paper, ink Completeness: complete […]
MEREM:2006.61.6
Brief description: copy of a pledge of abstinence issued by Mere Temperance Society signed by Margaret Topp, dated December 10 1885. A list of questions about the abstainer’s record on the reverse Classifications: societies / temperance / person Identifications: pledge / Place: Measurements: height 9.5 cm Material: paper, ink Completeness: complete Additional images: Click the […]
MEREM:2006.61.8
Brief description: copy of a receipted bill for 2pound 18s 3d issued by H.H. Edmunds of Mere to Mere Temperance Society for printing and other items, November 29th 1888 Classifications: societies / temperance / person Identifications: billhead / receipted bill Measurements: height 19.5 cm Material: paper, ink Completeness: complete