MEREM:2007.25.2
Brief description: colour photograph of a translation of the Latin inscription on the memorial brass in Mere Parish Church to Sir John Bettesthorne, founder of the chantry and once Lord of Chadenwycke [modern Charnage], who died on 6th February 1398; the brass is unusual in that it carries the Dominical letter E. Classifications: person / […]
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:2007.24
Brief description: small booklet of 20 pages with card cover, issued by Mere and Tisbury Rural District Council, with information, photographs and a map of the district and advertisements for local tradesmen, 1949-1950 Classifications: environment / environment / maps Identifications: booklet Place: Birkenhead Merseyside Measurements: height 18.4 cm Material: paper, card, ink Completeness: complete
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:2007.8
Brief description: billhead of William T. Edmunds, Grocer, of Castle St. Mere, on which is written a verse in ink, found in the wall of 24 Castle St., Mere in 1987, dated July 7 1898 Classifications: trade / grocer / personalia Identifications: billhead Place: Mere Wiltshire Measurements: height 25.8 cm Material: paper Completeness: incomplete: much […]
MEREM:2007.9
Brief description: a printed envelope for billheads sent by William T. Edmunds, Grocer, of Castle St. Mere, with an advertisement for a toothache and neuralgia remedy on which is written in ink ‘To he who would have the pleasure of pulling down my house’, found in the wall of 24 Castle St., Mere in 1987, […]
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:2007.7.1
Brief description: enlarged photocopy of a leaflet or card produced for the Temperance movement [Band of Hope] showing people holding banners with temperance and related slogans marching towards the personnification of Temperance who stands by a water fountain, c.1850 Classifications: societies / temperance Identifications: leaflet / pamphlet Place: Camden Town Greater London Measurements: height 21 […]
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 […]