MEREM:2017.18
Brief description: printed broadside in the form of a letter from ‘An elector for the county of Wilts’ to general readers about Free Trade (etc.) in the days before a new general election, found in under the thatched roof of ‘Lawrences,’ Old Hollow, Mere, when the property was rebuilt, dated January 1852 Classifications: society / […]
MEREM:2016.15
Brief description: perspex (synthetic) board with coloured map of Mere, lists of businesses and services in Mere with contact telephone numbers, and photographs of nearby historical locations, 1995 Classifications: trade and professions / / local history / maps Identifications: sign board / map Place: Salisbury Measurements: height x width x depth 59.5 x 42 Material: […]
MEREM:2014.44-4
Brief description: printed handbill addressed to the Electors for the Southern Division of the County of Wilts by Sidney Herbert seeks re-election in difficult circumstanced, December 27th 1851 (?) Classifications: society / government / personalia / person Identifications: poster / handbill Place: Salisbury Wiltshire Measurements: height 33.8 cm Material: paper Completeness: complete
MEREM:2009.75
Brief description: copy of the title page of an auctioneer’s brochure concerning the sale of a barn, possibly a tithe barn, and other propoerties, formerly on Castle St, Mere, the sale to be held at The Talbot Hotel, Mere on March 31st 1887. Classifications: environment / buildings / agriculture Identifications: title page / Place: Salisbury […]
MEREM:2009.76
Brief description: copy of the plan of the site of a barn, possibly a tithe barn, and other properties, formerly on Castle St, Mere, from an auctioneer’s brochure concerning the sale of the site, to be held at The Talbot Hotel, Mere on March 31st 1887. Classifications: environment / buildings / agriculture Identifications: plan / […]
MEREM:2007.40
Brief description: black and white studio photograph, in a buff card mount with deckled edge and silver frame to the photograph, of Mr and Mrs Riddy, Caretakers of The Lecture Hall, Mere, in about 1950 Classifications: person Identifications: photograph Place: Salisbury Wiltshire Measurements: height 19.1 cm
MEREM:2007.41.1
Brief description: a coloured photograph of the ‘Waywiser’ [a distance measuring device] invented by William Lander, brazier, of Mere [1763 – 1843], held in the Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, shown as it is displayed, 13.11 2007 Classifications: trade / person Identifications: photograph Place: Salisbury Wiltshire Measurements: height 19 cm
MEREM:2007.41.2
Brief description: a coloured photograph of the dials on the ‘Waywiser’ [a distance measuring device] invented by William Lander, brazier, of Mere [1763 – 1843], held in the Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, 13.11 2007 Classifications: trade / person Identifications: photograph Place: Salisbury Wiltshire Measurements: height 27.5 cm
MEREM:2007.41.3
Brief description: a coloured photograph of the internal mechanism of the ‘Waywiser’ [a distance measuring device] invented by William Lander, brazier, of Mere [1763 – 1843], held in the Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, 13.11 2007 Classifications: trade / person Identifications: photograph Place: Salisbury Wiltshire Measurements: height 26.2 cm
MEREM:2007.41.4
Brief description: a coloured photograph of the engraved maker’s inscription on the ‘Waywiser’ [a distance measuring device] invented by William Lander, brazier, of Mere [1763 – 1843], held in the Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, 13.11 2007 Classifications: trade / person Identifications: photograph Place: Salisbury Wiltshire Measurements: height 19.2 cm