Welcome to Hampshire Archives Trust
The Hampshire Archives Trust (HAT) is a member-led charity that works to support and promote Hampshire’s rich archival heritage.
We deliver this work by giving grants, through education and events, and developing local history networks – preserving memories for the future.
HAT works closely with and supports the Hampshire Record Office in Winchester, the Southampton Archives and the Portsmouth History Centre which between them hold archive collections dating back over 1000 years from across Hampshire.
You can help to save important local archives by applying to us for a grant to fund your project, becoming a HAT member or making a donation.
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= figures below relate to grants awarded since January 2019 to February 2024
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Upcoming Events
Andover an overspill story in film; at Andover Museum
2025Mar14 HAT has part funded this exhibition to round off the project and celebrate the new accessions that Wessex Film and Sound Archives at HRO have collected, an exhibition will be on display in Andover Museum from Friday 14 March to Sunday 27 April 2025. Another set of exhibition panels was printed for Hampshire Record Office. […]
Jane Austen and the Magazines
2025Mar19 Event description: Jane Austen’s voracious reading of novels and plays is well known. But she is generally thought, however, to have made a deliberate decision to ‘keep out’ of the popular periodicals and magazines that flourished in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The evidence strongly suggests that this was far from the truth. Not […]
Our News
Captain Swing and Hampshire 1830
HAT has awarded £2000 towards an exhibition RIOTS ON RECORD The Story of the Captain Swing Riots of 1830 in Hampshire as revealed by records
Find out how Southampton prepared for the Armada in 1588
HAT has awarded £500 of funding to the Sarah Siddons fan club to help with the costs of staging Southampton events 3-5th August 2025 culminating
Micheldever Station
HAT has awarded £500 to support events at Micheldever Station to celebrate the Community created by the Railway. There will be a 2 day event
Andover: An Overspill Story in Film – project concludes
What has the project achieved? Andover: An Overspill Story was a 12-month community project created with the support of the British Film Institute, awarding funds
Update on Hampshire Archives Survey – December 2024
HAT has recently completed stage 1 of its survey of holders of archives in Hampshire. In preparing for the survey preliminary research identified over 200
Moule papers kept in Hampshire with a grant from HAT
The sale of the papers of the Revd Henry Moule former vicar of Damerham were sold at auction on 14 November 2024 and with the
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Make a Financial Gift
By making a financial gift to the HAT you are directly funding the preservation of valuable local history archives for future generations. The HAT awards grants to local history projects which are judged to be of particular historical value in Hampshire. Whether you’d like to make a one-off donation, leave a legacy in your will or make a regular donation, it is very straight-forward.
Stories from the Archives
Series 3: Episode 8 – Discovering the Hispanic-Anglosphere in Hampshire
In this episode Daniella was joined by Dr Graciela Iglesias-Rogers, Senior Lecturer in Modern European and Global Hispanic History at the University of Winchester and lead researcher of the AHRC-funded international research network project ‘The Hispanic Anglosphere: Transnational networks and global communities (18th–20th centuries)’.
Series 3: Episode 7 – Researching Local History at The National Archives: Pre-modern Records
In this episode Daniella is joined by Dr Paul Dryburgh, an archivist and historian who is Principal Medieval Records Specialist at The National Archives.
Don’t Delay – Enrol Today; The Women’s Land Army in Hampshire
Re – Don’t Delay – Enrol Today; The Women’s Land Army in Hampshire, written by Dr John Lander, published by The History Press, (£15.99, plus
Watercress Line Heritage railway community textile timeline of the railways for Railway 200
The Watercress Line Heritage railway near Winchester is currently working with over 100 individuals and community groups across Hampshire and further afield to create a
Series 3: Episode 6 – D-Day Story Museum
This episode focuses on the D-Day Story Museum in Portsmouth, during which Daniella was joined by curator Andrew Whitmarsh. In the episode, Andrew discusses D-Day and how the museum commemorates this event from the Second World War. The episode focuses on the collections of the museum and the local history element of the museum, showing the role of Hampshire in D-Day.
Bringing Hampshire’s Military History to Life: Our Work at Legasee Educational Trust
At Legasee Educational Trust, our mission is simple yet profound: to preserve and share the personal stories of veterans who have served their country. By