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.
The Perfect Gift
Want to buy an exciting and thoughtful gift for someone? Why not buy them a Hampshire Archives Trust membership? It’s so easy.
= figures below relate to grants awarded since 2018 to March 2025.
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Upcoming Events
Historic Jewish Hampshire
2026Jan14 Event description: This talk will explore Historic Jewish Hampshire – a new digital platform dedicated to uncovering the county’s rich but often overlooked Jewish heritage. This project maps historic sites, people, and stories connected to Jewish life across Hampshire, from medieval Winchester to modern Portsmouth. Created through a collaboration between the Parkes Institute of Jewish/Non-Jewish Relations, and […]
Defiance and Destruction: Swing Riots in Havant and Emsworth
2026Feb25 Event description: In 1830, Hampshire farm workers faced a perfect storm: The cessation of the French wars in 1815 had resulted in substantial and progressive ,reductions in the army and the navy. There were many more men looking for work. The weather had been fairly benign for the previous 30 years and as a result, […]
Our News
Papers came up for sale at auction November 2025 relating to the Bigg-Wither family of Manydown, Wootton St Lawrence, near Basingstoke, containing estate, official and family material dating mainly from...
- Grants, Grants - Saving Archives, News
Do you love History? Do you want to become a good historian? Do you want to find out more about archives? Do you want to win a prize? Hampshire Archives...
- Education, News
This project to digitise and restore colour & monochrome film negatives (glass & wet negative) of British aviation research & development at the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) Farnborough in the...
- Grants, Grants - Preservation, News
Sadly due to copyright permission problems The National Aerospace Library (NAL) with Farnborough Sixth Form Collegehas have had to withdraw from this project, before it got underway. HAT regrets that...
- Grants, Grants - Access to archives, Grants - Preservation, Grants - Promoting Archives, News
The Newnham Oral and Written History Project is all about ‘celebrating the past and building the future’ as it aims to use local heritage and history as a vehicle to...
- Grants, Grants - Access to archives, Grants - Community Commemorative Events, Grants - Publications
Southampton Archives has a wealth of material deposited by community groups and individual community leaders, who have worked for change on a variety of local, national or international issues. Archives...
- Grants, Grants - Access to archives, News
Gift
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
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Dr Alistair Dougall was recently elected as Hampshire Archives Trust’s Chair at our recent AGM on Saturday 11th October. Alistair has been a longstanding Trustee of Hampshire Archives Trust and...
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- Podcast
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I’ve been a member of the wonderful Sarah Siddons Fan Club for 15 years and have had lots of exciting opportunities to perform the amazing tales that make up Southampton’s...
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