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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Grants Awarded

£ 64000

Projects Funded

Success Rate

40 %

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Gift Membership

Now you can buy a gift membership (1 year) for the person or group that you care about and who you know will enjoy being

Grants

East Boldre Community heritage project

HAT has awarded £500 towards a tracking system to mount travelling exhibitions in the new heritage centre, a small contribution to this huge project East

Trustees

NICK SHRIMPTON

Nick Shrimpton is an experienced marketing professional. Following a corporate career spanning over 20 years helping law firms improve their client facing proposition, Nick now

Trustees

BARBARA GIBSON

Barbara Gibson has agreed to take up the role of events organiser. Barbara has spent her working life in business, initially in developing aircraft flight

Education

2023-34 History Competition launched for Hampshire schools and universities

The Hampshire Archives Trust has now launched this year’s History competition for secondary and sixth form students and undergraduates studying in Hampshire. We had some

News

Keeping a WW1 Red Cross hospital album in Hampshire

One emergency grant of £199 was agreed for the successful purchase at auction by Hampshire Record Office of an album of photographs relating to the

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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

Violet Russell’s Autograph Book: Part 2

The previous article detailed the research into Violet Russell, a VAD nurse at the Red Cross Hospital, The Close, Winchester and her autograph book recording

Violet Russell’s Autograph Book: Part 1

The Judge’s Lodgings in the Cathedral Close in Winchester was, like many large houses, requisitioned for use as a hospital by the Red Cross during

Series 2: Episode 5 – Women Amateur Filmmakers in Hampshire

In this latest episode, Daniella had the opportunity to speak with Zoë Viney-Burgess, a doctoral candidate at the University of Southampton and Curator of Film at Wessex Film & Sound Archive (WFSA) in Winchester, about her research into women amateur filmmakers in Hampshire.