Upcoming
Events
HAT is delighted to begin to hold face-to-face events again – information on individual events is to be found below. These events will also feature on the calendar. Group members of HAT can list their events on the calendar too, if you have any difficulty doing so then contact HAT’s secretary on secretary@hampshirearchivestrust.co.uk
We have added a section for Recorded Talks below so that you can enjoy some of our previous talks captured on video. Look too at our past events if you’d like to read more about any particular events or just to see what HAT has been doing. The online talks programme proved very popular during lockdown and will continue – details will be shown here when confirmed.
Upcoming Events
Finding Hampshire’s railway workers
2025Nov19 Event description: This talk will showcase the Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts project – a collaboration which has found out more about the working, family and community lives of railway staff in the south-east Hampshire area. We’ll introduce railways in the area, how the project came about, some of the people we’ve researched, and offer some […]
Christmas Charity and Paupers: The Christmas Experience for the Poor of Hampshire in the Twentieth Century to early Twenty-First Century
2025Dec10 Event description: During the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries the custom of Festive Charity became a core aspect to the celebration of Christmas in England with emphasised importance. This talk will be exploring charitable acts across the county of Hampshire that provided relief to the poor during the Christmas period, with examples from local workhouses […]
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 […]
A History of England in 25 Poems: Hampshire Stories
2026Mar18 Event description: Catherine Clarke’s new book A History of England in 25 Poems (Penguin Allen Lane, 2025) tells the history of England through twenty-five poems written between the eighth century and today – each one opening a portal into a moment in this country’s past. In this talk, Catherine will explore some of the Hampshire and […]
reCORDED TALKS
The AGM will be held on Saturday 28 October 2023, between 2pm and 4.30pm, in the Kincaid Room at the Royal Green Jackets Museum, Peninsula Barracks, Romsey Road, Winchester SO23...
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The Annual General Meeting of the Hampshire Archives Trust will be held at Hampshire Record Office on 22nd October 2022 at 2.00pm A full set of papers can be seen...
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On 22 September 2020 we held another online talk by HAT Trustee Dr Cheryl Butler, the talk is intriguingly titled Ascupart’s Children – Black History in the greater Southampton region...
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Talk about the HAT grant-aided project (2020 AGM) Hear about the background to the project and the discoveries made in this talk to the Hampshire Archives Trust AGM 2020. Bill...
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Southampton’s people and their goods 1250-1500 by Professor Chris Woolgar 11 May 2021.
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This talk was organised by HAT as part of series of events held in May throughout the UK to celebrate local and community history month, and was an online talk...
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