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Report on the Archives Survey

Following our chairman, David Livermore’s, initiative for HAT to take a more proactive approach to fulfilling its mission of making Hampshire archives more accessible to the public, HAT commissioned a...

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House histories project, Bishops Waltham

Bishop’s Waltham Society is to create and spread information about the history and architecture within the civil parish of Bishop’s Waltham. The Bishop’s Waltham Museum Trust is the custodian of...

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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 and archive material The purpose...

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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 in a series of talks...

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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 10-11 May 2025 at the...

Andover: boy rides a bicycle on a housing estate, image © London Metropolitan Archives (City of London).

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 from the National Lottery to...

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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 likely holders of Hampshire archives...

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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 emergency grant of £320 from...

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Records of Titchfield Abbey

The Titchfield Abbey Records Project continues to transcribe the earliest records for Titchfield – those for Titchfield Abbey which was established in 1232 and disbanded with the Dissolution in 1537....