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Bullington book where East meets West

HAT was happy to award £500 to support the publication of this book by Bullington History Group and which was launched as part of their contribution to Heritage Open Week...

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Wellow school log books to be digitised

Wellow school was built on land given by Florence Nightingale’s father William who lived at Embley Park. Florence was a regular visitor to the school and appears in the school...

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Hampshire Archives Trust AGM 12 October 2024

The Annual General Meeting of the Hampshire Archives Trust will be held at the ARC, Jewry Street Winchester on Saturday 12 October 2024 at 2.00pm in The Performance Hall As...

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Update to cataloguing project Basingstoke has history too!

Report on Hampshire Archives Trust cataloguing project ‘Basingstoke Has History’ A Hampshire Archives Trust grant-funded project ‘Basingstoke has history’ has recently been completed. The project aimed to catalogue some previously...

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Film history of the HAT Fair

Hat Fair, Winchester, is the UK’s longest running outdoor festival and celebrates its 50 year anniversary this year (2024). In celebration, this project will gather and present archival documents in...

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Wyvern College students presented with their winner’s trophy

At a special event held at the Fountain Cafe in Fair Oak on D-Day (6 June 2024), the members of Wyvern College History Club were presented with their trophy for...

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The People’s Parks of Hampshire

Hampshire Gardens Trust have recently completed a long-running project to research and document the history and present state of urban parks in Hampshire’s towns and cities. They have designed this...

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WINNERS of the 2024 Hampshire History Competition for schools

The winners of this year’s History competition for schools have been announced. The winner of the Years 7-9 Group prize is Wyvern College. There were joint winners for the Years...

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Update on Unlocking Hampshire’s Musical Heritage

This project has digitised eight substantial music manuscripts from Hampshire Record Office and made them publicly available on archive.org. Detailed cataloguing of the manuscripts has identified around 630 compositions within...