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TALKS OFFERED TO LOCAL HISTORY GROUPS

We are always happy to come to talk to local history societies and groups about the work of the Hampshire Archives Trust. We can explain what the Trust does and...

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A booklet celebrating 300 years of Bevois Mount, Southampton 1723-2023

Bevois Mount History is a group of residents who have been researching the history of their area for the past ten years. HAT has awarded £340 towards the production of...

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Gosport Museum of the Sea document scanning

This ambitious project seeks to create a digital Gosport Museum of the Sea. It has as its aims: -Creating a digital archive of the many non-military connections that Gosport has...

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Cataloguing the Womens’ Institute records held at Hampshire Record Office

The project catalogued the unlisted records of closed or superseded Hampshire Women’s Institutes (HRO collection reference 96M96). The records are contained in some 63 HRO standard boxes and 18 volume...

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Homes on wheels caravan project awarded a grant

The National Motor Museum Trust (NMMT) at Beaulieu hosts the UK’s foremost collection relating to the history of the leisure travel movement, the Caravan and Motorhome Club (CAMC) Collection, under...

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New project awarded grant to catalogue Basingstoke archives held at Hampshire Record Office

HAT awarded £7500 to Hampshire Record Office for their project to catalogue Basingstoke archives so they can be made available for research. This project complements the VCH work to publish...

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New book published about Fordingbridge workhouse with a grant from HAT

In July 2022 awarded Fordingbridge Historical Society £500 to support its publication of ‘A place of last resort; the history of the Fordingbridge Workhouse’. The book looks at the workhouse’s...

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Local History Lives! Milford on Sea Historical Record Society project- progress update

Milford-on-Sea Historical Record Society has opened the doors to its Research Library by placing 150 articles on-line. Milford-on-Sea Historical Record Society [MOSHRS] has a groundbreaking project called “Local History Lives!”...

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New pop up exhibition ‘Time of Change’ by Bishops Waltham Area Oral History Group

New pop up exhibition ‘Time of Change’ by Bishops Waltham Area Oral History Group One of the first exhibition visitors was Bill Dowling, better known in the 1960s as part...