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Charlotte Mary Yonge 1823-1901
Credit Roger Ottewill

Grant towards a commemorative programme on the bicentenary of the birth of Charlotte Mary Yonge

£1680 has been awarded towards a commemorative programme on the bicentenary of the birth of Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901). Charlotte Yonge was a significant figure in Victorian life and letters...

Front of workhouse building taken 1995/6

Grant for publication about Fordingbridge workhouse

Fordingbridge Historical Society was awarded £500 to support its publication of ‘A place of last resort; the history of the Fordingbridge Workhouse’. The book will look at the workhouse’s role...

Haslar Gate and bastion number 1. Image credit the Gosport Society

Grant to the Gosport Society

HAT has awarded £500 towards the project ‘Conservation and Heritage in Gosport. A joint illustrated book publication project between The History Press of Cheltenham and The Gosport Society’The forthcoming book...

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Grant to conserve Crosthwaite Eyre collection

Grant awarded to New Forest Heritage Trust (NFHT) for their project ‘For the common good: conserving the Crosthwaite Eyre collection ‘The HAT Board of Trustees awarded the full amount of...

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‘How To Use Archives’ guides for students

Here are some new, free, easy-to-use guides for both students and teachers with helpful advice on how to use archives in your research. These guides will help you if you...

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HAT Blog Guidelines

Photo by Andrew Neel on Unsplash   If you have a Hampshire local history story or a favourite archive, museum, or library item or collection you would like to share...

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School history competition launching in September

The Hampshire Archives Trust is to launch a new History competition for secondary and sixth form students in Hampshire at the start of the new academic year in September. Secondary...

Auhor and professional genealogist Emma Jolly

A Master Class in Census Searching

FAMILY historians everywhere are working their way through the 1921 census, which FindMyPast has just put online. It will help chart the huge changes that followed the First World War....

Bishopstoke Mill, about 1910

Bishopstoke Village History Website – a Model for Others

Two friends discovered a common interest in Bishopstoke and went on to create one of the best local history websites, with more to follow, writes Barry Shurlock… Early directories of...