I was sat on the top deck of a school bus when I first started wondering what life was like before the Camp at Aldershot was opened in 1855. The...
On 6 May Charles III will be crowned King of England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, as well as the Head of the Commonwealth, alongside his Queen Consort, Camilla. Regardless of your...
As Westminster Abbey and the Royal Family prepare for the coronation of King Charles III, popular imagination might be drawn to memories of the most recent King Charles, Charles II....
Welcoming Prince Henry to Winchester in 1603 Prince Henry, the nine-year-old son of King James I and Anna of Denmark, joined his mother at Winchester in October 1603. The royal...
While much of the research conducted in archives focuses on documents, maps, photographs, and audio/visual recordings, it is important to recognise the significant value that of wax seals. These small,...
In the Muniment Tower, students viewing a charter issued by Alice de Rumilly in around 1150, one of the oldest in Magdalen’s collection A visit to the archives of Magdalen...
Content notice: this post makes reference to sexual violence in the middle ages. Who is Constance Mauduit? This is a question I first asked myself in 2019. Perusing the...
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we take a look at the life and works of a brilliant but neglected women writer from Hampshire, the Victorian best-seller Charlotte Mary Yonge When...
Family history is easily one of the most common reasons for going to a county archive and that’s no surprise with the typical records that are available. However, despite county...
