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John Thorn, by June Mendoza. Image: Winchester College

The hidden corners of Winchester College

John Thorn, by June Mendoza. Image: Winchester College   Author: Dr Barry Shurlock Bio: Barry is an active local history researcher who writes for the Hampshire Chronicle and other newspapers...

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Manorial Records at Winchester College

  Author: Suzanne Foster, College Archivist, Winchester College Bio: Suzanne qualified as an archivist in 1992 and came to work at Hampshire Record Office in the same year. She started...

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Hampshire Record Keepers – 1. Winchester College

The records of Hampshire and beyond have been kept, organised, catalogued and made available by a legion of archivists. This is the first a series on the major holdings in...

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Himsworth’s Indexes

The indexes at the back of the volumes of Himsworth are very extensive: 89 pages in Vol.I and 394 pages in Volume III (covering vols II and III). A note...

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Winchester College Estates Himsworth, Vols II and III

Winchester College Muniments: A Descriptive List, Vols II and III, compiled by Sheila Himsworth, Chichester, 1986, cover the estates of the college, which numbered about 60 (29 of which were...

Photograph of boys processing along College Street to attend a service in Winchester Cathedral on the occasion of the 5th Centenary of Winchester College in 1393, ref: J4/1/38

Himsworth, Volume I: College

A key finding aid for the archives of Winchester College is Sheila Himsworth’s, meticulously indexed Winchester College Muniments, published in 3 volumes. Winchester College Muniments: A Descriptive List, Vol. I,...

John Harmar, Warden, 1596-1613, after whom the archives reading room is named (Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of Winchester College).

Himsworth’s Winchester College Muniments

A key finding aid for the archives of Winchester College is Sheila Himsworth’s meticulously indexed Winchester College Muniments, published in 3 volumes (Chichester, 1976-1984). The work is the culmination of...

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Not the North – Hampshire’s Industrial Heritage

Hampshire may not have slag heaps, coal-mines and blast furnaces but it still has a substantial industrial heritage. Iron ore was smelted at Sowley at Beaulieu Manor from about 1600...