The Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth is world famous for its unrivalled maritime archaeology collection. The thousands of objects recovered from the wreck of Henry VIII’s warship offer a rare...
The town of Southampton is not associated with slavery in the same way as ports, such as Bristol and Liverpool, but look below the surface and it can be seen...
If proof was ever needed of the enduring entanglement of the people of Hampshire with the global Hispanic world, a brief visit to the Hampshire Record Office, home of the...
The earldom of Southampton lasted for just over a hundred years, from its first creation in 1537 until the line died out in 1667, However the idea of Southampton being...
Like every other Shakespeare scholar, I have dreamed of finding a new piece of evidence to add to our frustratingly sketchy portrait of the Bard. Late on a summer...
I was incredibly excited as it was my first trip to see the archival documents held at The National Archives (TNA). I had journeyed up from Hampshire by train; caught...
Author: Marilyn Wilton-Smith Bio: Born and educated in Portsmouth, Marilyn worked for the Navy initially and later continued her career in a managerial role within a large Property Auction...
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...
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...
