Category: Stories from the Archives

An international business sparked by a Hampshire shepherd A company that started in Hampshire and spread around the world has stepped up to lend its

The Wallop family, earls of Portsmouth, has been associated with Hampshire since at least Domesday. There are no less than four places in the county

Physician Dr John Latham (1740-1837) retired to Romsey in 1795 to be near his son, a brewer with a chain of inns. For 20 years

Today the story reads like colonial bullying. The campaign medal shows pith-helmeted men bludgeoning native Africans. But in a vote of thanks in parliament a

Romsey and its waters enthral local researchers Romsey has one of the most active and best organised local history societies in the county. Twice a

  At a time when the world is being ravaged by the Covid-19 coronavirus, it is interesting to look back at previous diseases that have

To discover that history is an inspiration for drama is hardly surprising.  Just think of Shakespeare (who, incidentally, faced outbreaks of plague by taking his

In 2024, the Flowerdown military base, Winchester, at present home to the Army Training Regiment, is scheduled to close after 110 years of military occupation.