Peartree Church
A tiny scrap of paper in a filing cabinet in a church hall has solved a mystery that has long puzzled local people. Behind the
A tiny scrap of paper in a filing cabinet in a church hall has solved a mystery that has long puzzled local people. Behind the
A Lucky Strike in the Poor Law Records For a long time I have been researching my family history, doing my own Who Do You Think
In Herefordshire, close to the Welsh border, an aeroplane is being restored that was first built and flown above the Hampshire countryside 90 years ago.
Sources, which are the bedrock of history, predominantly consist of documents, though film, sound recordings and increasingly digital files are also important. There are, however,
Building works often awake interest in the history of the place in question. The congregation of the St Andrew’s United Reformed Church in The Avenue,
Stern expressions, dark clothes, rectories the size of small palaces – these are all clues to what life was like for the middle class in
Bishops Waltham’s Debt to a Victorian Reformer and Social Entrepreneur In the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, and the Metropolitan Museum, Fifth Avenue New York,
Letters sent by Royal Mail have always been paid for, but not by the privileged few. From 1652, Members of Parliament could send official letters
Recent experience by a Hampshire group funded by HAT has highlighted the importance of preserving the humble postcard. In attics, cupboards, garages and other places
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Hampshire Archives Trust
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