Category: Stories from the Archives

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‘Placing Jane’ in the Heart of Southampton: A Day of Tea, Talks and Timeless Tales

Saturday 3 May 2025 saw Southampton transformed into a buzzing hive of bonnets, books, and brilliant minds as literary and history lovers descended upon the MAST Mayflower Studios for Placing...

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Celebrating Preservation: A Day of Archival Discovery and Historical Appreciation

Members of the Hampshire Archive Trust (HAT) recently enjoyed a special visit to the New Forest Heritage Trust, marking the successful completion of a significant archival preservation project. The day...

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Placing Jane

As part of the programme of events marking the 250th Anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, the author’s former home of Southampton hosted a sellout study day ‘Placing Jane’. This event...

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Railway 200 in Hampshire

Hopefully it won’t have escaped your attention that 2025 is being marked as ‘Railway 200’, cast as the 200th anniversary of the birth of the modern railway. It’s an initiative...

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Series 3: Episode 10 – Women Writers in Eighteenth-Century Hampshire

This episode is about the work of Legasee Educational Trust, which Daniella finds out about from Martin Bisiker, who set up this educational charity. Martin discuss the types of materials...
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Watercress Line Heritage railway community textile timeline of the railways for railway 200

The Watercress Line Heritage railway near Winchester has been working with over 100 individuals and community groups across Hampshire and further afield to create a series of textile panels depicting...

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Series 3: Episode 9 – Legasee Educational Trust and Military History in Hampshire

This episode is about the work of Legasee Educational Trust, which Daniella finds out about from Martin Bisiker, who set up this educational charity. Martin discuss the types of materials...
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Series 3: Episode 8 – Discovering the Hispanic-Anglosphere in Hampshire

In this episode Daniella was joined by Dr Graciela Iglesias-Rogers, Senior Lecturer in Modern European and Global Hispanic History at the University of Winchester and lead researcher of the AHRC-funded...
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Series 3: Episode 7 – Researching Local History at The National Archives: Pre-modern Records

In this episode Daniella is joined by Dr Paul Dryburgh, an archivist and historian who is Principal Medieval Records Specialist at The National Archives....