As Westminster Abbey and the Royal Family prepare for the coronation of King Charles III, popular imagination might be drawn to memories of the most recent King Charles, Charles II....
Welcoming Prince Henry to Winchester in 1603 Prince Henry, the nine-year-old son of King James I and Anna of Denmark, joined his mother at Winchester in October 1603. The royal...
While much of the research conducted in archives focuses on documents, maps, photographs, and audio/visual recordings, it is important to recognise the significant value that of wax seals. These small,...
In the Muniment Tower, students viewing a charter issued by Alice de Rumilly in around 1150, one of the oldest in Magdalen’s collection A visit to the archives of Magdalen...
Join Daniella as she speaks with Aisha Al-Sadie, Learning and Heritage Officer at Winchester Cathedral, and Dr Johanna Strong, who wrote her PhD ‘The Making of a Queen: The Effect...
Content notice: this post makes reference to sexual violence in the middle ages. Who is Constance Mauduit? This is a question I first asked myself in 2019. Perusing the...
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we take a look at the life and works of a brilliant but neglected women writer from Hampshire, the Victorian best-seller Charlotte Mary Yonge When...
In this latest episode, Daniella is joined by Chris Wynford of the Milford-on-Sea Historical Record Society to talk about the Local History Lives! project. Daniella learns from Chris how the...
Family history is easily one of the most common reasons for going to a county archive and that’s no surprise with the typical records that are available. However, despite county...
In this podcast episode, Daniella talks to Roger Ottewill and Alys Blakeway about the life of Charlotte Mary Yonge. The episode explores Charlotte’s Hampshire links, her reputation, and the Charlotte...
Hampshire has a rich military history spanning across the centuries and among all three elements that make up the modern-day British Armed Forces. In this blog, Public Engagement Coordinators for...
Join Daniella as she finds out about Joan of Navarre, Queen of England 1403-1413, from Dr Ellie Woodacre. The episode focuses on Joan’s background, her links to various places across...
On 6 May 1623, King James I (& VI) granted a wine licence to John James of Southampton. The licence allowed John James to collect the rents from an inn...
27 June 1924 was a remarkably busy date in the diary of the thirty-year-old Prince of Wales. Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David – who would become King Edward...
In this episode, Daniella talks to Andy Skinner about the SeaCity Museum and Tudor House & Gardens in Southampton, Hampshire. Andy shares his enthusiasm for working in the museum sector,...
When a local resident casually stated that “Winchester has always been a welcoming place of refuge”, as a historian, this immediately aroused my suspicion. The narrative of refuge in Britain...
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...
In this episode, Daniella interviews Dr Mike Esbester about the Railway Work, Life & Death project. Mike takes us through the aims of the project, evidence that remains for railway...
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...
In this podcast, Daniella learns from Michael Gunton, Senior Archivist at Portsmouth History Centre, about how to curate an exhibition using the local history collections. In the podcast, Michael gives...
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...
In this podcast, Daniella speaks to Dr Emma J Wells about her latest book Heaven on Earth: The Lives and Legacies of the World’s Greatest Cathedrals. Emma tells us about...
In this episode, Daniella is joined by Marylin Wilton-Smith, the chair of Titchfield History Society, who gives an insight into Titchfield’s Tudor history and the 3rd Earl of Southampton’s Fayre....
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...
We begin our Hampshire Heritage Revealed with a podcast about the Hampshire Archives Trust (HAT), presented by the Hampshire Archive Trusts’ own Social Media Fellow Dr Daniella Gonzalez. Daniella is...
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...