Category: Stories from the Archives

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Railway 200

2025 marks the 200th anniversary of the railway revolution, the celebrations are being spearheaded by the rail industry and heritage railways across the country. To mark the anniversary, with funding...

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Series 3: Episode 2 – Women’s History During the 20th Century

This episode focuses on researching suffragettes and women’s history in archives and, to explore this, Daniella is joined by Dr Mari Takayanagi, Senior Archivist at the Parliamentary Archives. Mari discusses...
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Introduction to the First World War Home Front

When you think of the First World War often the first thing to spring to mind are trenches and fighting in France and Belgium. However, the war had a huge...

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HAT Visits Titchfield Abbey

A small group assembled at Titchfield Abbey at 10:30am on Wednesday 19th June, greeted by our hosts Marilyn and Colin Wilton- Smith, members of the Titchfield Historical Society. Although a...

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Series 3: Episode 1 – VCH and Researching Hampshire

In this episode, Daniella is joined by Dr Gabrielle Storey, who is currently working as part of the Victoria County History (VCH) Hampshire team. Gabrielle is writing parish histories of...
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Charter Analysis and Reassessing the Reign of King Eadwig, 955-959.

‘Anglo-Saxon charters’ refer to a wide range of documentary sources including diplomas, writs and wills, written in a combination of Latin and Old English. Typically, these refer to land grants...

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Series 2: Episode 9 – Hampshire Archives Trust: Introducing Our Newest Trustees

In this episode, Daniella speaks to our newest Trustees Barbara Gibson and Nick Shrimpton about how they became involved in Hampshire Archives Trust. During the episode, Nick and Barbara share...
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Assassination, Celebration, and Civil War: Where to find Charles I in Hampshire

Charles I was born 423 years ago on 19th November 1600 in Dunfermline Castle, in Fife, Scotland. The second surviving son of James VI & I and Anna of Demark,...

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Series 2: Episode 8 – LGBT Histories in Hampshire

In this episode, Daniella was joined by Dr Clifford Williams, a historian researching the history of the early gay and lesbian youth groups in England, to discuss LGBT histories in...