Category: Stories from the Archives

Our beloved family stories from our grandparents need to be cherished and remembered. Knowing our family’s history is important to shape who we are, but

If you, like myself live in an old house, you have probably wondered who lived there before you. Perhaps, if you are a family historian,

A One-Place-Study (OPS) is unique and combines the local history of your chosen place whilst integrating the family history of the inhabitants through time. The

I was sat on the top deck of a school bus when I first started wondering what life was like before the Camp at Aldershot

On 6 May Charles III will be crowned King of England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, as well as the Head of the Commonwealth, alongside his Queen

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

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

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

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