Stories

Welcome to the Hampshire Archive Trust’s blog, where you’ll find posts relating to all things Hampshire local history, family history, archives, and heritage.

We welcome submissions from anyone working on any aspect of Hampshire history and we’re very interested to hear about the different topics you’re researching and the wonderful collections you’re using. Have you got a Hampshire story to share with us? Find our blog guidelines and how to get in touch here.

On this page, you’ll also be able to access our podcast episodes and recordings of talks that have been given as part of our program. Our Podcast series is called Hampshire’s History Revealed. Enjoy!

The Hampshire Archives Trust is committed to supporting the preservation and celebration of valuable local archives through our grants system, events and other related activities. 

Blogs, talks and podcasts

Old Minster Excavations

The Anglo-Saxon Minsters of Winchester

Led by Professor Martin Biddle CBE with (from 1964) the late Birthe Kjølbye-Biddle, every summer from 1961 to 1970 archaeologists from the UK, Europe and the USA worked together to...

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Series 5: Episode 1 – Tithe Barns and Hampshire

In this episode Daniella is joined by Joseph Rogers, author of Tithe Barns and Railway Enthusiasm in Twenty-first-century Britain. Joseph takes listeners into the world and history of tithe barns,...
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‘Get Real’ – Basingstoke and gay rights in the 1990s

In September 1993 Patrick Wilde’s play ‘What’s Wrong with Angry?’ opened at the LOST Theatre, a small fringe theatre in Fulham. Thanks to a sold-out final week, it returned in...

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The Middletons of Townhill Park House

Recently HAT announced a visit for members to the Gregg School, formerly Townhill Park House, which highlighted that it had been the home of Lord Swaythling in the early 20th...

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‘Watercress Line Through Time’ Project

The Watercress Line, Hampshire’s Heritage railway was recently successful in gaining funding from Hampshire Archives Trust, Alresford Historical and Literary Society and New Alresford Town Trust to enhance its family...

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Looking for Treasure in Archive Collections

Someone in the past can change your life. They might influence what you think about today or may set you on an adventure. Their words, immortalised in print, tug at...

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