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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

Content notice: this post makes reference to sexual violence in the middle ages.   Who is Constance Mauduit? This is a question I first asked

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

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

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

On 6 May 1623, King James I (& VI) granted a wine licence to John James of Southampton. The licence allowed John James to collect

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 –

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

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

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

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

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

  Like every other Shakespeare scholar, I have dreamed of finding a new piece of evidence to add to our frustratingly sketchy portrait of the

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

  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

John Thorn, by June Mendoza. Image: Winchester College   Author: Dr Barry Shurlock Bio: Barry is an active local history researcher who writes for the

  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

Hampshire may not have slag heaps, coal-mines and blast furnaces but it still has a substantial industrial heritage. Iron ore was smelted at Sowley at