Category: Stories from the Archives

Today the story reads like colonial bullying. The campaign medal shows pith-helmeted men bludgeoning native Africans. But in a vote of thanks in parliament a

Romsey and its waters enthral local researchers Romsey has one of the most active and best organised local history societies in the county. Twice a

  At a time when the world is being ravaged by the Covid-19 coronavirus, it is interesting to look back at previous diseases that have

To discover that history is an inspiration for drama is hardly surprising.  Just think of Shakespeare (who, incidentally, faced outbreaks of plague by taking his

In 2024, the Flowerdown military base, Winchester, at present home to the Army Training Regiment, is scheduled to close after 110 years of military occupation.

A tiny scrap of paper in a filing cabinet in a church hall has solved a mystery that has long puzzled local people. Behind the

A Lucky Strike in the Poor Law Records For a long time I have been researching my family history, doing my own Who Do You Think

In Herefordshire, close to the Welsh border, an aeroplane is being restored that was first built and flown above the Hampshire countryside 90 years ago.

Sources, which are the bedrock of history, predominantly consist of documents, though film, sound recordings and increasingly digital files are also important. There are, however,