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Over the past year, we’ve been sharing lots about the archaeological discoveries from our work at Milestone Ground, Broadway. But one find, until now, has been kept very quiet.
Our archaeologists uncovered a truly extraordinary artefact during the excavation – and we can finally talk about it. A unique late Roman bone box discovered on the site will soon feature on the...
Delve into the establishment and history of Powick Hospital, along with the types of records we hold for those patients admitted. As we come towards the end of a 2 year project to catalogue a range of public records as a result of New Burdens funding, we turn our attention to records held on behalf of Herefordshire and Worcestershire NHS Trust.
The 1921 census helps Carol find out more about one of the residents of her village and a surprising connection between them.
Colleagues were looking for the announcement of a birth in the Berrows newspaper of April 1931, when they found an obituary for Jane Brookes of Bishampton, who claimed to be the first female church warden to be appointed in England. Being a chur...
The 1921 census is not just a chance to look up family, it also gives us an opportunity to find out more about local celebrities too. We took a little look at Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947) from Bewdley in Worcestershire, to see what the census shows he was doing and where in 1921.
Stanley Baldwin was Conservative Prime Minister 1923 to 1924, 1924 to 1929, and 1935 to 193...
From the Sandys Archive comes a series of letters from an officer fighting in the Peninsular War.
As a young cavalry officer in the Duke of Wellington’s army, Arthur Moyses William Hill bore witness to some of the most pivotal moments of the Napoleonic Wars. From early 1813 to the aftermath of the Battle of Waterloo, his letters home are a gripping account o...
