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Our exhibition which summarises some of the records catalogued as part of the New Burdens Project is now live and will be displayed until 31st March 2026. Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service secured £73000 in 2022 from


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Did you know that Worcestershire Marriage Bonds and Allegations are now available to view on Ancestry.co.uk?

Covering the years c.1630–1949, these fascinating records offer a valuable window into the lives of past generations. For family historians and genealogists, marriage licence records can reveal details that may not appear in traditional parish registers


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We are excited to introduce some of the women we will represent in an April 2026 display about women’s history. In this blog we would like to take a closer look at these Women of Worcestershire and share some of the stories we have discovered about them.

Some of these local women are lesser known, or we have few items about them. For instance, for Hannah Snell, the sol...


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By January 1886, as reported in the Berrow’s Worcester Journal an extension of Powick Hospital was completed which allowed for a further 210 patients admitted to the hospital, with the capacity of the previous buildings at just over 700 patients. With such a large number of patients and staff to receive daily meals, it is unsurprising that it required a large community of wor...


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From English country houses to dramatic naval battles and foreign lands, we continue our look at the Sandys family’s extraordinary art collection.

Many of the pictures at Ombersley came to the Court through Leticia Baroness Sandys, while others were bought directly from artists or collected abroad. From views of Chatsworth House to Spanish bullfighting...


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