Archive

Our Conservator Rhonda has just completed the colossal task of repairing and preserving 15 boxes of Worcestershire wills which until now had been sorely lacking the attention they needed. This project was part of a grant from the National Conservation of Manuscripts Trust (NCMT). These wills are from a collection consisting of over 1050 boxes....

In 2012 Worcestershire Record Office and Worcestershire Historic Environment & Archaeology Service merged in preparation for moving into The Hive together. Victoria Bryant was appointed manager of the service, with Adrian Gregson and Lisa Snook (who we’ll hear from soon) heading up the Collections and User Services parts of the Archives. Three years ago she...

  From the 8th April until 11th June an exhibition celebrating the Unlocking the Severn Project will be on show in The Hive.  It is the culmination of a five-year project run by the Canal and Rivers Trust in partnership with Severn Rivers Trust, the Environment Agency and Natural England. Funding is being provided by...

Introducing the new Senior Archival Photographer for WAAS here at The Hive, Steven Wood-Matthews. Hello, my name is Steven Wood-Matthews, and I am the new Senior Archival Photographer here at The Hive. It is my job to digitise items from our collection for our service users and for external clients be that locally, nationally, or...

Debbie Birch followed as the third County Archivist, although now named Record and Information Services Manager. In the next in our Archives 75 series she shares her memories of her times here. During this period plans advanced to be part of the Library and History Centre project, which culminated in the move to The Hive....

Tony Wherry stepped into the big shoes of Harry Sargeant to become the second County Archivist in 1976. Whilst he was in charge the new building at County Hall was opened, and St Helen’s branch closed, with Worcestershire History Centre opening. 2022 sees the 75th anniversary of the creation of Worcestershire Record Office, which merged with...

We start our Archives 75 series with looking at the origins of Worcestershire Record Office and Harry Sargeant, the first County Archivist

‘I lived all my life with a difference inside me, this Autism that makes me who I am, special in every way’ – Louisa This World Autism Acceptance Week, we hear from one of our former researchers and volunteers, Louisa Summer. Louisa began researching her family history at the former History Centre in Worcester, and...