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This week’s Treasure has been chosen by Jonathan Brusby, Digitiser. Here he explains how he discovered so much more than first expected when working with a Victorian recipe book:    This treasure is a family recipe book which isn’t what it seems. Inside there are many inedible concoctions, made with very strange ingredients like Eau...

Last year the Friends of Worcestershire Archives helped us with the purchase of a fascinating document sent to Worcester by Edward VI, shortly after succeeding his father, Henry VIII. This is now in the care of Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service, and the Friends have organised an event to look into Worcester at the time...

While checking our local history references books I came across a bound poem, written in Bewdley in 1839 by George Griffith its title ‘The Devil’s Spadeful’ rang a bell. Between Kidderminster and Bewdley is a large area of heath and woodland called the Rifle Range, which is used by scouts, horse riders and walkers and was a...

Today we bring you an update post from Bethany Hamblen, Manorial Documents Register Project Archivist: This month, it’s back to basics as we begin to look at what a manor actually was, what it did, and how historians believe the manor changed over time.  Future posts will go into greater detail about the manor’s physical...

This week our Treasure is brought to you by Teresa Jones, Senior Archive Assistant, who has chosen a book from our Local Studies Collection of reference books, which are held on Level 2 of The Hive. Here Teresa tells us more about how the book she has chosen inspired her to document her own piece...

A little over a month ago I started working in the Finds and Environment team for Worcestershire Archaeology, so I thought is was about time that I came on here and introduced myself properly! My name is Suzi Richer and I am a palynologist. Unfortunately, that’s one of those obscure titles that can often cause...

This week’s Treasure is brought to you by Charlene Taylor, Archivist on the User Services Team. The items described are a series of love letters that have been found within the Lyttelton collection of family and estate records. Here, Charlene tells us why she chose these documents: Hidden away in our secure strongrooms The Hive are...

Our latest display in the exhibition cabinets on level two at The Hive looks at the lives of the people working ‘below stairs’ at Northwick Park, nr Blockley. Northwick Park near Blockley was home to Lord Northwick, his family and his household. The original house was built in the early 17th Century for William Childe....

On Level 2 in The Hive, on the Explore the Past floor, is the Local Studies & Archaeology Library. Over 12,000 books are here covering Worcestershire, subjects connected to the county, and archaeology. All out books are on the catalogue http://capitadiscovery.co.uk/worcs/  so you can check to see what we have, and they are all reference...

Walk south from the Hive towards the river, and you will come across an island surrounded by a busy one-way road system, the modern Point Severn apartments at its centre. If you were to go back in time to the late 16th and early 17th centuries, though, the scene would look very different. Houses and...