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- 6th December 2013
Today we bring you the second instalment of the Treasures from Worcestershire’s Past, which is an Ale-Tasters Oath from the Worcester City archive collection. “The Ale-Tasters Oath You shall be good and true to our Sovereign Lord King George and to his Heires and Successors Kings and Queens of Great Britain and to the Mayor...
- 29th November 2013
The Manorial Documents Register Project has just entered its second month. At this stage, the focus is on developing definitive lists of the hundreds of manors in Worcestershire and Herefordshire. This is not as straightforward as it might seem. Not every place that has or used to have the word ‘manor’ in the title actually...
- 22nd November 2013
Tithe maps are a fantastic resource for people doing local history. Maps are always fascinating as they draw you in and are so visual. In this case the tithe maps are often the first details maps for certain places and goes alongside details for each field, making them especially valuable, and very popular with our...
- 21st November 2013
Continuing our ‘Introducing…’ feature to show you the wide variety of work undertaken by our service, today we bring you a piece from our Digitisation Team: If you were to start a tour at the very top of the Hive, just beneath the golden parapets, and descend one level, then another, and another, and then just one...
- 21st November 2013
For approximately 25 years from 1909 Berrow’s Worcester Journal produced a pictorial supplement to accompany the weekly newspaper. Photos in the newspapers themselves were quite rare at this time because of the reproduction difficulties and the supplements enabled Berrows to produce relatively good quality images to accompany the news. These photographs record local people and...
- 20th November 2013
Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service holds archives that can shed light on national and international events. This letter was written on board RMS Titanic by Frank Millett, an American painter, sculpter and writer and sent to Alfred Parsons, a painter and illustrator, who lived in Broadway, Worcestershire. In the letter Millett describes the ship.. ‘As...
- 19th November 2013
As we continue to celebrate the Explore Your Archive campaign week we bring you today’s treasure from the Archive Service, which is what we believe may be the oldest surviving document from Worcestershire. It is part of the archives of the Lechmere family of Hanley Castle and has been dated to about 1100.’ The document is a legal deed...
- 15th November 2013
A selection of the items available to purchase at The Hive Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service is once again offering visitors to The Hive the chance to pick up unique items for those looking for that extra special gift this Christmas. After proving a popular destination for people seeking something a little different, we have...
- 8th November 2013
Remember, Remember! The fifth of November, The Gunpowder treason and plot: I know of no reason Why the gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot! There are various versions of this traditional folk verse. This short excerpt dated c1870 is taken from the poem of the week website Habing, B (2006, November 3) The Fifth of...
- 8th November 2013
Two new projects have recently been launched in Worcestershire Archive Service thanks to the securing of external funding. Maggie Tohill will be leading the project on the Lyttelton collection and Bethany Hamblen will be leading the Manorial Documents Register project. Here they both introduce you to their respective projects: An introduction to the Lyttelton collection...