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- 5th May 2022
As part of the Unlocking The Severn project we helped volunteers investigate different aspects of the River's history through the archives
- 30th December 2021
Frost fairs are more commonly known to have been held on the River Thames, the most recent example being in London in 1814. Examples of provincial frost fairs include one held in Shrewsbury in 1739. A printed souvenir held within the archives from 1855 has led us to investigate whether there is any evidence of...
- 19th December 2018
** Please note that on 9 Jan we reached our number of volunteers. However Lucy has a waiting list for if anyone drops out** Would you like to help with research about the River Severn for a major project? Would you like to find out more about using archives? As part of the Unlocking...
- 23rd March 2017
Floods on Hylton Road with the power Station in the background It is 70 years since the 1947 floods, which were some of the worst experienced in Worcestershire and the UK. Floods are a regular natural phenomenon to this area and most people can recall particularly high ones, most recently 2007 and 2014. The 1947...
- 2nd December 2016
Wow. You loved this image of the River Severn frozen at Bewdley in 1895 (we’d misread it at first as 1898). It has been viewed over 35,000 times on Facebook, liked over 1500 times, shared over 300 times and received lots of comments. We’ve had a look to see what the newspapers said about this...
- 28th February 2014
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...