It seems very modern to have women leading political parties in the twenty-first century, but women holding public office may not have been considered so revolutionary by our medieval and Tudor ancestors. In 1532 Joan (Latin form Joanna) Bedford was elected to be the head of Longflete tithing (decennarius), an office equivalent to a modern… Read more Election of Women to Public Office
The name of ‘the Somme’ remains a highly-charged and hugely evocative one. The first day on the Somme saw almost 60,000 British casualties and almost 20,000 men killed. Conceived out of the failure of 1915’s autumn offensives, and pulled forward due to the French struggles at Verdun, the battle was not one the British Generals… Read more Dorset Regiments on the first day on the Somme
An intern worked on a project to digitise photographic negatives from the Herbert Collection, supported by Creative Dorset. In this article he explains what we can learn from the images contained within this fascinating archive. The Herbert collection preserves over three decades of history in Weymouth, Portland and the surrounding areas. The area has evolved… Read more What does the Herbert Collection tell us?
Volunteers Week (1-12 June) is the perfect opportunity to highlight the wonderful work carried out by a team of dedicated and enthusiastic volunteers at Dorset History Centre. Volunteers carry out a wide range of tasks to enhance the work of the archives. These include repackaging, listing and cleaning documents; exploring stories held in the collections;… Read more Celebrating volunteers!
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