People have been travelling the roads of Britain for hundreds of years. How, you might wonder, did they know where they were going? Without Sat Nav and Google Maps, it would be a miracle if most of us could get anywhere these days! If you have been questioning this too, then you may be interested… Read more What did people do before Sat Nav?!
On Friday we published a blog detailing the information from one document held at Dorset History Centre. This blog will explore further the history of enslaved individuals in Jamaica and will show how research can be developed using online resources. — In 1817, two years after the sale of Mount Carmel, Jamaica finally complied with… Read more Say My Name (Part 2)
As a researcher every so often you unfold an old and dirty parchment and go ‘wow’ as the potential importance of the document leaps off the page at you. But in some cases, before you rush to share your excitement with the archive staff, the gravitas and implications of the document demand a moment of… Read more Say My Name (Part 1)
5 October is UNESCO’s World Teachers’ Day, held annually to celebrate all teachers around the world. What better excuse to delve into our collections and see how teachers have been recorded?! The most obvious starting point is of course school records. Schooling until age 10 was compulsory from 1880 and most Dorset schools kept records… Read more In Celebration of Dorset’s Teachers
‘Everyone loves a map’ – it’s a common refrain and although we’re sure there are people out there who don’t cherish cartographic items in the way that DHC does, many certainly do like to peruse them in order to gain a sense of where things are and to understand the relationship between places and communities. … Read more Mapping History – Recent additions to DHC’s collection
We have recently had Sylvia Stafford working in our searchroom as she plans her next book, following the successful launch of her new book, which explore the history of the Bridport Union and the workhouse… — An interest in the Grade II Listed former Bridport Union Workhouse, at the top of Barrack Street Bridport, led… Read more Down and Out in Bridport and the Surrounding Parishes
This summer’s highly successful Women’s World Cup followed hot on the heels of this summers highly successful Women’s Ashes, which followed last summers highly successful Women’s European Championships. Everywhere we look, women’s sport is flourishing. In today’s blog, our Community Engagement Officer, Maria, has taken a look at some of the history of women’s sport… Read more Women’s Sport in Dorset
Welcome to the eighth part of our series exploring the history of Icen Cottage, Fordington. In previous blogs, we have introduced you to the cottage, shown you some of the earliest documents relating to the cottage, discussed some of the problems when trying to identify the people who lived in the cottage, introduced George Cull as one of… Read more Icen Cottage – Fordington and the Rev Henry Moule
It’s 1763 and if you’ll allow me some artistic license, and it’s going to be a sunny morning. Sarah Cribb, a girl who would be around fourteen years old, probably has not slept. She’s been indentured into a husbandry apprenticeship in Tyneham, from her home in Stoborough approximately six miles away. Whilst this was a… Read more Cribb Sheet – Sarah Cribb’s apprenticeship in Tyneham
As a placement student here at the Dorset History Centre, I was given wider rein with this blog to write about an apprentice of my choice. I headed to the archives of my favourite spot in Dorset, Lyme Regis. In this collection I found the apprenticeship indenture of a seven-year-old boy Henry Lock, whose family… Read more Henry Lock: The ten-year-old apprentice
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