Back in April Dorset History Centre was awarded £603,777 by the National Lottery Heritage Fund to begin to develop a project which will result in the expansion of our repositories, the re-shaping of the public entrance to the building, and a whole range of outreach and engagement activities. Since then things have been busy, as… Read more Past Lives, Future Proofed (2)
Earlier this year we welcomed a student, Kayleigh, as a supported volunteer for a week. During that time she learned more about what we do, and spent some of her time researching Reverend Thomas Rackett… — Reverend Thomas Rackett was the vicar of Spetisbury, who lived from 1756 – 1840. A tiny document in our… Read more A Tale from the Theatre…
World postcard day is coming up on the 1st October and here at Dorset History Centre, we continue to be intrigued by our growing collection. A deltiologist’s dream, it incorporates virtually the entire history of this most fascinating medium. Although the post office first introduced their own pre-stamped cards for short messages in 1870, it… Read more World Postcard Day
In the summer we were joined by Debbie, as our new Past Lives Future Proofed Community Engagement Officer. We’ve given her a couple of months to get to grips with the role and learn about how DHC works, and now we wanted to introduce her to readers, and explain a little more about what she… Read more Introducing Debbie
Back in April Dorset History Centre was awarded £603,777 by the National Lottery Heritage Fund to begin to develop a project which will result in the expansion of our repositories, the re-shaping of the public entrance to the building, and a whole range of outreach and engagement activities. Since then things have been busy, as… Read more Past Lives, Future Proofed (1)
Dorset is unsurprisingly rich in maritime heritage given its multiple bays, harbours and coastline that stretches for close to 100 miles. However, that heritage is comprised of a mixed bag of fortunes and we have a newly catalogued box of images of shipwrecks that have occurred along our coast (D-DPA/2/WY/2/9). These are heavily concentrated around… Read more The Avalanche and the Forest
In July we welcomed two students to Dorset History Centre for a month to learn about what goes on behind-the-scenes at an archive. As part of this placement, the students have written blogs about their time with us, and what they have got out of the placement. Last week we introduced you to Lara, who… Read more Work Experience 2026: Cat
In July we welcomed two students to Dorset History Centre for a month to learn about what goes on behind-the-scenes at an archive. As part of this placement, the students have written blogs about their time with us, and what they have got out of the placement. We will bring you Cat’s thoughts next week,… Read more Work Experience 2026: Lara
Crispin Redshaw managed the Marconi Beam Radio Station that used to be situated along the Bridport/Dorchester Road, and boasted 25 transmitters, with the first service having been to New York. If you came along to From the Stacks (our free, monthly, public talk) last month, you would have heard Archivist Emma talking a little more… Read more The Photo Albums of Crispin Redshaw
This is the second blog in a short series about our research into a copy of a book by William Lilly from 1666 that had been used as a notebook and doctors accounts book. In our first blog we explored the book’s connection with the Chaplyn family and how we established that the doctor who… Read more Nathaniel Bartlett: A Doctor of Wareham
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