Jo Amey first encountered the archive material of Carter and Co of Poole over 40 years ago in their tile factory in Hamworthy. As a final year ceramics student she was researching the history of tiled buildings in the local area for her thesis. She can still recall carefully copying the tile designs from the… Read more The Art of Industry – A Lost Tiled Mural?
History students from Bournemouth University have been working with local volunteers, Talbot Village Trust, and Dorset History Centre to explore Talbot Village’s hidden past. Final year History students from Bournemouth University have been working with grant-giving charity Talbot Village Trust and a group of local volunteers to create a new exhibition celebrating Talbot Village’s unique… Read more Talbot Village’s hidden history explored in new Bournemouth University exhibition
Tolpuddle Old Chapel Trust was set up in 2014 as a renovation project to save the old Methodist Chapel that was built in 1818 in Tolpuddle by some of the men who later became known as the Tolpuddle Martyrs. The Chapel was listed as a Grade II* building at risk. Following extensive building works and… Read more Tolpuddle Old Chapel Trust
We bet you think the next line would be ‘walks into a bar’, but this is actually the current landscape of statues displayed across Dorchester. Looking at the Southwest, including Cornwall, Devon and Dorset, there are only three full-size statues celebrating named women in a whopping 13,000 square kilometres of the UK. In addition, over… Read more Six men, one dog, a Queen, and a horse!
Welcome to our annual retrospective of the previous year’s activities across the Archives and Records Service. 2023 was another busy year and our ‘page to a view’ summary hopefully captures some of the key outcomes delivered and the range of activities covered. These range from our work with collections – notably those of Thomas Hardy… Read more Year in Review – 2023
— Between Monday 15th January and Monday 29th January, Dorset History Centre will be closed to all public whilst we undertake essential work on our collections. This work will help us provide better access to our archives. All customer enquiries will be processed in the order they have been received as soon as possible after… Read more IMPORTANT NEWS: Collections Weeks 2024
Everyone at Dorset History Centre would like to wish all of our customers and blog-readers a very Merry Christmas and a peaceful New Year! — A reminder that Dorset History Centre is open the following days during the festive season: Wednesday 27th December Thursday 28th December Friday 29th December — Wednesday 3rd January Thursday 4th… Read more Merry Christmas!
‘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
In March, Dorset Archives Trust held a series of lectures relating to Thomas Hardy, exploring different themes of his life, his work and his interests. The lectures were held to help fund-raise for our Thomas Hardy project and to demonstrate the multi-faceted nature of one of Dorset’s most famous sons. Dorset Archives Trust Vice-Chair, Sara… Read more The Hardy Lectures
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