In the collections, Dorset History Centre holds a number of locally published works and manuscripts of Miss Adela Marion Curtis. Miss Curtis (1867-1960) founded a community which existed just outside Burton Bradstock for almost 30 years in the mid 20th century. The members were known locally as The White Ladies because of the flowing white… Read more The Burton Bradstock Religious Community That Almost Never Existed
Following the huge success of my previous attempt at making a recipe from one of the old recipe books held here at the archives, I thought it best to give it another go. As most people are still home schooling, here’s an easy recipe with a dash of history added for flavour (although you might… Read more Cooking the Books (part 2)
Due to the changing world in 2020, Dorset History Centre took the decision to increase the volume and frequency of our blog content so as our readers have something interesting to read on a regular basis. We currently produce two blogs a week, on a variety of content highlighting the work we are still doing,… Read more Dorset History Centre Needs You!
It’s Explore Your Archive launch week! This is a national campaign highlighting the work of archives and all the wonderful things we hold in the collections. Each day this week has a theme – from communication to celebration to light. You can follow along with the hashtags daily on Twitter. Here we will look in slightly more detail at Sunday’s theme of home. Home Home will mean different… Read more Explore Your Archive!
We thought that in today’s blog we would look at some of Dorset’s authors and poets, and also a couple of authors who have been influenced and inspired by Dorset. Thomas Hardy We cannot talk about Dorset authors without mentioning the distinguished poet and author Thomas Hardy. Hardy was born on the 2nd June 1840… Read more Dorset Authors at Dorset History Centre
In October 2018 Dorset County Museum closed for a multi-million pound redevelopment, incorporating new galleries, a learning centre, library and visitor facilities. Whilst designing the new galleries a number of archival items were identified as requiring conservation treatment before they could be put on display. Forty documents that will be exhibited in the Hardy’s Dorset,… Read more Working with Dorset County Museum
Whilst browsing through the archive catalogue seeking inspiration, Collections Archivist Owen came across the Bloxworth Estate archive (D-BLX), and when looking amongst the Family papers saw that there were several recipe books listed… — Recipe books can provide a good insight into social history and are always good fun to have a read through. They… Read more Cooking the Books!
The Sheridan of Frampton archive is that of the Sheridan family who lived at Frampton House near Dorchester from 1835 until it was demolished in 1932. This collection includes plans and maps of Frampton House and the surrounding area, but also includes personal diaries, poetry and manuscripts from the members of the Sheridan family. From… Read more Collection Spotlight: The Sheridan of Frampton collection
Wednesday 24th June 2020 is Midsummer’s Day, and we will be posting a blog about the historical significance of this on the day itself. Today, we wanted to look at the historical meaning of the summer solstice, which happened on the 20th June 2020. — Since Neolithic times, when our Dorset predecessors were clearing trees… Read more Dorset’s Summer Solstice
In this blog, Jenny Oliver and David Watkins from Poole Museum explore a recent purchase made by Dorset Archives Trust and what it can tell us about the history of Poole… — Dorset History Centre with funding from Dorset Archives Trust has recently acquired a letter, undated but probably late 17th century, making a number of apparently unrelated points… Read more Disaffected and Unruly People – Poole in the 1680s
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