Today we’re revisiting for the final time the farm diary of John Foss, who continued to write about farming life at Kingston Russell for the first three months of 1852. A few winter months 1852 starts with fine, frosty weather. The cows are beginning to calf, and John is kept busy with the cheese. John… Read more The Diary of John Foss: 1852 (epilogue)
Burial registers are an incredibly useful resource for those researching family history. Most entries record the name, age and place of abode of the person who has died, but sometimes extra notes are included in the margins. In the second of three blogs we will look at some of the interesting information that can be… Read more What Do Burial Registers Tell Us? Part Two
The censuses were incredibly useful things. Not only because of the information about the population that was learned, but for genealogists in the centuries afterwards. And yet, censuses can be hard work too. One of the most frequently asked questions we receive is how to find out exactly where someone lived as often the censuses… Read more Navigating a Census
We have just come to the end of our series of blogs highlighting the wide variety documents contained in two collections of grangerised books held within our archive; Hutchins Extra illustrated and Royal Weymouth. We couldn’t finish this series without writing a little bit about the man responsible for putting these books together, A.M. Broadley.… Read more A.M. Broadley – The Grangerising Master!
Talk to any bookbinder or book conservator about their favourite parts of a binding and the likelihood is that endbands will be pretty high up on the list. Found at the top (headband) and bottom (tailband) of the spine, endbands have both structural and decorative features and are extremely enjoyable to make. In Medieval times,… Read more Conservation Tales: The beginnings of the Endband
We are sharing a monthly look at the farm diary of John Foss, written from his dairy farm in Kingston Russell in 1851. June 1851 June starts “very cold for the season” with storms and strong winds, but soon warms up to be fine and hot. The farm is continuing to focus on churning and potatoes, and John has started producing… Read more The Diary of John Foss: June 1851
‘Royal Weymouth’ is a four-volume book that we hold within our collection. Like ‘The Extra Illustrated Edition of Hutchins’, it has been put together by A.M. Broadley, but instead of grangerising one book, these volumes are based around several accounts of the Royal visits to Weymouth by King George III and his family. — Much… Read more Royal Weymouth Volume 2 – Devonshire and Dialect
In this special guest blog, Callum, a young learner who undertook a supported placement at DHC, explores some of our records relating to LGBT+ records held at Dorset History Centre. — The stories of individuals who existed outside the status quo are often heart-breaking, standing as symbols to how damaging existing under such prejudice is… Read more “The Courage of Ignorance”
Architecture is one of the many ways people have shaped Dorset’s landscape over the years. As a rural county, Dorset has not often been at the forefront of cutting edge design, but it is the home-place of some influential architects, and the seat of some truly stunning design. A Local Influence These small sketches are… Read more Art in Architecture
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