In July we were joined by Caeron and Eve for a four week work experience placement. During their time with us, we asked them both to reflect on some of the interesting things they came across from the archive. Today Caeron explains his favourite items… — My favourite part about work experience was being able… Read more Work Experience 2025: Locked away…
As a new academic year begins, we delve into the archives to share a story of a bad choice for one school in eighteenth-century Christchurch! The Free School, Christchurch In 1772 a Robert Barrett saw an advert in “the Publick Newspapers” for the position of Master at the Free School in Christchurch. Interested parties were… Read more A school scandal!
In July we were joined by Caeron and Eve for a four week work experience placement. During their time with us, we asked them both to reflect on some of the interesting things they came across from the archive. Today Eve explains her favourite find… — Over course of the four weeks, one of the… Read more Work Experience 2025: The Redshaw Family Photo Albums
Throughout July, Dorset History Centre have been joined by Eve and Caeron as part of our work experience offer for young people interested in learning more about the world of archives. Today, Caeron reflects on his experience with us over the last month… — My name is Caeron Henly, and I am going into my… Read more Work Experience 2025: Learning about Archives
Throughout July, Dorset History Centre have been joined by Eve and Caeron as part of our work experience offer for young people interested in learning more about the world of archives. Today, Eve reflects on her experience with us over the last month… — For the last four weeks, I have had the privilege of… Read more Work Experience 2025: A Month at the Archives
The Bankes collection is a remarkable assortment of records covering all sorts of time periods and subject matters. There are antiquarian records, there are estate records, there are examples of account books, farm records, or personal papers. The oldest thing in this collection dates from 1249, and the collection runs through until the 1980s. In… Read more Digging Through History
Did you know that we regularly receive material to add to our archive collections? Each separate deposit of material at Dorset History Centre is called an accession. Here are a selection of the new accessions received by the archives during the past months. — D-3480 Acc 12305a – Monkwood Farm map This detailed 19th-century map of… Read more New Accessions: July 2025
Thanks to generous support from Dorset Archives Trust and a grant from the Friends of the National Libraries, Dorset History Centre (DHC) was recently able to purchase some fascinating records and photographs relating to the naval and maritime history of Portland (reference D-3155). Within the material is a series of photographs, some of them in… Read more Portland – the building of a breakwater
On Saturday 26 July 2025 Dorset History Centre will be hosting an all-day conference about the history of railways in Dorset. The conference is free to attend, but we have a maximum capacity in our lecture room, so need to be booked ahead of time. You can book your tickets here. **Please be aware that… Read more Rail 200: Dorset On Rail
Recently, we have been working on adding our many uncatalogued parish magazines to our online catalogue. Though we still have a long way to go, we thought now would be a great time to highlight what a useful, and often neglected, resource parish magazines are for both family and local history research. What are Parish… Read more How Can Parish Magazines Help with Family and Local History Research?
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