At the time of the First World War 16 nations mobilized over 65 million soldiers; of these 8.5 million were killed, over 21 million were wounded and nearly 8 million were recorded as captured or missing. The First World War brought new, more brutal and more catastrophic methods of warfare and the condition known as… Read more A Soldier’s Struggle
Welcome to the ninth part of our series exploring the history of Icen Cottage, Fordington. In previous blogs, we have introduced you to the cottage, shown you some of the earliest documents relating to the cottage, discussed some of the problems when trying to identify the people who lived in the cottage, introduced George Cull as one of… Read more Icen Cottage – The First School
Clare, our Collections Assistant in Digital Preservation has decided to move on at the beginning of November. Over the course of the last four years, she has contributed to a wide range of projects and helped us with processing a lot of our digital records. Before she left, we asked her to write us one… Read more Goodbye from Clare: Four Years of Highlights
Question: Where can you find a clock tower that doesn’t tell the time? Answer: On Swanage seafront! This is the Wellington clock tower. Once a London landmark, it now silently watches over Swanage Bay from Peveril Point. But how did the tower make its way down to Dorset? A start in the city Wellington clock… Read more A London Landmark by the Sea
People have been travelling the roads of Britain for hundreds of years. How, you might wonder, did they know where they were going? Without Sat Nav and Google Maps, it would be a miracle if most of us could get anywhere these days! If you have been questioning this too, then you may be interested… Read more What did people do before Sat Nav?!
On Friday we published a blog detailing the information from one document held at Dorset History Centre. This blog will explore further the history of enslaved individuals in Jamaica and will show how research can be developed using online resources. — In 1817, two years after the sale of Mount Carmel, Jamaica finally complied with… Read more Say My Name (Part 2)
As a researcher every so often you unfold an old and dirty parchment and go ‘wow’ as the potential importance of the document leaps off the page at you. But in some cases, before you rush to share your excitement with the archive staff, the gravitas and implications of the document demand a moment of… Read more Say My Name (Part 1)
5 October is UNESCO’s World Teachers’ Day, held annually to celebrate all teachers around the world. What better excuse to delve into our collections and see how teachers have been recorded?! The most obvious starting point is of course school records. Schooling until age 10 was compulsory from 1880 and most Dorset schools kept records… Read more In Celebration of Dorset’s Teachers
‘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
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