Records in the Borough of Poole archive reveal details of the first policemen to be employed in the town, including their uniforms, expected conduct and rewards. A paid police force Organised crime prevention has existed for centuries, beginning with the early night watchmen and parish constables appointed by Justices of the Peace and other town… Read more Law and order in Poole
Amy Ridgway shares her experience of working at Dorset History Centre during a placement for her history PhD. My usual use of Dorset History Centre (DHC) is as a researcher in the search room. As a history PhD student at the University of Exeter, I have been using documents from the Bankes Archive, namely account… Read more On the other side of the desk
Our archivist working on the Poole Borough Archive sheds some light on her daily activities. A dual role I have two roles at Dorset History Centre – from Monday to Wednesday I am the Project Archivist responsible for sorting and cataloguing the Poole Borough Archive. This is quite a job as the collection includes over 1500… Read more A day in the life of a cataloguing archivist
A generous grant means that Poole’s historic archive of more than 1,600 boxes of parchment and paper covering 800 years can be catalogued.
The National Archives and contributions from a range of other supporters has resulted in funding of £34,867. The archive contains written records of the town’s history ranging from its founding charter in 1246 to the current unitary authority.
As a coastal town, Poole has always been vulnerable to attack by sea – from the Roman invasion, through the burning of the town by the Spanish in 1405, right up to the Second World War. ‘All my thoughts are directed towards England’ In the early months of the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815), the whole country… Read more The Napoleonic Invasion Threat
The Cooper Dean archive, which provides insight into the history of Bournemouth, is now fully catalogued and free to access at Dorset History Centre.
The collection is mainly made up of records relating to the management of the Littledown Estate, approximately 1000 acres of modern Bournemouth. (more…)
Find out what our Archive Collections Manager gets up to on a ‘typical’ day. As the Collections Manager at the Dorset History Centre I have many different jobs which mean that I never have a ‘typical’ day. Most of my duties revolve around taking in new documents, listing them and making them accessible in our… Read more A day in the life of an archivist
Explore Poole’s role in the Civil War through the Poole Borough Archive The Civil Wars The English Civil Wars were a series of conflicts which raged from 1642 to 1651, revolving around the struggle between the Royalists on one side and the forces of Parliament and its allies on the other. Parliament saw the King’s… Read more Poole at War
The Cyril Diver collection contains documents from Diver’s ecological study of the Studland peninsular.
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