Now you might already know that Cromwell banned Christmas festivities, but did you know that he also changed the way marriages were registered? Less exciting, we know, but bear with us, because if you’ve been diligently putting together your family tree, and you’ve been able to get back to the mid-17th century, the ‘Act touching… Read more Oliver Cromwell and the Parish Registers
The first Saturday of June, as well as being an open day for the public, saw the Dorset History Centre raise its portcullis and host a celebration of Dorset’s people during the Civil War and the records that tell their stories. Proceedings were opened by Tim Goodwin, the county’s leading authority on this period, who… Read more From Culture Wars to Conflict – Dorset in the Civil War
For this blog local Dorset author Minette Walters tells us about the inspiration behind her upcoming book… — For anyone who relishes tales of courage and heroism against overwhelming odds, I recommend a study of the siege of Lyme Regis during the English Civil War. I researched it for my new novel, The Swift and… Read more The Siege of Lyme Regis
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
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