- 24th August 2017
On Tuesday afternoon, we found a sword. Yes, you have read correctly. A sword. Despite the impression given by Indiana Jones, finds like this are very, very rare. The sword is iron, and 60cm long in total with a 48cm blade. It was found in the ring gully of a roundhouse (a shallow ditch dug...
- 18th August 2017
We recently received another accolade as we were awarded a ‘highly commended’ in the recent Archaeology Training Forum Awards for our archaeology traineeships. To encourage the development of new archaeologists and organisations to provide opportunities for new recruits to develop their skills and careers, the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists are looking to help bridge the...
- 11th August 2017
Get up close to one of the famous Despatch Boxes held aloft by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in a one day exhibition about Stanley Baldwin 2017 is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Stanley Baldwin, the three time Prime Minister from Worcestershire. To coincide with this we will be display documents from his...
- 7th August 2017
Lavinia Talbot kept a diary from her teens to old age. She regularly recorded her thoughts and feelings about her life and events unfolding around her. Her three sons served in the forces during World War I, as did the children of her wider circle of family and friends, so her wartime diaries include...
- 21st July 2017
It has now been 10 years since Worcestershire, and much of the country, was hit by severe flooding. June 2007 had already been very wet, with minor flooding, and there were some additional floods early on in July too. On St Swithun’s day (15th July) it rained hard, which tradition suggests may have given some indication...
- 14th July 2017
Worcestershire Archive Service is pleased to be able to relaunch two of our previously created resource packs. These packs were originally put together in response to an emerging interest in Black and Asian history in Worcestershire, but later developed to encompass a much broader view, containing aspects of many different cultures, ethnicities and backgrounds. We have...
- 5th July 2017
The Forest of Dean have been awarded £2.5m by Heritage Lottery Fund for their Foresters’ Forest landscape partnership project, and we’re pleased to say we’ve been appointed to help local people explore and research the archaeology of the forest. A pilot phase had already taken place in specific areas, and HLF are now funding...
- 17th June 2017
What do you picture when you think of a typical Victorian father? The stereotype is often someone stern, severe and distant. That may have been true of some Victorian fathers, but the reality was often quite different. There were plenty of kind Victorian fathers who were devoted to their children, spent time with them...
- 16th June 2017
A well preserved section of Evesham Abbey’s outer precinct wall was uncovered recently. Late March saw one of our archaeologists, Jamie Wilkins, carrying out a Watching Brief[1] at the former Vauxhall Inn on Merstow Green, Evesham. The work, which was undertaken on behalf of Alan McColm and APU Retail Ltd, revealed a well-preserved section of...
- 20th May 2017
Worcestershire Archive & Archaeology Service is supporting a major exhibition coinciding with the 800th anniversary of the battle of Lincoln.