- 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.
- 15th May 2017
We are thrilled to announce that we have been voted 2017 Record-Keeping Service of the Year! Part of the Worcestershire Archive Service team This award is part of the Archives and Records Association (ARA) Excellence Awards and aims to recognise the achievements of services across the archive sector. The award is a testament to the...
- 27th April 2017
Our recent Broadway excavations feature in Current Archaeology Magazine Issue 326, on sale now! There’s a double-page spread featuring a fantastic birds-eye view by Aerial-Cam, shown here with some of the archaeologists who’ve been working on the site. Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service staff from the Broadway excavation and analysis team We’ll be back out on site soon...
- 13th April 2017
We have recently completed a project funded by The National Archives to update and computerize the Manorial Documents Register for Worcestershire. Come celebrate the launch of the database with us at The Hive on Saturday, 22 April, and learn more about these fascinating records and what they can tell us about Worcestershire’s past. There will...
- 7th April 2017
We are thrilled to announce that we have been shortlisted for the 2017 Record Keeping Service of the Year Award! This award is part of the Archives and Records Association (ARA) Excellence Awards and aims to recognise the achievements of services across the sector. Voting is open now until 30th April and we would be...
- 24th March 2017
We are pleased to announce that, following a recent assessment, Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service has retained its Accredited Archive status! Archive Accreditation, which recognises good practice in all areas of archive service delivery, was introduced in 2013. We were pioneers of the scheme, taking part in the pilot and then becoming one of the...
- 23rd March 2017
Floods on Hylton Road with the power Station in the background It is 70 years since the 1947 floods, which were some of the worst experienced in Worcestershire and the UK. Floods are a regular natural phenomenon to this area and most people can recall particularly high ones, most recently 2007 and 2014. The 1947...