- 24th February 2015
One of the activities we do with school children is the Anglo-Saxon skeleton, usually as part of ‘Invaders & Settlers’ aspect of the national curriculum. Our archaeologists base the workshop on the discovery of an Anglo-Saxon burial, and what this can tell us about Saxon life. We have a replica skeleton along with grave goods,...
- 17th February 2015
Families will be able to see some of the animal bones we have discovered and find out more of the story behind them On Thursday, 19th February families can visit The Hive to find out what archaeologists do. Rob Hedge, our Community Archaeologist, and former digger on Time Team, will have a range of objects...
- 13th February 2015
Our popular Ancestry.co.uk workshops are running again and will be starting in late February. If you want to know more about the website and the sources it contains, and want to really get the most out of your research on the site, our workshops are a great place to start. Some people who come along...
- 10th February 2015
If you were following our blog posts in November you will remember our series about Dandy Row which we featured as part of the Explore Your Archive campaign. We began to research the history of this small terrace of houses after finding a photo in the archives which dated back to about 1900 and subsequently...
- 6th February 2015
You can find out more about how to get involved in developing a toolkit to empower communities to better understand and assess historic rural buildings and their settings by checking our new leaflet (please click on image for full-sized version):
- 3rd February 2015
Love is in the archives, and you can find out more on Tuesday 17th February at our workshop about parish records, which will be held at The Hive. Within the many parish records held here at Worcestershire Archives are the parish registers, including marriage registers, and the baptisms which then resulted from many of these...
- 28th January 2015
Christmas and New Year is traditionally a time for families to gather and this may have inspired you to start researching your family history. But where do you start? It is always best to start with what you already know and work backwards. Record all the information that you know, your date and place of...
- 25th January 2015
Today is the 50th anniversary of the death of Winston Churchill, one of the most notable figures in British and world history 75905 – photographer RJ Collins Churchill came to Worcestershire to receive the Freedom of the City of Worcester in 1950. It was a very memorable event for the city, and when the subject...
- 20th January 2015
With the addition of Prehistory to the National Curriculum we have been contacted by a number of schools for help and advice. Many teachers have never taught the subject and are not sure what it covers. Central guidance just mentioned the main national sites such as Stonehenge, Avebury or Orkney’s Skara Brae. Worcestershire has a...
- 16th January 2015
‘Accounting for Croome’ has been a conservation project funded by the National Manuscripts Conservation Trust enabling essential conservation work to be carried out on a series of financial records from the archive of the Earls of Coventry, based at Croome Court. The Household Accounts give costs and names for the apothecary, fishmonger, butterman, crops, turnpikes,...