- 26th May 2022
For the Platinum Jubilee we have created a display in The Hive featuring The Queen's visits to Worcestershire over the years. We are also sharing the photos here on our website.
- 19th May 2022
Our archivists have recently completed the cataloguing of a large collection originally belonging to Henry Usborne, MP for Birmingham and activist for world peace. His records are fascinating for anyone interested in British post-war politics, international governments, or responses to the threat of Nuclear Armageddon. Henry Charles Usborne [1909-1996] was a Birmingham MP, politician, lobbyist,...
- 18th May 2022
Here in the archives we have 12 miles of shelves of archives covering 900 years. When we opened in the Shire Hall in 1947 deposit number 1 was Worcestershire Quarter Sessions (a combination of a local court and forerunner to the County Council, having a role overseeing roads and bridges). We’ve recently received deposit number...
- 11th May 2022
Adrian Gregson, our current County Archivist, shares his memories as part of our #Archives75 series
- 5th May 2022
As part of the Unlocking The Severn project we helped volunteers investigate different aspects of the River's history through the archives
- 4th May 2022
As we continue our look back of 75 years of Worcestershire Record Office, we arrived in The Hive with Victoria Bryant’s blog last week. With the creation of Worcestershire Archive & Archaeology Service the roles of County Archivist were shared between Victoria as head of service, with Dr Lisa Snook and Dr Adrian Gregson leading...
- 29th April 2022
Our Conservator Rhonda has just completed the colossal task of repairing and preserving 15 boxes of Worcestershire wills which until now had been sorely lacking the attention they needed. This project was part of a grant from the National Conservation of Manuscripts Trust (NCMT). These wills are from a collection consisting of over 1050 boxes....
- 27th April 2022
In 2012 Worcestershire Record Office and Worcestershire Historic Environment & Archaeology Service merged in preparation for moving into The Hive together. Victoria Bryant was appointed manager of the service, with Adrian Gregson and Lisa Snook (who we’ll hear from soon) heading up the Collections and User Services parts of the Archives. Three years ago she...
- 22nd April 2022
From the 8th April until 11th June an exhibition celebrating the Unlocking the Severn Project will be on show in The Hive. It is the culmination of a five-year project run by the Canal and Rivers Trust in partnership with Severn Rivers Trust, the Environment Agency and Natural England. Funding is being provided by...
- 21st April 2022
Introducing the new Senior Archival Photographer for WAAS here at The Hive, Steven Wood-Matthews. Hello, my name is Steven Wood-Matthews, and I am the new Senior Archival Photographer here at The Hive. It is my job to digitise items from our collection for our service users and for external clients be that locally, nationally, or...