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Today we bring you an update post from Bethany Hamblen, Manorial Documents Register Project Archivist: This month, it’s back to basics as we begin to look at what a manor actually was, what it did, and how historians believe the manor changed over time.  Future posts will go into greater detail about the manor’s physical...

This week our Treasure is brought to you by Teresa Jones, Senior Archive Assistant, who has chosen a book from our Local Studies Collection of reference books, which are held on Level 2 of The Hive. Here Teresa tells us more about how the book she has chosen inspired her to document her own piece...

A little over a month ago I started working in the Finds and Environment team for Worcestershire Archaeology, so I thought is was about time that I came on here and introduced myself properly! My name is Suzi Richer and I am a palynologist. Unfortunately, that’s one of those obscure titles that can often cause...

This week’s Treasure is brought to you by Charlene Taylor, Archivist on the User Services Team. The items described are a series of love letters that have been found within the Lyttelton collection of family and estate records. Here, Charlene tells us why she chose these documents: Hidden away in our secure strongrooms The Hive are...

Our latest display in the exhibition cabinets on level two at The Hive looks at the lives of the people working ‘below stairs’ at Northwick Park, nr Blockley. Northwick Park near Blockley was home to Lord Northwick, his family and his household. The original house was built in the early 17th Century for William Childe....

On Level 2 in The Hive, on the Explore the Past floor, is the Local Studies & Archaeology Library. Over 12,000 books are here covering Worcestershire, subjects connected to the county, and archaeology. All out books are on the catalogue http://capitadiscovery.co.uk/worcs/  so you can check to see what we have, and they are all reference...

Walk south from the Hive towards the river, and you will come across an island surrounded by a busy one-way road system, the modern Point Severn apartments at its centre. If you were to go back in time to the late 16th and early 17th centuries, though, the scene would look very different. Houses and...

Parish Records are one of the most heavily used sources within the archives we hold, especially the parish registers which detail the baptisms, marriages and burials of millions of Worcestershire’s residents over the past 450 years. A page from a Tenbury parish register, dated 1843 On 18th February we are running a two hour workshop looking at...

This week ‘s Treasure is a series of deeds and other papers relating to 55 Bridge St, Evesham, which are brought to us by Gillian Roberts, Archivist: When I first cast my eye over the entry for Accession 13610 ‘Zurich Financial Services deeds and other papers relating to Evesham’ I didn’t expect to get drawn into the...

We currently have four volunteers in Worcester helping us with the Manorial Documents project, and six in Hereford.  They’ve done some really great work for us so far, transcribing the contents of handwritten and typed manorial index slips onto an Excel spreadsheet.  Soon, some of them will also be helping compile summary histories, or what...