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Worcestershire Young Archaeologists Club has been running for 18 years, providing archaeological and historical activities for 8-16 years old. It is supported by Worcestershire Archive and Archeology Service, and we encourage it and members have staff have been leaders or have helped run specific events. Over the next few days we are sharing about a...

We have been approached about running some skills-expanding training courses on an introduction to, and using, GIS (Geographic Information System). This is the first of the courses  – An Introduction to GIS which will run Sat 26 March 10am to approximately 1:15pm. We will be covering the following topics: Overview: What is GIS? Glossary of terms, acronyms,...

Frost fairs are more commonly known to have been held on the River Thames, the most recent example being in London in 1814. Examples of provincial frost fairs include one held in Shrewsbury in 1739. A printed souvenir held within the archives from 1855 has led us to investigate whether there is any evidence of...

A hint of Saxon archaeology, medieval town plots, a lime kiln, pits, ditches and more – a fair wishlist for any town centre excavation! We’ve recently excavated an area in the medieval core of Calne, in north Wiltshire, on behalf of Orion Heritage and Churchill Retirement Living. Now fieldwork is finished, finds and environmental analysis...

Our archaeologists have archives, as well as our Record Office side of the service. Kerry, our Archaeological Archivist, explains what she does, what archaeological archives and why they are so important.

This year marks the 160th anniversary of the establishment of Morris and Co. The firm of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co was established in 1861 by Morris, Rossetti and Burne-Jones, with fellow like-minded artisans and craftsmen to provide beautiful, hand-crafted products as a reaction to mass-production of the Victorian age. Their work was prolific and...

Anthony, one of our Archive team, has been looking into Isabella Ann Allen of Madresfield, a significant but little known 19th century botanist. It is fair to say that in the past few years I have become a passionate, if perhaps, a bit untidy, Gardener. It is due to my interest in the history of...

On Remembrance Day we thought we'd share a story about local soldiers using sources within the Archives The starting point was a photo in Berrow's Pictorial Supplement of six brothers who had gone off to war.

Within the Lyttelton archives is a ghostly story, with a supernatural visitor visiting Lord Lyttelton to inform him he would die in 3 days time.

Today is World Earthworm Day and a member of our Archive team who is also a committee member of the Earthworm Society of Britain has been unearthing soil and earthworm related materials from the archives!   Whilst there is a greater awareness about the threats to insect life and the recognition that pollinating insects are...