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  • Building the Past: A Miscellany for Local Historians

    Blog, Events

    30

    04, 2026

    Building the Past: A Miscellany for Local Historians

    By WSHC adminCategories: Blog, Events

    Come and join us for a study day looking at the history of buildings in Wilshire! The Wiltshire Local [...]

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  • Book review: “The Arundells of Wardour – from Cornwall to Colditz” by Barry Williamson

    Blog, Book Reviews

    29

    04, 2026

    Book review: “The Arundells of Wardour – from Cornwall to Colditz” by Barry Williamson

    By WSHC adminCategories: Blog, Book Reviews

    The Arundells of Wardour - from Cornwall to Colditz By Barry Williamson Hobnob Press Pages 242 Softback   TIS.922 [...]

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  • A lady with shoulder-length white hair and a green jumper sits smiling next to a smiling lady in glasses and shorter sandy-blonde hair with radio audio equipment in the background

    WBR on the airways

    Architecture, Blog

    1

    04, 2026

    WBR on the airways

    By WSHC adminCategories: Architecture, Blog

    In February I was asked by Maggie Dee at Warminster Community Radio to speak about the work of Wiltshire [...]

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  • Archives Hold More Than Just Paper…

    Archives, Blog, Conservation

    24

    03, 2026

    Archives Hold More Than Just Paper…

    By WSHC adminCategories: Archives, Blog, Conservation

    At the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, our collections never stop surprising us. Among the St John family archive [...]

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  • A group posed photo of young people in casual clothes (muddy jeans and coats) standing and kneeling on muddy ground in front of a white van with Archaeology written on the side.

    A Career in Ruins – The Thoughts of a Retiring Archaeologist

    Archaeology, Blog

    11

    02, 2026

    A Career in Ruins – The Thoughts of a Retiring Archaeologist

    By WSHC adminCategories: Archaeology, Blog

    Our Archaeology Service colleague, Roland Smith, retires at the end of March after a 45+ year career as a [...]

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  • National Lottery Heritage Fund grant award: Grounds for Appeal

    Archives, Blog, History Centre

    19

    01, 2026

    National Lottery Heritage Fund grant award: Grounds for Appeal

    By WSHC adminCategories: Archives, Blog, History Centre

    We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded a grant of £234,123 from the National Lottery Heritage [...]

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  • Book review: England’s Military Heartland

    Blog, Book Reviews

    9

    01, 2026

    Book review: England’s Military Heartland

    By WSHC adminCategories: Blog, Book Reviews

    England’s Military Heartland: Preparing for War on Salisbury Plain Vron Ware, Antonia Lucia Dawes, Mitra Pariyar and Alice Cree [...]

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  • A new dating technique for historic buildings

    Architecture, Blog

    6

    01, 2026

    A new dating technique for historic buildings

    By WSHC adminCategories: Architecture, Blog

    It’s clear from TV programmes how much scientific techniques are used in archaeology to analyse bones, pottery and organic [...]

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  • Two pages shown with top page shown partially lifted away form bottom page with a hole on top sheet.

    Saving the stories of the silent

    Archives, Blog, Conservation

    2

    12, 2025

    Saving the stories of the silent

    By WSHC adminCategories: Archives, Blog, Conservation

    Conservation of a Register of Admissions, Old Manor Hospital 1890-1892 (J7/170/8) Among the many treasures held in our archives, [...]

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  • Top view of three leather boots which are misshapen and muddy looking.

    Concealed shoes

    Blog, Conservation, Museums

    7

    11, 2025

    Concealed shoes

    By WSHC adminCategories: Blog, Conservation, Museums

    Those of you who came to see our labs on 20th September for Heritage Open Day would have seen [...]

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