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  • Setting of the Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site

    Archaeology, Blog, Wiltshire Places

    7

    11, 2025

    Setting of the Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site

    By WSHC adminCategories: Archaeology, Blog, Wiltshire Places

    On 21 October, Wiltshire Council adopted a pivotal planning document following a public consultation in the spring. It sets [...]

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  • Book review: The Secret War Factory

    Blog, Book Reviews, Military, Wiltshire Places

    7

    11, 2025

    Book review: The Secret War Factory

    By WSHC adminCategories: Blog, Book Reviews, Military, Wiltshire Places

    The Secret War Factory: Cowbridge Confidential By Charles Exton  Authorhouse, 158 pages, Paperback. MAL.949 This slim volume is about, [...]

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  • Section of family tree hand-typed entries with hand-drawn lines between people. Focus is on entry for 'Wilbert Vere'.

    An assortment of Awdry

    Archives, Blog, Wiltshire People

    4

    11, 2025

    An assortment of Awdry

    By WSHC adminCategories: Archives, Blog, Wiltshire People

    An enormous family pedigree was recently deposited with the History Centre. It relates to the Awdry family, the Wiltshire [...]

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  • A group of three laughing people are sat with an open manuscript volume supported on a cushion on the table in front of them.

    Our Journey so Far… the Wiltshire Inclusion Panel

    Blog, History Centre, Wiltshire People

    27

    10, 2025

    Our Journey so Far… the Wiltshire Inclusion Panel

    By WSHC adminCategories: Blog, History Centre, Wiltshire People

    It’s now been over two years since our very first Wiltshire Inclusion Panel meeting on Monday 17th July, 2023. [...]

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  • Advertisement for programme of events for coronation including 'Water Sports' in large letters, followed by list of events happening in the River in New Road.

    Goldmines found in ephemera: an excellent resource for social history

    Blog, Wiltshire People, Wiltshire Places, Wiltshire Tales

    14

    10, 2025

    Goldmines found in ephemera: an excellent resource for social history

    By WSHC adminCategories: Blog, Wiltshire People, Wiltshire Places, Wiltshire Tales

    The Association of British Columbia Archivists, defines ephemera as ‘those every day, impermanent items’ like ‘brochures, tickets, programmes, published [...]

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  • A child dressed in historical costume, including a fur-trimmed robe and hat, stands in front of a museum display case, observing artifacts such as old tools and documents. Informational plaques are visible behind the glass, suggesting an educational exhibit

    A visit to Wiltshire’s museums

    Blog, Events, History Centre, Museums

    19

    09, 2025

    A visit to Wiltshire’s museums

    By WSHC adminCategories: Blog, Events, History Centre, Museums

    What’s the best bit about your job? As Conservation and Museum Manager, the best thing about mine is getting [...]

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  • A bowl with a spoon inside containing a baking mixture, surrounded by handwritten recipe cards and printed documents, including a historical newspaper clipping. The visible recipe includes ingredients like butter, sugar, eggs, and flour.

    Creative Archives: Recipe Reconstruction and Cracknels and Jumbals

    Blog

    17

    09, 2025

    Creative Archives: Recipe Reconstruction and Cracknels and Jumbals

    By WSHC adminCategories: Blog

    A continuing theme in the Treasures from History sessions is the creative use of archival documents. In the first [...]

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  • White ceiling with a dark, elaborate swirled, foliate carving.

    The Age of Innovation – Building in the 19th century

    Architecture, Blog, Wiltshire Places

    18

    08, 2025

    The Age of Innovation – Building in the 19th century

    By WSHC adminCategories: Architecture, Blog, Wiltshire Places

    Every year, Wiltshire Buildings Record holds a Study Day, or Symposium on a theme to do with Wiltshire Buildings. [...]

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  • The year of Magna Carta

    Archives, Blog

    5

    08, 2025

    The year of Magna Carta

    By WSHC adminCategories: Archives, Blog

    One of the highlights of my year so far was the careful unrolling of a statute roll dating from [...]

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  • Book cover showing mist over green fields with prominent tree silhouette to the fore. The author name Nicholas Crane at the top with The Making of the British Landscape in the centre, subtitle from Ice Age to Present at the bottom.

    Book review: The Making of the British Landscape by Nicholas Crane

    Blog, Book Reviews

    1

    08, 2025

    Book review: The Making of the British Landscape by Nicholas Crane

    By WSHC adminCategories: Blog, Book Reviews

    The Making of the British Landscape by Nicholas Crane, 2017 Weidenfeld & Nicolson, ISBN: 9780753826676 581 pages, includes bibliography [...]

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