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  • Family history help sessions

    Blog, History Centre

    6

    12, 2024

    Family history help sessions

    By WSHC adminCategories: Blog, History Centre

    In partnership with the Wiltshire Family History Society, the Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre will have a family history [...]

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  • Group work from the session on 17th century healers featuring Susannah St John from Lydiard Park

    The Role of Wiltshire Women in Health & Wellbeing through the Ages

    Archives, Blog, Wiltshire People

    25

    11, 2024

    The Role of Wiltshire Women in Health & Wellbeing through the Ages

    By Julie DavisCategories: Archives, Blog, Wiltshire People

    A journey of discovery was undertaken by the Doorway Women’s Group in partnership with the Wiltshire [...]

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  • A three-storey red-brick facade with sash windows and front door with white arched pediment surround, standing taller than the buildings on either side.

    A unique house in Highworth

    Architecture, Blog, Wiltshire Places

    13

    11, 2024

    A unique house in Highworth

    By WSHC adminCategories: Architecture, Blog, Wiltshire Places

    The highly decorative front elevation Some years ago Wiltshire Buildings Record looked at a very fine building [...]

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  • A new publication from Wiltshire Buildings Record

    Architecture, Blog

    1

    11, 2024

    A new publication from Wiltshire Buildings Record

    By WSHC adminCategories: Architecture, Blog

    A new publication from Wiltshire Buildings Record is available to purchase: This new book in the Wiltshire Buildings Record series [...]

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  • Book review: Difficult Women by Helen Lewis

    Blog, Book Reviews

    31

    10, 2024

    Book review: Difficult Women by Helen Lewis

    By WSHC adminCategories: Blog, Book Reviews

    DIFFICULT WOMEN: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights By Helen Lewis Vintage 356 pages Paperback 305.42 The explanatory [...]

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  • A child with chin-length hair wearing shorts, long-socks and a coat is holding food in front of a bear sat in front of a wall.

    Maple Leaf Villa: A Canadian army hut, Winnie-the-Pooh and the origins of Wiltshire’s Library Service

    Blog, History Centre, Wiltshire Places

    30

    10, 2024

    Maple Leaf Villa: A Canadian army hut, Winnie-the-Pooh and the origins of Wiltshire’s Library Service

    By WSHC adminCategories: Blog, History Centre, Wiltshire Places

    Introduction: A recent discovery made by a member of the Wiltshire Council ICT department, Wayne Dicker, of a piece [...]

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  • Buff coloured illustration with the letters AI in the centre, surrounded by circles and other geometric patterns. Source is DALL-E AI generated

    AI and the Archive… research project at WSHC needs your help

    Archives, Archives, Education, Research Tools

    29

    10, 2024

    AI and the Archive… research project at WSHC needs your help

    By Julie DavisCategories: Archives, Archives, Education, Research Tools

    Unlocking History with AI: How Can Technology Transform Your Experience with Archives? Are you fascinated by history and curious [...]

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  • Overhead view of the Orpheus mosaic

    The Villa in Littlecote Park: The Hidden Gem of Roman Wiltshire

    Archaeology, Blog

    15

    10, 2024

    The Villa in Littlecote Park: The Hidden Gem of Roman Wiltshire

    By WSHC adminCategories: Archaeology, Blog

    Located on the eastern edge of Wiltshire near Hungerford, the Roman villa complex at Littlecote is such an exciting [...]

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  • Manuscript parchment showing top portion of a lease beginning with larger text "This indenture...) and with a green and yellow coloured plan divided into numbered plots on the left of the page.

    Allotments providing gateways for women in poverty

    Archives, Blog, Wiltshire Places

    30

    09, 2024

    Allotments providing gateways for women in poverty

    By WSHC adminCategories: Archives, Blog, Wiltshire Places

    Archives and Local Studies at WSHC recently ran a series of local history workshops in collaboration with Chippenham Museum [...]

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  • Left: conservator behind a bank of tables holding an object in gloved hands to show the students on the other side of the tables which contain a microscope and various finds.

    Conservation in the field

    Archaeology, Blog

    3

    09, 2024

    Conservation in the field

    By WSHC adminCategories: Archaeology, Blog

    The Conservation and Museum Advisory Service (CMAS) is fortunate to have a fantastic laboratory based at the Wiltshire and [...]

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