Posted by: Blog Administrator
on Jan 26, 2009
Dear Readers,
On behalf of all of us at the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre I'd like to welcome you to our new blog. We want to tell you more about what we do here and give you the opportunity to comment and ask questions.
Our big news this week is the grand opening of the Blog and the official launch of our new websites 'Wiltshire Treasures' and 'Wills Online'; please read on.
Posted by: Blog Administrator
on Jan 19, 2009
What are the treasures of Wiltshire?
Well, if you visit http://www.wiltshiretreasures.org/ you may well find out.
For the last year we've been developing Wiltshire Treasures as an online catalogue that allows you to search for items held within museums across Wiltshire. If you want to find out about swords (there are 46 by the way) or everything from Cricklade Museum (nearly 9000 items) then you can.
Posted by: Blog Administrator
on Jan 12, 2009
Hello I’m Claire Skinner, Principal Archivist at the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre. From Monday 25 January the Wiltshire and Swindon Archives are launching a new “pay-per-view” approach to the thousands of digital images on the on-line Wiltshire Wills database. See: www.wiltshirewills.org
Access to the catalogue of over 100,000 individuals' wills and other probate records, from the time of Henry VIII to 1858, will continue to be free of charge. Below is a wonderful example of an informal hand written will, found on the reverse of an old letter.
Posted by: Blog Administrator
on Jan 11, 2009
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x-ray ,
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shield boss ,
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late Iron Age ,
helmet ,
finds ,
early Roman period ,
copper ,
Conservation labs ,
burial ,
Bognor Regis ,
Archaeologists
The news from the Objects Conservation labs this week is that work is about to get underway on an exciting project from Bognor Regis. Archaeologists have discovered a burial containing a number of finds which x-rays have so far revealed to be a helmet, shield boss and several ornate copper fittings.
X-ray image of the shield boss
The burial is thought to date to the late Iron Age or early Roman period and is believed to be unique to the area.
