Home to 11 miles of archives & local studies collections, charting the history of people, places and events across Wiltshire & Swindon.https://social-app-pr-10072.onrender.com/profile/heritagewshc.bsky.socialhttps://social-app-pr-10072.onrender.com/profile/heritagewshc.bsky.social/post/3mvsaflve6s22Don't forget to book your free place for our meet-the-author event with historian Dr Kate Werran on Wednesday 23 at the History Centre. 🎟️To book your place email archives@wiltshire.gv.uk 🕡Doors open 6.30pm #history #WW218 Sep 2026 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:mg4aadblekkc625uz2hygo7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsaflve6s22https://social-app-pr-10072.onrender.com/profile/heritagewshc.bsky.social/post/3mvcpdv25pk2yPlaces still available for #behindthescenes tours on Thursday 17th. Email archives@wiltshire.gov.uk to book your free place. #archives #history [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Sep 2026 08:52 +0000at://did:plc:mg4aadblekkc625uz2hygo7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvcpdv25pk2yhttps://social-app-pr-10072.onrender.com/profile/heritagewshc.bsky.social/post/3mvcpdv25pk2yPlaces still available for #behindthescenes tours on Thursday 17th. Email archives@wiltshire.gov.uk to book your free place. #archives #history [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Sep 2026 08:52 +0000at://did:plc:mg4aadblekkc625uz2hygo7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvcpdv25pk2yhttps://social-app-pr-10072.onrender.com/profile/heritagewshc.bsky.social/post/3mt2tnpxoes2oJoin us for our Heritage Open Days when you can meet the experts & explore the History Centre. 🗓️ 16 & 17 Sept. 🎫 Free tours, drop-in sessions & history walk. #history #archives #heritage #archaeology https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event/everyday-stories-wiltshire-swindon-history-centre.html14 Aug 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:mg4aadblekkc625uz2hygo7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2tnpxoes2ohttps://social-app-pr-10072.onrender.com/profile/heritagewshc.bsky.social/post/3msicpzrf7k2wJoin us at the History Centre on 23 Sept for a free 'meet the author' event with Kate Werran @kate-werran.bsky.social To book your place email archives@wiltshire.gov.uk Doors open 6.30pm #authortalk #history #WW207 Aug 2026 10:07 +0000at://did:plc:mg4aadblekkc625uz2hygo7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3msicpzrf7k2whttps://social-app-pr-10072.onrender.com/profile/heritagewshc.bsky.social/post/3mqgqvyfwqk2yCongratulations to @vch-home.bsky.social @wiltshistory.bsky.social on the official launch of the Chippenham volume. Look forward to seeing the latest #BigRedBook on our shelves at the History Centre. #history #research #archives [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jul 2026 08:25 +0000at://did:plc:mg4aadblekkc625uz2hygo7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqgqvyfwqk2yhttps://social-app-pr-10072.onrender.com/profile/heritagewshc.bsky.social/post/3mpsu6j6bbk2sWeek 3 of 5 of our #workexperience programme hosting Y10s & 12s from local schools. #Archives looked at this week inc 2 passports signed by James Madison & John Quincy Adams before they became respectively the 4th & 6th presidents of the United States. #4thJuly #ExploreYourArchive04 Jul 2026 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:mg4aadblekkc625uz2hygo7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpsu6j6bbk2shttps://social-app-pr-10072.onrender.com/profile/heritagewshc.bsky.social/post/3moo5ikjosk2bA privilege & delight to watch @johnhchandler.bsky.social & @lrylandepton.bsky.social unwrap the the product of all their hard work - the latest volume from @vch-home.bsky.social @wiltshistory.bsky.social👏 Formal launch in July. #chippenham #wiltshire #history #skystorians #newbook [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Jun 2026 20:09 +0000at://did:plc:mg4aadblekkc625uz2hygo7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3moo5ikjosk2bhttps://social-app-pr-10072.onrender.com/profile/heritagewshc.bsky.social/post/3mmyzjwmcb22fStill time to book your place on a journey through the amazing world of Wiltshire-born scientist, writer & antiquarian #JohnAubrey with historian & author @lrylandepton.bsky.social Saturday, 6 June at 2pm. 👉Reserve your place by email - archives@wiltshire.gov.uk 🎟️Tickets £10, payable on the day.29 May 2026 17:07 +0000at://did:plc:mg4aadblekkc625uz2hygo7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmyzjwmcb22fhttps://social-app-pr-10072.onrender.com/profile/heritagewshc.bsky.social/post/3mmehuj67yk2bJoin us 6th June, 2pm when Dr Louise Ryland-Epton @lrylandepton.bsky.social takes us on a journey through the amazing world of Wiltshire-born scientist, writer & antiquarian John Aubrey. 👉Reserve your place by email - archives@wiltshire.gov.uk 🎟️Tickets £10, payable on the day. #science #history21 May 2026 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:mg4aadblekkc625uz2hygo7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmehuj67yk2bhttps://social-app-pr-10072.onrender.com/profile/heritagewshc.bsky.social/post/3mlnqvj4c3s25#OTD 12 May the UK's 9-day #GeneralStrike1926 came to an end. It was also the day the weekly Salisbury & Winchester Journal published its first daily news bulletin. National newspaper printing & distribution were curtailed by the strike. #newspapers #exploreyourarchives12 May 2026 12:08 +0000at://did:plc:mg4aadblekkc625uz2hygo7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnqvj4c3s25https://social-app-pr-10072.onrender.com/profile/heritagewshc.bsky.social/post/3mlb2iuod322hThe 'Grounds for Appeal' blog for our National Lottery Heritage Fund project to create a national database of records of #WWI tribunal applications for exemption is officially live! wwigroundsforappeal.substack.com Subscribe to keep up to date with the stories we uncover! #SocialHistory https://wwigroundsforappeal.substack.com07 May 2026 10:55 +0000at://did:plc:mg4aadblekkc625uz2hygo7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlb2iuod322hhttps://social-app-pr-10072.onrender.com/profile/heritagewshc.bsky.social/post/3ml4nxxge622mCheck out our recent blogs including this from the Moulton #archive which includes notes & sketches by Alex Moulton on Germany's devastating V1 flying bomb known as the doodlebug. The collection also includes an official diagram of the weapon market SECRET. #WWII https://wshc.org.uk/doodling-the-doodlebug/05 May 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:mg4aadblekkc625uz2hygo7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4nxxge622mhttps://social-app-pr-10072.onrender.com/profile/heritagewshc.bsky.social/post/3milphb4kgs25Listen to our head of service @allymcc50.bsky.social talk about #GoodFriday & #Easter traditions on Sue Davies' show this morning on BBC Wiltshire. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Apr 2026 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:mg4aadblekkc625uz2hygo7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3milphb4kgs25https://social-app-pr-10072.onrender.com/profile/heritagewshc.bsky.social/post/3miguatsylc23Dorothy Treasure from Wiltshire Buildings Record was on Warminster Community Radio recently to talk about the work of WBR recording built heritage & collecting material since 1979. Dorothy shares what she chatted about in our latest blog: https://wshc.org.uk/wbr-warminster-community-radio/ #LocalHistory #HistoricBuildings01 Apr 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:mg4aadblekkc625uz2hygo7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3miguatsylc23https://social-app-pr-10072.onrender.com/profile/heritagewshc.bsky.social/post/3mhsylm5t6k2uOur collections never stop surprising us! During work to make a bespoke enclosure for a charming 19th century greeting card - beautifully crafted in the shape of a fan - the Conservation team discovered it was made in an early form of plastic! https://wshc.org.uk/archives-hold-more-than-just-paper/ #ExploreYourArchive https://wshc.org.uk/archives-hold-more-than-just-paper/#Archives24 Mar 2026 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:mg4aadblekkc625uz2hygo7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhsylm5t6k2uhttps://social-app-pr-10072.onrender.com/profile/heritagewshc.bsky.social/post/3mgsb43xkgc26Volunteers needed for Moonrakers Educafe! Roles include Café host and Educafe Buddy or Welcome Host. Visit https://wshc.org.uk/exhibitio.../moonrakers-educafe-at-wshc/ for more information. Contact MoonrakersEducafe@wiltshire.gov.uk if you would be like to be involved!11 Mar 2026 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:mg4aadblekkc625uz2hygo7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgsb43xkgc26https://social-app-pr-10072.onrender.com/profile/heritagewshc.bsky.social/post/3mgptetbakc2wVolunteers needed to help the fight against food waste! Contact rootedchippenham@gmail.com to find out how to help with a new community fridge.10 Mar 2026 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:mg4aadblekkc625uz2hygo7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgptetbakc2whttps://social-app-pr-10072.onrender.com/profile/heritagewshc.bsky.social/post/3mftvap65mc2cWe expect nothing less. Congrats @lrylandepton.bsky.social The next #partnershippublication from @vch-home.bsky.social & @hobnobpress.bsky.social is launched 12th March - Chippenham Our History, by John Chandler. #localhistory #localstudies #history #historians #ExploreYourArchives [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Feb 2026 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:mg4aadblekkc625uz2hygo7q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mftvap65mc2c