In 1992, Gwent College, formerly Gwent College of Higher Education, was formed, with its campus in Newport on Nash Road.We have a special section on further and higher education in our collection, so if you are doing a project at college or university, why not explore the history of your school?

Ym 1992, ffurfiwyd Coleg Gwent, Coleg Trydyddol Gwent gynt, gyda'i gampws yng Nghasnewydd ar Ffordd Nash. Mae gennym adran arbennig am addysg bellach ac addysg uwch yn ein casgliad, felly os ydych chi'n gwneud prosiect yn y coleg neu'r brifysgol, beth am archwilio hanes eich ysgol?

Drysau Agored yn Archifau Morgannwg Ymunwch a ni Dydd Sadwrn yma 10yb-3yp ar gyfer ein digwyddiad Drysau Agored Mae’r teithiau tu ôl i’r llen yn lawn erbyn hyn. Ond bydd Cymdeithas Hanes Teulu Morgannwg yn cyflwyno dwy sgwrs am ddim – does dim angen cadw lle ar gyfer y sgyrsiau, felly galwch mewn!

Open Doors at Glamorgan Archives Join us this Saturday, 10am-3pm, for our annual Open Doors event. The tours behind the scenes are now fully booked. But Glamorgan Family History Society will be giving two free talks – no need to book for the talks, just drop in!

Roedd hi’n grêt allu fod yn rhan o Fis Hanes Ogwr heddiw, drwy gyflwyno sgwrs ar gasgliadau glo Archifau Morgannwg ym Mharc Gwledig Bryngarw. Diolch i bawb ddaeth draw.

It was great to be a part of Ogwr History Month today, with a talk at Bryngarw Country Park on our coal collections at Glamorgan Archives. A big thank you to everyone who came along.

What made London a world-leading city? 📈 Join us for an expert talk by Professor Patrick Wallis exploring the vital role of apprentices in London's history. See the original documents up close! Limited tickets available. Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/apprentice... #History #London #Archives

I'm doing a talk in Bath! Come and join me at Komedia on the 4th November 2025 for a whistlestop tour of women in the Gothic across four delirious centuries! It will be fast, furious, and hair raising! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gothic-fic...

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New on the blog - Sandra Bishop writes about an Arctic journey to Svalbard undertaken by the Newcastle explorer, hunter and naturalist Abel Chapman, from our Transactions: www.nhsn.org.uk/from-north-s...

Then and Now: Re-membering Scottish BME Works and Lives // An exhibition celebrating the culture, heritage, and contributions of BME communities in Scotland - reclaiming narratives and shining a light on stories that shape our society. Part of @blackhistorymonth.org.uk

📢 This looks like a great opener for the upcoming @ihr.bsky.social Digital History Seminar - "Digitising Death: Gender, Genealogy, and the Experimental Recovery of Women’s Histories in Early Modern Ireland" 👉 21 Oct, 5.30 pm, online, FREE www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Taken on this day 70 years ago, on 23 September 1955, this image shows a view over Aberaman Phurnacite Plant in the Cynon Valley. It’s an image from one of over 5000 negatives within the National Coal Board collection at Glamorgan Archives.

It's the #AutumnalEquinox today at 18.20 GMT! This 16th-century paper machine, called a volvelle, helps explain how the sun moves through the sky from equinox to solstice throughout the year. Find a full explainer video on our exhibition website: history.rcp.ac.uk/exhibitions/... #BodyofKnowledge

Did Victorians believe heavy drinking caused spontaneous human combustion? Dr Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social is going to enlighten us on this rather unusual subject, on Thursday 16th October at Glenside Hospital Museum, and we can't wait! Tickets here: glensidemuseum.org.uk/introducing-...

Last Chance! How can we identify and support collections at risk? Wednesday, September 24th: 10:30am to 12:30pm GMT+1 Free Online Webinar 🔗 Reserve your place: tinyurl.com/ymh69mrz

Volunteer with us and learn a new skill! Transcription of digital documents offers many benefits in the context of e-learning and education [and it’s fun😁]. Once you sign up, you’ll receive an online training session followed by consistent support 🫶 #adultlearnersweek #EYAEducation

Gwirfoddolwch gyda ni a dysgu sgil newydd! Gall trawsgrifio dogfennau digidol gynnig sawl mantais, yng nghyd-destun e-ddysgu ac addysg [ac mae’n hwyl 😁]. Ar ôl cofrestru, byddwch yn cael sesiwn hyfforddi ar-lein ac yna cefnogaeth gyson 🫶 Dathlu #wythnosaddysgoedolion #paidstopiodysgu #EYAAddysg

Think you're having a bad start to your week? Spare a thought for Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. 😬 On this day in 1529, the most powerful man in England (besides the King) had his career implode. As Lord Chancellor, Wolsey was Henry VIII's right-hand man, living a life of immense wealth and influence.

I've just added my nephew's birth to the family Bible ✒️ The Bible belonged to my great-great-grandparents. I am the first person to adopt the tradition of recording births, marriages, and deaths. I was given the Bible after my father's death, and his death was the first entry I added. #Wales

Roedd hi’n hyfryd ymweld â Llyfrgell Glynrhedynog bore ma i drafod casgliadau glo Archifau Morgannwg. Diolch yn fawr am y croeso cynnes!

It was lovely to visit Ferndale Library this morning to discuss our coal collections at Glamorgan Archives. Thank you for the warm welcome!

The 5th anniversary of my lockdown project is coming up. "CastellCoch.com is a collection of memorabilia, stories and images inspired by Cardiff’s fairytale castle." I've written a post every month so there's loads to explore if you've not visited before. castellcoch.com

'They [maps] are a great research tool and are also equally accessible to people without skills or training.' 🗺️ Dr Evan Jones (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) comments on the addition of historic street names to Bristol's Know Your Place interactive city map for BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC News: The thriving village flooded to make water for Liverpool www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Drysau Agored yn Archifau Morgannwg Ymunwch a ni Dydd Sadwrn yma 10yb-3yp ar gyfer ein digwyddiad Drysau Agored Mae’r teithiau tu ôl i’r llen yn lawn erbyn hyn. Ond bydd Cymdeithas Hanes Teulu Morgannwg yn cyflwyno dwy sgwrs am ddim – does dim angen cadw lle ar gyfer y sgyrsiau, felly galwch mewn!

Open Doors at Glamorgan Archives Join us this Saturday 10am-3pm for our annual Open Doors event. The tours behind the scenes are now fully booked. But Glamorgan Family History Society will be giving two free talks – no need to book for the talks, just drop in!

Publishing today! 📚 Dafydd Elis-Thomas was one of the most outstanding Welsh public figures of the last fifty years. In this new biography, Aled Eirug explores the political life of the controversial politician who changed the face of Wales. 📚 www.uwp.co.uk/book/dafydd-...

Yn ein casgliad mae gennym nifer fawr o lyfrau log o ysgolion yn yr ardal – mae'r rhain fel dyddiadur y pennaeth ac yn dogfennu gweithrediad bob-dydd yr ysgol. Mae'r dyfyniad isod, o Ysgol Briery Hill yng Nglynebwy, yn dogfennu'r newyddion am y Cadoediad ar 11 Tachwedd 1918.

In our collection, we have a large number of logbooks from schools in the area – these serve as the headteacher's diary and document the daily operations of the school.The following excerpt, from Priory Hill School in Glanebwy, documents the news of the Armistice on November 11, 1918.

Getting in your Christmas shopping early? Gorgeous inspo from the V&A shop (as ever), featuring my book - the perfect stocking filler! Thanks to my colleague and spy Mette for spotting these! Those three birds really are beauties... #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems #history #book #gift

Hands up who fancies transcribing this?!? Don’t worry, not all our collections are as tricky as this one … then again, a new challenge might just be what you need! Celebrating #adultlearnersweek #neverstoplearning @learnworkcymru.bsky.social #SwanseaUniversity #RichardBurtonArchives

Dwylo i fyny pwy sy'n ffansio trawsgrifio hwn?!? Peidiwch â phoeni, nid yw ein holl gasgliadau mor anodd â hwn ... eto i gyd, efallai mai her newydd yw'r hyn sydd ei angen arnoch! Dathlu #wythnosaddysgoedolion #paidstopiodysgu @learnworkcymru.bsky.social #PrifysgolAbertawe #ArchifauRichardBurton

BBC coverage of research using Northampton General Hospital's archive: Child hospital care dates from 18th Century: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... The study itself is #OpenAccess: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #History #MedicalHistory

We're delighted to be presenting this fascinating live event - FREE - on Oct 7, 2025. Reserve your place via bit.ly/flaevents #FolkloreThursday #folklore #survey #NationalFolkloreSurvey #WhatsOn #Devon #Crediton #custom #tradition #superstition #story #storytelling #sayings

We’re only TWO WEEKS away from this wonderful event at @ihr.bsky.social celebrating Richard Holt’s revised edition of ‘Sport & the British’, a book once called “the bible of British Sports History”!! Sign up to be there in-person or online via the link ⬇️ www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Can’t stop sorry, it’s 1851 and we’re on board the "Fair Flirt" with Georgiana Rolls on tour in Scotland and just can’t get over the wonder of the #CaledonianCanal! All via the magic of #transcription of course 😉 @gwentarchives.bsky.social #TranscriptionTuesday

Gallwn ni ddim stopio, yn anffodus, mae'n 1851 ac rydyn ni ar fwrdd y "Fair Flirt" gyda Georgiana Rolls ar daith yn yr Alban ac ni allwn llai na rhyfeddu wrth Gamlas Caledonia! Y cyfan trwy hud trawsgrifio wrth gwrs 🪄🪄🪄 📷@gwentarchives.bsky.social #DyddMawrthTrawsgrifio

You can now 'look inside' my new #history book on the Penguin website! Read the introduction and first chapters, see the list of poems and moments in history I explore, and discover the wormhole which inspired this particular kind of time travel... www.penguin.co.uk/books/461263...

Why are there so few Welsh surnames, what do they mean and what are the most common? We look at the unique naming traditions of #Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...

'A celebration of the verdant decorative frames which twist and turn through time, illuminating art of both the past and present' Read more about 'The Nature of Gothic' exhibition (co-curated by Cynthia Johnston) in this piece in The Conversation: theconversation.com/new-exhibiti...

New blogpost! 📝 'Empire Religiosity: Convent Habits in Colonial and Postcolonial India' Professor Tim Allender reflects on how empire, religion, and gender shaped Loreto convents in colonial and postcolonial India. Read it here: womenshistorynetwork.org/empire-relig...

How gorgeous is this? Listen to an abridged version of #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems on BBC Radio 4 from Monday 22 September. Five chapters taking you inside historical moments from the Vikings to the present day. I'm reading! #history #book #listen #radio #BookOfTheWeek

Eleanor (Nellie) Shelley-Rolls signed @wes1919.bsky.social's founding document & was a shareholder in Atlanta Co. Ltd, a women owned & operated #engineering firm set up in 1920s. A keen #balloonist & sister of Charles Rolls of Rolls Royce fame. d. #OTD 15 Sep 1961 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor...

Visit our two FREE exhibitions 'London in the Second World War' either at The London Archives in Clerkenwell or outside in the centre of the City on Peter's Hill in view of St Paul's. www.thelondonarchives.org/visit-us/exh...

This week 85 years ago, the Battle of Britain raged in the skies above London and the south of England. RAF fighter pilots began to start to turn the tide, inflicting more loses to German sorties than they received overall. However, many bombs still found their way onto the streets of London.

Head to the Mendlesham Armoury on 11 October to hear reflections on their research project! Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/event-balh-t... #WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

It's Agatha Christie's birthday today, and we're delighted to announce a major exhibition on the Queen of Crime, coming autumn 2026 🕵️‍♀️ Find out more: bit.ly/BL-AgathaChr... #AgathaChristie #CrimeFiction