The journey ends…
Staff at Denbighshire Archives would like to thank all of our followers during our 250 mile journey through North Wales in 1890. We hope you have enjoyed reading the diary as much as we have enjoyed...
View ArticleAn Edwardian Christmas
It was a time before television, plastic toys and supermarkets, and yet it was the kind of Christmas we so often see depicted on our Christmas cards. Affluent Edwardian families during the first decade...
View ArticleWinter Scenes
Staff at Denbighshire Archive Service put together a new in-house exhibition every 6 to 8 weeks. We hope to provide our online audience with some of our favourite aspects from our exhibitions. This...
View ArticleVolunteering at Denbighshire Archives
Here at Denbighshire Archives Service we have a number of volunteers helping us with a variety of tasks which, without them, we simply would not be able to do! Last year, our service received a CyMAL...
View ArticleTemporary Office Closure
This week our office has been closed due to essential building work. As you can see from our photo, we have had to use the search room for temporary storage whilst our windows are being insulated in...
View ArticleA few of our favourite things!
The Denbighshire Archives Service offers free access to a wealth of documents, available at the Ruthin Record Office. Archives appear in all sorts of shapes and sizes including maps and plans,...
View ArticleConservation
We do not have a conservator as part of our service and we rely upon external grants to fund most conservation work needed. This year, we have received funding from CyMAL and The NMCT to restore two...
View ArticleThe Castle Hotel, Ruthin
You may have noticed the wonderful historic photographs from our collections on the walls of the Castle Hotel, Ruthin following it’s recent sympathetic refurbishment by the pub chain ‘Wetherspoons’....
View ArticleTell us your story for a chance to win £100!
Have you discovered that your house was once the village shop? Or recently found a great aunt with an interesting life-story? Maybe you have donated some old photographs of local importance that you...
View ArticleLecture- ‘Making an Impression: Seals as a resource for Historical Research’
In medieval Britain, men and women throughout society possessed seals; many thousands of these survive in archives, museums and private collections. Most seals are small, and quite often they are...
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