West Sussex Record Office

14/09/2026

🗺️ This was out in our Searchroom last month and it caught our eye! It is a terrier of the several farms &c. comprising the Rogate Estate the property of Lewis Buckle, Esq. from 1803. We have chosen a small selection of plots, but all 12 are described on the catalogue description.

10/09/2026

Today is the launch of the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition at the British Museum! While searching through some school records in preparation for the new term last week, we stumbled upon this marvellous painting which was found in a volume titled 'Tour of West Sussex' from 1952.

09/09/2026

🚨 Today is Emergency Services Day (999 Day). From our L'Alouette and Kevis collection, we have an ambulance attending the scene of a bombing in Bognor Regis during WWII, firewomen of the National Fire Service training during WWII and a group shot of the Petworth Police Group 3rd Squadron

07/09/2026

📣 New blog post alert! With the imminent beginning of the exhibition at the British Museum, we thought what a perfect time to look into Bosham’s connection to the Bayeux Tapestry

By Victoria Evans, Searchroom Archivist With the imminent beginning of the exhibition at the British Museum, we thought it was a perfect time to look into Bosham’s connection to the Bayeux Tapestry…

05/09/2026

😋 Did you know that today is World Samosa Day? We are in the process of cataloguing the DiverseCrawley collection and in a scrapbook we found this leaflet. Now we're craving samosas...
DIVERSECrawley

03/09/2026

This Saturday, 5 September, Chichester City Council are holding a Medieval Market as part the celebrations for the council being 800 years old this year! This has given us a very good reason to delve into the ChiCity archive and look for medieval documents. Here we have a deed from 1283! It has been transcribed on our catalogue, but even without knowing what it says, we are impressed by it!

Find out more about the Medieval Market on the council's website: https://chichestercity.gov.uk/events/medieval-market-saturday-5-september-10am-to-5pm/

01/09/2026

📚️✏️🍎 Today is the start of the autumn term! Here we have a selection from the St Andrew's C of E High School for Boys, Worthing. Also, take a peek at a couple pages from Alfred Philips' arithmetic exercise book

27/08/2026

📣 New blog post alert! When transcribing the Snell Hatch burial register, one of our Archives Assistants came across the victims of the Southgate Blitz. In this blog post she delves into their lives before this terrible incident.

By Mia Curtis-Mays, Archives Assistant On the 10 July 1944, two V1 flying bombs, more commonly known as doodle bugs, caused devastation in Crawley. Blowing up at the junction of Oak Road and West S…

26/08/2026

🐶 Happy ! Another gem from the Wardell collection!

25/08/2026

🧵 On Monday 14 September, 3pm-4:30pm, we will be hosting a talk by The Reverend Vanessa Baron on John Piper at Chichester Cathedral. This will be hosted in person and online. Purchase your tickets on our website - https://www.wsro.org.uk/product/john-piper-at-chichester-cathedral-talk/