history

The Heart of the Home: A History of the Hearth

What does the household revolve around? What is the centrepiece of the home? For millennia, it has been the hearth.…

1 year ago

Blod-Monath: Winter Survival & Celebration

November, the month of Guy Fawkes, bonfires and autumn leaves, went by a different moniker during the Early Medieval period.…

1 year ago

Welcome to our Museum Director

Tilly Blyth steps into Director role to lead an exciting new chapter at the Weald & Downland Living Museum  …

2 years ago

Keeping a Good Table: Tudor Food

When you think of Tudor food, you probably head straight for the images of whole-roasted swans, pigs with apples in…

2 years ago

A Victorian Deep Clean

Learning from the Past to Clean the Present Deep cleaning is often a job we dread as comfortable moderns; even…

2 years ago

Threshing: The final stage of harvest

For our ancestors, the harvest was not just a period of gathering crops—it was the lifeline that ensured survival through…

2 years ago

Tudor Clothing – Dressing for the day ahead

Imagine waking up before dawn on a beautiful midsummer's day in the 16th century. The air is cool, and there’s…

2 years ago

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