The Past Harvests Project
The Past Harvests Project
Researchers on the Past Harvests project spent an exciting week in late March at Chatsworth House and Haddon Hall in Derbyshire. These two jewels of the Peak District contain incredibly rich archival collections. Hidden among neatly tied bundles or tightly wrapped within vellum sheets were records of historic woodland, fields and moorland contained in leases, […]
Historians on the Past Harvests team have spent a rewarding few months delving into the rich archives of the Duchy of Cornwall. Located a short distance from Buckingham Palace, the Duchy’s collections contain records reaching back to its medieval origins as the Earldom of Cornwall. They include royal correspondence, household accounts and portraits of previous […]
