About Hampshire Archives
We are Hampshire County Council’s Archive service, based at Hampshire Record Office in Winchester, and we provide specialist storage and conservation for, and public access to, historic documents relating to Hampshire.
We retained the Archive Service Accreditation Standard in July 2024.
Our mission
To collect, safeguard, and share Hampshire’s rich archival heritage for people now, and for future generations.
Our vision
A modern, relevant and sustainable archive service for everyone.
Our priorities
- Ensuring Hampshire's history has a home
- Investing in digital services
- Promoting archives collections for all
Policy and performance
We serve residents of Hampshire, and the wider community and are one of the busiest archive services in the country. We hold national accreditation status, awarded by The National Archives, which recognises high levels of performance in local authority archive services.
| Annual Performance | 2023/2024 | 2024/2025 | 2025/2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visits to search room | 2,317 | 2,053 | 2,141 |
| Other archive customers | 7,767 | 7,721 | 7,049 |
| Documents retrieved | 10,758 | 10,224 | 11,200 |
| Views on Ancestry | 2,932,523 | 2,930,822 | 2,860,973 |
| Volunteer hours | 1,068 | 1,542 | 1,091 |