Welcome to the website of the Historic House Archivists Group. Established in 1986, the group was formed by archivists responsible for looking after the historical records of private historic family homes. There are currently more than 50 members of the group, working at a variety of Estates including Chatsworth, Blenheim Palace, Alnwick, Grosvenor, Inveraray Castle and Woburn.
We are pleased to announce that we now have a Policy Library page. The aim is to offer a simple, central place for members to find and share useful documents. For now we have a set of retention policies from one of our member houses but we would love to add more documents. If you have…
More information about membership can be found here.
Image used with kind permission of His Grace the Duke of Norfolk, Arundel Castle
The first Tudor Garden on this site was thought to have been constructed on the orders of Thomas Seymour, brother of Henry VIII’s third wife Jane Seymour. He was created Baron Seymour of Sudeley in 1547… Read more