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A Historic Welford Bake Off Blog

Welford Park, new home of The Great British Bake Off, has been no stranger to oven anxiety this summer.

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Annual Report 2022-2023 Page

...pbell and Laura Martin with us for 10 days, which they spent investigating items from women in the Archer-Houblon family, of Welford Park, who wrote home from Europe during the 19 th century. We are very pleased to report that Laura has decided...

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Annual Report 1999-2000 Page

...Gaol); deeds and papers relating to Marchfield House, Wokingham; and the final instalment of the Archer-Houblon papers from Welford Park. Cataloguing The output figures for catalogues completed during the year was exceptionally large in...

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Annual Report 2018-2019 Page

...r the picture on p2 was taken Radio Berkshire also picked up on Coleshill; the 14 th century ‘assize of bread’ in the Welford Park archives, which was used to promote the Great British Bake Off ; and the war diaries of Sydney Spencer, Stanley...

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Annual Report 2023-2024 Page

...a landscape plan drawn by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown and dating from the Forest’s ownership by the Archer Houblon family of Welford Park. Caring for Collections As with cataloguing, the year’s principal conservation output sits under pro...

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Annual Report 2014-2015 Page

...to write a monthly page about one of the unsung stars of our collections. This year’s picks included a medieval bake-off at Welford Park, the Victorian money man behind Reading Football Club, the pleasures of Thames Conservancy launch ownership, and...

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