The Next FCELH Committee Meeting
Tuesday 18th March, 2025. 7:00pm. ZOOM.
The Next Surrey Heritage Presentation
Wednesday 26th February, 2025. 5:30pm – 6:45pm. ZOOM. £6.00. The Princess Mary Village Homes in the 20th Century. A talk…
The Next BALH Event
Tuesday 25th February, 2025. 7:00pm – 8:30pm. ZOOM. £5.00 (FREE for BALH members). Bradford in Transition in the 19th Century…
The Next IHR Centre for the History of People, Place and Community Event
25th March, 2025. 2:00pm – 4:00pm. ZOOM. FREE. Researching Place-Based Religious Histories Beyond the Parish Church. This event is part…
The Next CUH/CRLH Seminar
Friday 28th February, 2025. 3:00pm. Att101 (CRLH Library) or TEAMS. FREE. Quest for a Cohesive Diaspora African Community: Reliving Historic…
The Next Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society Event.
Thursday 13th March, 2025. 7:30pm. Ken Edwards Lecture Theatre 3, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester (LE1 7RH). FREE. The…
What’s On
Local History meetings, seminars, events, exhibitions……… If you would like to have your events included here please email the details…
Peace and War : Friends Study Day
Saturday 5th April, 2025. 10:00am – 5:00pm. Thornby Hall and Naseby battlefield, Northamptonshire. £25 plus booking fee. Visit to Thornby…
Leicestershire Stories: Part 2.
By Jeremy Benson. Jeremy Benson has now completed Part 2 of his online Leicestershire Stories, which focuses on the Wars of…
Conversations in Graveyards: A Field Guide to the Social History of Memorials.
New on-line publication by Bob Trubshaw. This new publication by LAHS member Bob Trubshaw is now available online. As he…
Eleanor of Castile: Queen of Hearts?
Wednesday 5th March, 2025. 7:30pm. On line. £0 – £15. Part of the The story of a century: The 13th century collection…
Charles Phythian-Adams
Professor Charles Phythian-Adams was born on the 28th of July 1937, educated at Marlborough College, Wiltshire, and Hertford College, Oxford,…
University to honour pioneering archaeologist
The University of Leicester is to honour a pioneering female archaeologist by naming one of its academic buildings after her.…
University of Leicester Heritage Hub – Celebration of Heritage
Saturday 22nd March, 2025. 11am – 4pm. Percy Gee Building, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH. FREE. The…
The Making of the Lincolnshire Landscape Conference
Saturday 21st June, 2025. Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln. Call for papers This interdisciplinary conference aims to explore the diversity of…
History (Local History) MA
Starts September 2025. 1 – 2 years full or part time. University of Leicester. UK £9550, International £18950. This course…
The British Records Association
The Nation’s Records Preserved, Accessed and Interpreted for the Benefit of All. The Association aims to initiate, encourage and support…
Winner of the Janette Harley Prize 2024
The British Records Association is delighted to announce the winner of the 2024 Janette Harley Prize: Dr Eliza Wheaton (editor), Loving and…
Professor Nicola Verdon BA, MA, PhD.
We sadly have to inform you of the death of Nicola Verdon who undertook the MA course in English Local…
Besieged: Warwick Castle and its People
Tuesday 8th April, 2025. 6:30pm. Great Hall, Warwick Castle £15. Revealing the untold story of Warwick Castle and its people…
Eleanor Frewen Turner
Author Karima Shirfield, published by Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society in The Leicestershire Historian 59. Vol 59. pp. 56-62. The…
Historic London tramways posters on display
A collection of historic posters from the London tramways network will go on display in February 2025. The London Archives…
The Cossington Necklace
In 1999, archaeologists working at a quarry in Cossington, Leicestershire, found something amazing. In a grave from the Early Bronze…
LAHS History Fair 2025
Saturday 5th July, 2025. Oakham Castle. The LAHS History Fair returns and will be taking place on Saturday 5th July…
Princess Anne’s betrayal of her father, James II
The National Archives State Papers collection contains evidence of a historic betrayal.This letter, sent by Princess Anne from her apartments…
The Next Historical Association Event
Tuesday 25th February, 2025. 4:00pm – 5:00pm. ZOOM. FREE and exclusive to HA members. Ottoman trade with Europe in the…
Historian Membership
Historian membership is for everyone with a love of history. If you enjoy reading and hearing about history, want to…
Metropolitan Science
Wednesday 19th February, 2025. 5:30pm – 7:00pm. The London Archives, 40 Northampton Road, London EC1R 0HB. . £5. London Sites…