National Council for Voluntary Organisations
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) is the umbrella body for the voluntary and community sector in England. It is a…
The Next Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society Presentation
Monday 12th May, 2025. 2:00pm. ZOOM. Free to members, for non-members a small donation (suggested £2) is appreciated. Resources for…
Hoskins Day 2025
Saturday 10th May, 2025. 12noon – 5pm. Attenborough Lecture Theatre, University of Leicester. FREE but pre-booking vie EVENTBRITE Hoskins Lecture…
The Next FCELH Committee Meeting
Tuesday 29th April, 2025. 7:00pm. ZOOM.
The Next Surrey Heritage Presentation
Wednesday 23rd April, 2025. 5:30pm – 6:45pm. ZOOM. £6.00. Arsenic and Old Lace. A talk by Rachel Marsh. Join our…
The Next BALH Event
Tuesday 29th April, 2025. 7:00pm – 8:30pm. ZOOM. £5.00 (FREE for BALH members). A City of Flows?: Chester, 400-1500 This…
The Next IHR Centre for the History of People, Place and Community Event
30th April, 2025. 5:30pm – 7:00pm. ZOOM. FREE. Recording a Reformation: preserving the stories of closed church buildings. This event…
The Next Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society Event.
Thursday 10th April, 2025. 7:30pm. Ken Edwards Lecture Theatre 3, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester (LE1 7RH). FREE. Diet…
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…
Who are the Plantagenets?
Thursday 1st May, 2025. 7:00pm – 9:00pm. Leicester Cathedral, Peacock Lane, Leicester LE1 5PZ. £8. Kevin Schurer, a renowned historian,…
Exploring Medieval Place and Society through Local History.
Wednesday 11th, June 2025. 5:00pm – 6:00pm. Rewley House,1 Wellington Square,Oxford,OX1 2JA. FREE. Join Dr Simon Townley for the next talk in the…
The Popular Classes and Royal Justice in Medieval England, 1330-31.
Wednesday 28th, May 2025. 5:00pm – 6:00pm. Rewley House,1 Wellington Square,Oxford,OX1 2JA. FREE. Join online or in Oxford for this…
Building a Church out of Herring: A 15th-Century Fishing Village.
Wednesday 14th, May 2025. 5:00pm – 6:00pm. Rewley House,1 Wellington Square,Oxford,OX1 2JA. FREE. Join online or in Oxford for this…
Winchcombe Abbey and 2,000 Peasants: Documenting a Crisis, 1340-1381.
Wednesday 30th, April 2025. 5:00pm – 6:00pm. Rewley House,1 Wellington Square,Oxford,OX1 2JA. FREE. Join Professor Chris Dyer for the first talk in…
Medieval Society and Landscape
Four talks on Medieval Society and Landscape Convened by Professor Elizabeth Gemmill and Dr Stephen Mileson This new seminar series will showcase fascinating…
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The Melsonby Hoard
The Melsonby Hoard is a highly significant discovery of Iron Age metalwork from nearly 2,000 years ago, discovered in late…
Loughborough Archaeological and Historical Society
Tuesday 22nd April, 2025. 7:00pm. All Saints Parish Church FREE for members. Special Event: The Ian Keil Memorial Lecture –…
The New Dishley Society Celebrates the 300th Anniversary of the Birth of Robert Bakewell of Dishley Grange, Loughborough
Friday 30th May, 2025. 7:30pm. Loughborough University. FREE. The Tercentenary Lecture will be given by Mr John Thorley OBE, FRAgS,…
Ecclesiastical History Society Summer Conference 2025: Creeds, Councils and Canons.
15th – 17th July, 2025. . University of Edinburgh. . Keynote speakers: 2025 is the 1700th anniversary of the Council…
Loughborough Archaeological and Historical Society: Programme of Events
Thursday 9th January, 7.00pm: Pitts Room, Fearon Hall – Mollie Smith on Queen Henrietta Maria. An emblematic example of Early…
Loughborough Archaeological and Historical Society Annual General Meeting
Thursday 3rd April, 2025. 7:00pm. Fearon Hall, Rectory Road, Loughborough LE11 1PL. FREE for members. The Annual General Meeting of…
Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society: Programme of Events
Wednesday 4 December 2024, 7:30pm – Humour in Genealogy – Chris Broom Wednesday 8 January 2025, 7:30pm – Missing from Home – David…
The Elizabeth Heyrick Society
Abolitionist, philanthropist and campaigner Elizabeth Heyrick’s (1769–1831) groundbreaking pamphlet, “Immediate, not Gradual Abolition,” shook the foundations of injustice, demanding an end to…
Elizabeth Heyrick (1769 -1831)
Elizabeth Heyrick was an abolitionist, social reformer and campaigner on a whole range of social issues. Born in 1769 in…
A new life for ‘British Printed Images to 1700’
The history of ‘the unruly sort of clowns’ and other early modern peculiarities from a post by Laura Sangha who…