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The Society of Genealogists possesses the largest family history research library in the United Kingdom, accessible to all members without…

Welcome to our online heritage collections, free and open to all. Building on our strengths in local, urban and industrial…

A 4-minute video of Ismini Pells and Andrew Hopper discussing the findings of the Civil War Petitions Project here: https://www.civilwarpetitions.ac.uk/discoveries-and-outcomes-of-civil-war-petitions/…

A new 5-minute video from former Centre for English Local History MA student and Midland History prizewinner Denise Greany discussing the Education…

People, events and ideas of the British Civil Wars explored and explained by leading historians including Friends of the Centre…

Dr Sarah Inskip, researcher on After the Plague, and now at the Centre for Regional and Local History, University of…

The first annual lecture, sponsored by the Friends, was given on May 19th 1990. In answer to a request that…

Surrey History Centre in Woking collects and preserves the records of Surrey’s past and present, documenting the story of the…

MSRG is a multi-disciplinary group that facilitates collaboration between archaeologists, historians, geographers and other interested parties dedicated to developing understanding…

Leicestershire Archaeological & Historical Society is approaching the end of long project to lodge the complete archive of LAHS Transactions,…

Friends (alumni or not) who register with the University of Leicester library – or other university libraries – can get…

Julian Pooley, FSA,  Centre for Regional and Local History, University of Leicester. The papers accumulated and collected by John Nichols…

At the end of March 2023 Library and Learning Services at the University of Leicester has launched ‘Views of England…

You can now view and/or download PDF copies of CELH bibliographies for the years 1948-1998, 1999-2008 and 2009-2021 from our…

The National Library of Scotland holds over two million cartographic items, making it the largest collection of maps in Scotland…

PDF copies of all Friends newsletters from issue 1 of 1989 to the latest issue are now available to view…

It appears that Alumni have been added to the small number of local groups like Leicestershire NHS staff, Leicestershire teaching…

The Friends of The Centre for English Local History are pleased to extend FREE membership to ALL University of Leicester…

Podcast for BBC Radio 3. How decoding Erewash, Trent, Averham and other field, river and place names from old maps…

Chris Dyer has written a memoir / obituary for Chris Taylor, written for the British Academy, which will eventually be…