Kate Tiller
We regret to advise of the death of a pioneer and trailblazer of local history, Dr. Kate Tiller, who sadly…
Susanna Watts
Colin Hyde’s presentation for Hoskins Day 2024 features Susanna Watts (1768–1842) who was a noted English abolitionist, author, translator and…
Hallaton Helmet
2000-year-old Roman cavalry helmet from Hallaton recreated thanks to a grant from Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society. Harborough Museum’s replica…
Economies Past
Over the last 20 years, a team of historians at Cambridge have collected millions of records to build, for England…
100 Ballads.
Top-of-the-pops from seventeenth-century England. Professor Christopher Marsh is a historian at Queen’s University, Belfast, whose work focuses on the social…
Andrew Hopper: Fellow of the Society for Army Historical Research.
Andrew Hopper, Professor in Local and Social History in the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Oxford (and…
Archives & Special Collections.
The University of Leicester Library has extensive collections of rare books, manuscripts, historical photographs, engraved portrait prints and personal archives;…
Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society – Grants and Prizes.
The Society was founded in 1855 “to promote the study of the history, archaeology, antiquities, and architecture of the county”,…
1000 years of London’s History.
London Metropolitan Archives. LMA is a public research centre which specialises in the history of London, caring for and providing…
Did You Know – Society of Genealogists.
The Society of Genealogists possesses the largest family history research library in the United Kingdom, accessible to all members without…
Special Collections On-line.
Welcome to our online heritage collections, free and open to all. Building on our strengths in local, urban and industrial…
English Local History Publications at The David Wilson Library.
The David Wilson Library holds an excellent collection of English local history publications on the 3rd Floor, accessible to those with…
Nichols Archive Project.
Julian Pooley, FSA, Centre for Regional and Local History, University of Leicester. The papers accumulated and collected by John Nichols…
Views of England and Wales: an online collection.
At the end of March 2023 Library and Learning Services at the University of Leicester launched ‘Views of England and…
English Local History Bibliographies.
You can now view and/or download PDF copies of CELH bibliographies for the years 1948-1998, 1999-2008 and 2009-2021 from our…
FREE borrowing for Alumni at University of Leicester libraries.
It appears that Alumni have been added to the small number of local groups like Leicestershire NHS staff, Leicestershire teaching…
FREE Membership for ALL University of Leicester History Students and PhD History Candidates.
The Friends of The Centre for English Local History are pleased to extend FREE membership to ALL University of Leicester…