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… Continue reading “English Local History Publications at The David Wilson Library.”…
Nichols Archive Project. Julian Pooley, FSA, Centre for Regional and Local History, University of Leicester. The papers accumulated and collected by John Nichols… Continue reading “Nichols Archive Project.”…
Views of England and Wales: a new online collection At the end of March 2023 Library and Learning Services at the University of Leicester has launched ‘Views of England… Continue reading “Views of England and Wales: a new online collection”…
Centre for 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… Continue reading “Centre for English Local History Bibliographies”…
Historic Maps from The National Library of Scotland The National Library of Scotland holds over two million cartographic items, making it the largest collection of maps in Scotland… Continue reading “Historic Maps from The National Library of Scotland”…
Friends Newsletters PDF copies of all Friends newsletters from issue 1 of 1989 to the latest issue are now available to view… Continue reading “Friends Newsletters”…
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… Continue reading “FREE borrowing for Alumni at University of Leicester libraries”…
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… Continue reading “FREE Membership for ALL University of Leicester History Students and PhD History Candidates”…
New Thinking: Flooding and Energy by Richard Jones Podcast for BBC Radio 3. How decoding Erewash, Trent, Averham and other field, river and place names from old maps… Continue reading “New Thinking: Flooding and Energy by Richard Jones”…
Christopher Taylor Obituary Chris Dyer has written a memoir / obituary for Chris Taylor, written for the British Academy, which will eventually be… Continue reading “Christopher Taylor Obituary”…
Access to the Digitised Historical Censuses 1861-1911 Richard Rodger, FRHS, FAcSS Professor Emeritus, University of Edinburgh Name’ and ‘Address’ are critical to tracking people, to linkages with… Continue reading “Access to the Digitised Historical Censuses 1861-1911”…