Friends of the Centre for English Local History Annual General Meeting 2025.
Tuesday 18th November, 2025. ZOOM. FREE. Notices to be sent out at least 21 days in advance, 28 days to…
Friends of the Centre for English Local History – Autumn Visit to Grace Dieu Priory and Ashby Museum.
Saturday 27th September, 2025. 10:00am – 4:30pm. Ashby Museum and Grace Dieu Priory £22.38 via Eventbrite. Join us for a…
Edwardian Leicester.
Thursday 16th, October, 2025. 7:30pm. To be advised. Free. Cynthia Brown The Edwardian period in Leicester, loosely defined here as…
Urban History Group Conference 2025.
4th & 5th September, 2025. All Day. Attenborough Seminar Block, University of Leicester. The Urban Commons: Rights and Citizenship in…
The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure – Blogs
Since its founding in 1964, members of the Group have made a spectacular series of discipline-transforming contributions to social science…
What’s On
Local History meetings, seminars, events, exhibitions……… If you would like to have your events included here please email the details…
Surrey Heritage Online Talks
All talks take place on Zoom. Subtitles included. Recording available for download the next day. Tickets £6. Please book a…
Oxford and the English Civil War
Sunday 26th October, 2025. 10:15am – 1:450pm. Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street, Oxford OX1 2PHZ. £60.00. This walk will look at…
Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum
One of the most important cultural artefacts in the world will be displayed at the Museum from September 2026. More…
Blood in the Wear.
The Sunderland Sailors’ Strike and the North Sands Massacre of August 1825. Buried in the records of the Durham Assizes…
Dr. Robert Thoroton 1623-1678.
Nottinghamshire Antiquarian. Robert Thoroton was a country gentleman, descended from a long line of Thorotons, and lived at the family’s…
Society for Lincolnshire History & Archaeology – Explorers and Innovators.
Saturday 6th September, 2025. 10:00am – 4:30pm. Walton Academy, Harlaxton Road,Grantham NG31 7JR . £32.00 including lunch. £25.00 for SLHA…
The Website of Chris Baker
This web site has been developed to act as a gateway to the various interests of Chris Baker and includes…
Archaeology Fun Day 2025 at Bradgate Park
Wednesday 30th July, 2025. 11:00am – 3:00pm. Deer Meadow, Bradgate Park. FREE. Join in with the Festival of Archaeology! Whether…
Researching your BRICK-MAKING ANCESTORS – a solid trade by Dr. Sadie McMullon
This NEW BOOK focuses on the people involved and covers specific brick-making areas, guiding you through extensive records thus providing…
2025-26 short courses at Oxford Lifelong Learning.
Explore the short courses on offer. These open-access short courses run online or in-person, with some offered in both formats –…
The Car Makers of Cowley
Check out the webpage for the recently-launched project, ‘The Car-Makers of Cowley‘, which is delving into the history of car…
Votes for Women – Everywhere: 1866-1928
Wednesday 8th October, 2025. 7:00pm – 8:00pm. Virtual. £5 non member. It took 62 years of campaigning for all women…
Borough of Twickenham Local History Society
The Borough of Twickenham Local History Society focuses on the history of Twickenham, Whitton, Teddington and the Hamptons all of…
Becoming Ipswich: Urban emergence in Britain’s oldest town with Dr Brandon Fathy.
Thursday 7th August, 2025. 6:00pm – 7:00pm. Microsoft TEAMS. FREE. It’s not too late to register for this FREE event open…
Fashion and Folly.
Wednesday 6th August, 2025. 2:00pm – 4:30pm. Surrey History Centre, 130 Goldsworth Road, Woking, GU21 6ND. £6. Tea and Talk…
Beginning your Family History.
Wednesday 30th July, 2025. 10:30am – 11:45am. Online Zoom talk. £6 Recent years have seen a huge growth of interest…
Society for Medieval Archaeology Conference 2025
13th and 14th September, 2025. 900am – 5:00pm. Attenborough Arts Centre, University of Leicester. Fresh thinking and new ideas in the archaeology…
Oxford Lifelong Learning
From 25 June 2025 courses delivered by the Department for Continuing Education at the University of Oxford will come under…