Friends Annual Newsletter Articles
Every year we publish our newsletter which includes news, activities, AGM reports, updates on activities at The Centre, and articles.…
Author: John Parker
Thorps in a Changing Landscape.
Paul Cullen, Richard Jones, David Parsons. University of Hertfordshire Press, 2011. Considering the minor settlements of England’s Danelaw—villages known as…
New Local History Project Begins with Call for Volunteers
In 2025 funding was obtained for a new project with the Leicestershire Victoria County History Trust (LVCHT) to undertake historical…
Leicester Guildhall Free Guided Tours – January 2026.
Leicester Guildhall, Guildhall Lane, Leicester LE1 5FQ Starting with its Great Hall built in about 1390, a tour of Leicester…
Call for Papers: New Voices in Midland History Conference.
Deadline 31 March 2026. Keynote speaker Waseem Ahmed (UCL) on The Civil Wars in 100 Objects. 10.00am – 4.00pm, Saturday, 6…
Rutland Local History & Record Society: Rutland Record 45
The latest publication is out now. There are three main articles in this year’s issue. In the first, Robert Hodkinson…
Leicestershire and Rutland Family History Society Journal
The December 2025 Journal should be with members very soon. Do you have a family history story which could be…
Project Editor/Coordinator Job Description: Spalding Victoria County History Group
The Spalding Victoria County History Group is a group of volunteer local history enthusiasts living in and around Spalding who…
Discover the British Civil Wars through 100 fascinating objects.
The National Civil War Centre, in partnership with The World Turned Upside Down, is proud to announce the publication of The…
Call for Papers: Conference Saturday 11th April 2026. 10am to 4.30pm.
Deadline 15 January 2026. St Mary’s Church, Wymeswold, Leicestershire. The Rev. Henry Alford, A.W.N. Pugin and the Restoration of St…
First World War Research Guides.
Explore expert research guides to help you uncover your family’s wartime past. Find practical tips for tracing military records, from…
Grace Dieu Priory
The Friends’ second outing for 2025 found us assembling at the Museum at Ashby-de-la-Zouch on a Saturday morning in late…
Friends Newsletter October 2025.
Welcome to the Friends Newsletter for 2025. This edition is packed with news and items of interest for the discerning…
Surrey Poor Law Union minute books.
The Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 created a series of Poor Law Unions governed by Boards of Guardians. This system…
Oxford University Associate Professor in Social History publishes acclaimed new book on the Civil War.
Written by Dr Jonathan Healey, Associate Professor in Social History and Course Director for the Diploma in English Social and Local…
The Nicola Verdon Memorial Fund
The Nicola Verdon Memorial Fund has been launched. It provides financial support to help early career researchers in agricultural and…
Rethinking Old English Toponyms.
Richard Jones, Centre for English Local History, University of Leicester. The analysis of English place-names has, for the last ninety…
Responding to Modern Flooding: Old English Place-Names as a Repository of Traditional Ecological Knowledge.
This paper By Richard Jones results from research currently undertaken as part of the Leverhulme Trust-funded Flood and flow: place-names…
Lieutenant Joshua Gregory (1790-1838): His Life in Context by Philip H. Marsh.
This book traces the family of Joshua Gregory, father of Sir August Charles Gregory who became Surveyor General of Queensland…
An appeal for information about Sydney J. Bunney, 1877-1928.
We have been contacted by Christopher Sidwell who is trying to find photographs of his late great-great-uncle the Coventry artist…