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Promoting, supporting, and assisting the study of Local History as taught and practised in the Centre for Regional and Local History at the University of Leicester

Author: John Parker

Friends of the Centre for English Local History Annual General Meeting 2025.

Tuesday 18th November, 2025. ZOOM. FREE. More details to follow.
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Posted on: 21 July 2025 Last updated on: 21 July 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

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…
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Posted on: 14 July 2025 Last updated on: 14 July 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

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…
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Posted on: 14 July 2025 Last updated on: 14 July 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

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…
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Posted on: 11 July 2025 Last updated on: 16 July 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

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 –…
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Posted on: 10 July 2025 Last updated on: 10 July 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

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…
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Posted on: 7 July 2025 Last updated on: 7 July 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

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…
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Posted on: 4 July 2025 Last updated on: 4 July 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

Friends for 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  £20. Join us for a visit to…
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Posted on: 3 July 2025 Last updated on: 3 July 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

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…
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Posted on: 26 June 2025 Last updated on: 26 June 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

Becoming Ipswich: Urban emergence in Britain’s oldest town with Dr Brandon Fathy. 

Thursday 7th August, 2025. 6:00pm – 7:00pm. Microsoft TEAMS. FREE. This is a FREE event open to University of Leicester…
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Posted on: 25 June 2025 Last updated on: 25 June 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

Fashion and Folly.

Wednesday 6th August, 2025. 2:00pm – 4:30pm. Surrey History Centre, 130 Goldsworth Road, Woking, GU21 6ND. £6. Tea and Talk…
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Posted on: 23 June 2025 Last updated on: 23 June 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

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…
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Posted on: 23 June 2025 Last updated on: 23 June 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

“Mrs Dalloway” at Woking.

Monday 30th June, 2025. 7:00pm – 9:00pm. Surrey History Centre, 130 Goldsworth Road, Woking, GU21 6ND. FREE booking essential. Virginia…
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Posted on: 23 June 2025 Last updated on: 23 June 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

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…
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Posted on: 23 June 2025 Last updated on: 23 June 2025 Comments: 2 Written by: John Parker

Oxford Lifelong Learning

From 25 June 2025 courses delivered by the Department for Continuing Education at the University of Oxford will come under…
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Posted on: 23 June 2025 Last updated on: 23 June 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

Magna Carta in the Thirteenth Century

Thursday 25th September, 2025. 12:30pm. 40 Northampton Rd, London EC1R 0HB. £5.00. Join Jessica Nelson, Head of Collections Expertise &…
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Posted on: 21 June 2025 Last updated on: 23 June 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

Leicestershire History Magazine

Leicestershire History is a new 52-page full colour magazine about the many events, objects, people and places from the city…
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Posted on: 20 June 2025 Last updated on: 20 June 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

Wollaton Historical & Conservation Society

WHaCS have moved and updated their website recently and you can now access it either through our RESOURCES – USEFUL…
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Posted on: 18 June 2025 Last updated on: 23 June 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

The 2025 Cameron Lecture: Lost Villages, Lost Names?

Friday 19th September, 2025. 7:00pm. A48 Sir Clive Granger Building, University of Nottingham. FREE. The Cameron lecture 2025 will be…
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Posted on: 12 June 2025 Last updated on: 12 June 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

The British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies Archive  

The British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies Archive is based in the School of Archaeology and Ancient…
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Posted on: 3 June 2025 Last updated on: 3 June 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker
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