The Roman Small Towns of Leicestershire and Rutland.
Thursday 13th November, 2025. 7:30pm. Clephan 0.01, De Montfort University, Leicester. FREE. Presented by Peter Liddle, former county archaeologist. The…
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Surrey Heritage Online Talks: At Home in History.
Wednesday 10th December, 2025. 5:30pm – 6:45pm. ZOOM. £6. Reflections on writing the history of domestic life. A talk by…
Surrey Heritage Online Talks: Celebrating R C Sherriff.
Saturday 8th November, 2025. 10:30am – 12:15pm. ZOOM. £6. November 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of the…
The Lithic Studies Society Annual Conference 2025.
Friday 7th November, 2025. 10:00am – 5:00pm. Voluntary Action LeicesterShire (VAL), LE1 5SN. See booking form.. The LSS annual conference…
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…
The Historian’s Craft and the VCH Spalding Project.
Saturday 15th November, 2025. 10:00am – 4:00pm. Spalding Baptist Church. Swan Street, Spalding, PE11 1BT.. FREE. The Victoria County History…
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…
Oxford’s Black and Muslim migration stories.
Friday 7th November, 2025. 2:00pm – 4:30pm. Radcliffe Observatory QuarterWoodstock RoadOxford OX2 6GG FREE. Part of Oxford Community History Hub’s…
Oxford Health Histories and Local Policy.
Friday 24th October, 2025. 2:00pm – 4:30pm. Museum of Oxford. FREE. Part of Oxford Community History Hub’s autumn events programme…
Marching Through Time: a workshop on the history of protest in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
Friday 17th October, 2025. 2:00pm – 4:30pm. Museum of Oxford. FREE. Part of Oxford Community History Hub’s autumn events programme…
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…
Society for Museum Archaeology Conference 2025.
13th and 14th November, 2025. All day. Museum of Liverpool. £35 – £100. The conference celebrates the successes of Museum…
Leicester Cathedral Revealed: uncovering 2,000 years of history beneath the Cathedral Gardens.
Saturday 1st November, 2025. 10:00am – 4:30pm. Sir Bob Burgess Building, University of Leicester, Welford Road, Leicester, LE2 6BF. FREE.…
Almshouses: Past, Present and Local.
Robert doesn’t tend to advertise his talks (even though he does 60+ a year), but his latest subject is proving…
Safeguarding Future History: Meeting the Challenge of Records at Risk.
Tuesday 4th November, 2025. 10:00am – 4:30pm. The Gallery, 77 Cowcross Street London EC1M 6EL £35 – £55. Join the…
Volunteers Wanted for Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society.
LAHS is looking to recruit a number of volunteers for its editorial and committee roles. Hon. Co-Editor of the Transactions…
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…
The Lincolnshire Fens and Waterways: Folklore, Identity and Ecology.
Thursday 9th October, 2025. 7:00pm. Fearon Hall. £5, FREE to members. This talk by Dr. James Chantry explores the historical…
Apprenticeship and the Rise of London, 1500 – 1800.
Wednesday 15th October, 2025. 5:30pm. The London Archives. £10. An illustrated talk by Professor Patrick Wallis (London School of Economics).…
From Nation to Local: Re-Discovering England’s Places through A History of England in 25 Poems.
Friday 28th November, 2025. 3:00pm. Attenborough 101 and TEAMS. FREE. Centre for Regional and Local History & Centre for Urban…