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Friends of the Centre for English Local History

Friends of the Centre for English Local History

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

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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Posted on: 21 October 2025 Last updated on: 21 October 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

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…
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Posted on: 21 October 2025 Last updated on: 21 October 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

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…
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Posted on: 21 October 2025 Last updated on: 21 October 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

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…
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Posted on: 21 October 2025 Last updated on: 21 October 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

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

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

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

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…
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Posted on: 13 October 2025 Last updated on: 15 October 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

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…
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Posted on: 13 October 2025 Last updated on: 15 October 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

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…
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Posted on: 13 October 2025 Last updated on: 15 October 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

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…
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Posted on: 11 October 2025 Last updated on: 13 October 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

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…
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Posted on: 9 October 2025 Last updated on: 9 October 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

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.…
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Posted on: 8 October 2025 Last updated on: 8 October 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

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…
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Posted on: 7 October 2025 Last updated on: 9 October 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

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…
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Posted on: 6 October 2025 Last updated on: 6 October 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

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…
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Posted on: 2 October 2025 Last updated on: 2 October 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

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…
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Posted on: 26 September 2025 Last updated on: 27 September 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

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…
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Posted on: 25 September 2025 Last updated on: 27 September 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

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).…
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Posted on: 23 September 2025 Last updated on: 27 September 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

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…
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Posted on: 23 September 2025 Last updated on: 27 September 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker
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