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… Continue reading “Researching your BRICK-MAKING ANCESTORS – a solid trade by Dr. Sadie McMullon”…
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 –… Continue reading “2025-26 short courses at Oxford Lifelong Learning.”…
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… Continue reading “The Car Makers of Cowley”…
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… Continue reading “Votes for Women – Everywhere: 1866-1928”…
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… Continue reading “Friends for the Centre for English Local History – Autumn Visit to Grace Dieu Priory and Ashby Museum.”…
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… Continue reading “Borough of Twickenham Local History Society”…
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… Continue reading “Becoming Ipswich: Urban emergence in Britain’s oldest town with Dr Brandon Fathy. ”…
Fashion and Folly. Wednesday 6th August, 2025. 2:00pm – 4:30pm. Surrey History Centre, 130 Goldsworth Road, Woking, GU21 6ND. £6. Tea and Talk… Continue reading “Fashion and Folly.”…
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… Continue reading “Beginning your Family History.”…
“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… Continue reading ““Mrs Dalloway” at Woking.”…
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… Continue reading “Society for Medieval Archaeology Conference 2025”…
Oxford Lifelong Learning From 25 June 2025 courses delivered by the Department for Continuing Education at the University of Oxford will come under… Continue reading “Oxford Lifelong Learning”…
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 &… Continue reading “Magna Carta in the Thirteenth Century”…
Leicestershire History Magazine Leicestershire History is a new 52-page full colour magazine about the many events, objects, people and places from the city… Continue reading “Leicestershire History Magazine”…
Wollaton Historical & Conservation Society WHaCS have moved and updated their website recently and you can now access it either through our RESOURCES – USEFUL… Continue reading “Wollaton Historical & Conservation Society”…
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… Continue reading “The 2025 Cameron Lecture: Lost Villages, Lost Names?”…
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… Continue reading “The British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies Archive ”…
Leicestershire and Rutland Festival of Archaeology 5th July to 3rd August, 2025. . . The Festival of Leicestershire and Rutland Archaeology, part of the Council for… Continue reading “Leicestershire and Rutland Festival of Archaeology”…
Edwardian Leicester. Thursday 16th, October, 2025. 7:30pm. To be advised. Free. Cynthia Brown The Edwardian period in Leicester, loosely defined here as… Continue reading “Edwardian Leicester.”…
Hidden Histories – An UnCivil War. An exploration of the first English Civil War through its impacts on the people of Leicester and Leicestershire. In this… Continue reading “Hidden Histories – An UnCivil War.”…