Stories of ‘ordinary medieval folk’
Dr Sarah Inskip, researcher on After the Plague, and now at the Centre for Regional and Local History, University of…
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International Conference of the Austrian Society for Medieval and Modern Archaeology, 17th to 20th September 2024
Between Diversity and Uniformity. Identity formation from a (trans-)regional perspective. Dear colleagues, We warmly invite you to contribute to the…
New Voices in Midlands History Conference
Saturday, 8 June 2024 at The Hub, Kellogg College, University of Oxford 60–62 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6PN with keynote…
Friends Newsletter 2023
The Friends annual newsletter for 2023 is available now
Hoskins Lectures
The first annual lecture, sponsored by the Friends, was given on May 19th 1990. In answer to a request that…
University of York – Centre for Lifelong Learning.
History, Heritage and Archaeology. For the 2023/24 academic year, we will be offering a mix of online and classroom based…
The Invention of the English Landscape
By Peter Borsay with Rosemary Sweet. Since at least the Reformation, English men and women have been engaged in visiting,…
Leet Courts
Why a Southampton FC fan took their town to a historical ‘leet’ court over the colour of a bridge’s lights Ben…
Complete Gentlemen by Richard Ansell
Educational Travel and Family Strategy, 1650-1750 Dr. Richard Ansell is a Research Associate at the Centre for Urban History University of…
Surrey Heritage
Surrey History Centre in Woking collects and preserves the records of Surrey’s past and present, documenting the story of the…
Brick Making and Brick Building in the Midlands (1437-1780)
Mike Kingman. Brick building came to the Midlands in the 15th century when its adoption reflected its prestige amongst the…
A Rural Railway and its Neighbours
By Jeremy Lodge. Hot off the Press! A Rural Railway and its Neighbours. The Midland Railway Nottingham to Newark. This…
Medieval Settlement Research Group
MSRG is a multi-disciplinary group that facilitates collaboration between archaeologists, historians, geographers and other interested parties dedicated to developing understanding…
Short Courses for Adult Learners
Department of Continuing Education Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 2JA. History Courses including Local and Social History Enrich and…
Leicestershire Archaeological & Historical Society Transactions
Leicestershire Archaeological & Historical Society is approaching the end of long project to lodge the complete archive of LAHS Transactions,…
The Medieval Earthworks of Rutland
By Robert F Hartley. This is a revised and expanded survey of the Medieval Earthworks of Rutland first published in…
Free articles at JSTOR.
Friends (alumni or not) who register with the University of Leicester library – or other university libraries – can get…
English Local History Publications at The David Wilson Library.
The David Wilson Library holds an excellent collection of English local history publications on the 3rd Floor, accessible to those with…
Nichols Archive Project.
Julian Pooley, FSA, Centre for Regional and Local History, University of Leicester. The papers accumulated and collected by John Nichols…
Views of England and Wales: a new online collection
At the end of March 2023 Library and Learning Services at the University of Leicester has launched ‘Views of England…