The Centre for Urban History
The University of Leicester has been an international pioneer of urban history since the 1960s and has been associated with…
Author: John Parker (page 3)
Urban History Group Conference 2025.
4th & 5th September, 2025. All Day. Attenborough Seminar Block, University of Leicester. The Urban Commons: Rights and Citizenship in…
What is a town?
By Dr. Joe Chick who is a Research Associate in Medieval History currently working on the ENDURE project run by…
Parish and Belonging
Community, Identity and Welfare in England and Wales 1700 – 1950 Keith Snell, published by Cambridge University Press in 2002.…
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National Council for Voluntary Organisations
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) is the umbrella body for the voluntary and community sector in England. It is a…
The Melsonby Hoard
The Melsonby Hoard is a highly significant discovery of Iron Age metalwork from nearly 2,000 years ago, discovered in late…
Elizabeth Heyrick (1769 -1831)
Elizabeth Heyrick was an abolitionist, social reformer and campaigner on a whole range of social issues. Born in 1769 in…
A new life for ‘British Printed Images to 1700’
The history of ‘the unruly sort of clowns’ and other early modern peculiarities from a post by Laura Sangha who…
Leicestershire Stories: Part 2.
By Jeremy Benson who has now completed Part 2 of his online Leicestershire Stories, which focuses on the Wars of the…
Conversations in Graveyards: A Field Guide to the Social History of Memorials.
New on-line publication by Bob Trubshaw. This new publication by LAHS member Bob Trubshaw is now available online. As he…
Charles Phythian-Adams Obituary
We are sorry to report that Charles Phythian-Adams passed away on Tuesday 13th May 2025. Although it was was not…
University honours pioneering archaeologist
The University of Leicester has honoured a pioneering female archaeologist by naming one of its academic buildings after her. After…
History (Local History) MA
Starts September 2025. 1 – 2 years full or part time. University of Leicester. UK £9550, International £18950. This course…
The British Records Association
The Nation’s Records Preserved, Accessed and Interpreted for the Benefit of All. The Association aims to initiate, encourage and support…
Winner of the Janette Harley Prize 2024
The British Records Association is delighted to announce the winner of the 2024 Janette Harley Prize: Dr Eliza Wheaton (editor), Loving and…
Professor Nicola Verdon BA, MA, PhD.
We sadly have to inform you of the death of Nicola Verdon who undertook the MA course in English Local…
Eleanor Frewen Turner
Author Karima Shirfield, published by Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society in The Leicestershire Historian 59. Vol 59. pp. 56-62. The…
The Cossington Necklace
In 1999, archaeologists working at a quarry in Cossington, Leicestershire, found something amazing. In a grave from the Early Bronze…