Educating Deptford: the Deptford Ragged School and its Place in the Community.
The Deptford Ragged School Archive is a heritage outreach project with a collection of objects which tell the history of…
Author: John Parker (page 3)
New old maps from the National Library of Scotland and a new geo-referencing tool for the maps.
With around two million cartographic items, the NLS map collection is the largest in Scotland and one of the largest…
Prof. Prashant Kidambi.
Prashant Kidambi is Professor of Urban History at the University of Leicester. His research explores how modern South Asia was…
LAHS Dissertation Prizes for Leicestershire and Rutland Archaeology and History.
Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society awards four annual dissertation prizes for extended projects that focus on the Archaeology and/or History…
The Phythian-Adams Award.
Undergraduate awards 2025 Named in honour of Professor Charles Phythian-Adams, former Director of the Centre for English Local History, the…
The Centre for Regional and Local History.
Dedicated to the study of regional and local history throughout England and Wales, the Centre for Regional and Local History…
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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
Historian Membership.
Historian membership is for everyone with a love of history. If you enjoy reading and hearing about history, want to…