What’s On.
Local History meetings, seminars, events, exhibitions……… If you would like to have your events included here please email the details…
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Belgrave Hall
Belgrave Hall was built as a substantial family home between 1709 and 1713 by Edmund Cradock, a Leicester hosiery merchant,…
Children and Chimneys
From the late 18th century children formed a rising proportion of the population and it was common for them to…
The Fenland Heritage Network
Fenland Heritage Network is an informal network of organisations, to promote local heritage, through Events and Promotions. There are many…
Spalding Gentlemen’s Society
The Spalding Gentlemen’s Society, one of the oldest learned societies in the Kingdom and the earliest provincial association for the…
Journeys into Genealogy: Podcast
Julian Pooley : The Gentleman’s Magazine Listen to Julian Pooley as he joins Emma Cox on the Journeys into Genealogy…
Kate Tiller
We regret to advise of the death of a pioneer and trailblazer of local history, Dr. Kate Tiller, who sadly…
The Rendlesham Project
Anglo-Saxon Life in South-East Sussex Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service is running a community archaeology project called “Rendlesham Revealed” from…
Susanna Watts
Colin Hyde’s presentation for Hoskins Day 2024 features Susanna Watts (1768–1842) who was a noted English abolitionist, author, translator and…
Hallaton Helmet
2000-year-old Roman cavalry helmet from Hallaton recreated thanks to a grant from Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society. Harborough Museum’s replica…
Economies Past
Over the last 20 years, a team of historians at Cambridge have collected millions of records to build, for England…
100 Ballads.
Top-of-the-pops from seventeenth-century England. Professor Christopher Marsh is a historian at Queen’s University, Belfast, whose work focuses on the social…
Andrew Hopper: Fellow of the Society for Army Historical Research
Andrew Hopper, Professor in Local and Social History in the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Oxford (and…
Regional & Local History
Since local boot and shoe manufacturer Thomas Hatton donated his collection of books on antiquarianism the University of Leicester Library…
Archives & Special Collections
The University of Leicester Library has extensive collections of rare books, manuscripts, historical photographs, engraved portrait prints and personal archives;…
Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society – Grants and Prizes
The Society was founded in 1855 “to promote the study of the history, archaeology, antiquities, and architecture of the county”,…
1000 years of London’s History
London Metropolitan Archives. LMA is a public research centre which specialises in the history of London, caring for and providing…
Did You Know – Society of Genealogists
The Society of Genealogists possesses the largest family history research library in the United Kingdom, accessible to all members without…
Special Collections On-line
Welcome to our online heritage collections, free and open to all. Building on our strengths in local, urban and industrial…
Discoveries and Outcomes of Civil War Petitions
A 4-minute video of Ismini Pells and Andrew Hopper discussing the findings of the Civil War Petitions Project here: https://www.civilwarpetitions.ac.uk/discoveries-and-outcomes-of-civil-war-petitions/…