The Website of Chris Baker.
This web site has been developed to act as a gateway to the various interests of Chris Baker and includes…
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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…
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…
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…
Black British history scholarship is established to honour historian and activist Len Garrison.
Three postgraduates will be able study Black British history with the University of Leicester free of charge, thanks to a…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…