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…
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Historic Maps and Geo-Referencing Tools from the National Library of Scotland.
With around two million cartographic items, the NLS map collection is the largest in Scotland and one of the largest…
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…
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…
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…
A Vision of Britain Through Time.
A Vision of Britain through Time brings together historical surveys of the British Isles to create a record of how these…
Gdansk and the Hanseatic League.
Our FCELH Chair, Anne Coyne, is a medievalist whose main area of research is the religious and mercantile history of…
Maps Descriptive of London Poverty, 1898-9.
The Maps Descriptive of London Poverty are the product of Charles Booth’s Inquiry into Life and Labour In London (1886…
Beresford’s Lost Villages
A website dedicated to deserted medieval villages. This website is was made possible by a generous legacy bequeathed to the…
Hoskins Day Presentations.
In answer to a request that the series of lectures be named after him, Professor Hoskins replied as follows: Stoke…
The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure – Blogs
Since its founding in 1964, members of the Group have made a spectacular series of discipline-transforming contributions to social science…
Business Archives Council
Founded in 1934, the objectives of the BAC are to: The Council produces an electronic newsletter and the past publication…