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Promoting, supporting, and assisting the study of Local History as taught and practised in the Centre for Regional and Local History at the University of Leicester

Category: Talks

Rewley House Lecture Series: The British Imperial Way of Warfare

Tuesday 10th June, 2025. 4:30pm. Rewley House, Oxford, or online. FREE. The British Way of Warfare has become a point…
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Posted on: 10 May 2025 Last updated on: 14 May 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

Jean Townsend on London’s Lost Jewels: The story of the Cheapside Hoard.

Thursday 5th June, 2025. 7:00pm Pitts Room, Fearon Hall. £5.00 non-members/ free to members. Jean Townsend is a social historian…
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Posted on: 10 May 2025 Last updated on: 10 May 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

Scarborough Lecture: The Medieval Jewish Communities of the East Midlands.

Thursday 25th, September, 2025. 7:30pm. Gaulby Parish Church, LE7 9BE. Free. Dr Dean Irwin of the University of Lincoln. FURTHER…
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Posted on: 11 April 2025 Last updated on: 11 April 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

The Pilgrims’ Way – a presentation by Mike Burton

Thursday 22nd, May, 2025. 7:30pm. Gaulby Parish Church, LE7 9BE. Free. Mike Burton, former journalist and teacher, takes a journey…
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Posted on: 11 April 2025 Last updated on: 11 April 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

Exploring Medieval Place and Society through Local History.

Wednesday 11th, June 2025. 5:00pm – 6:00pm. Rewley House,1 Wellington Square,Oxford,OX1 2JA. FREE. Join Dr Simon Townley for the next talk in the…
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Posted on: 28 March 2025 Last updated on: 14 May 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

The Popular Classes and Royal Justice in Medieval England, 1330-31.

Wednesday 28th, May 2025. 5:00pm – 6:00pm. Rewley House,1 Wellington Square,Oxford,OX1 2JA. FREE. Join online or in Oxford for this…
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Posted on: 28 March 2025 Last updated on: 14 May 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

The New Dishley Society Celebrates the 300th Anniversary of the Birth of Robert Bakewell of Dishley Grange, Loughborough

Friday 30th May, 2025. 7:30pm. Loughborough University. FREE. The Tercentenary Lecture will be given by Mr John Thorley OBE, FRAgS,…
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Posted on: 17 March 2025 Last updated on: 29 March 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

The Institute of Historical Research’s Centre for the History of People, Place and Community

Winter/Spring 2025 Events Schedule Wednesday 22nd January 2025 5.30-7pm Online – via ZOOM From documenting dissent to mapping migration: communityheritage…
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Posted on: 5 December 2024 Last updated on: 5 December 2024 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

Journeys into Genealogy: Podcast

Julian Pooley : The Gentleman’s Magazine Listen to Julian Pooley as he joins Emma Cox on the Journeys into Genealogy…
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Posted on: 4 July 2024 Last updated on: 25 October 2024 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

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