Study Day at Queen Street Mill
Saturday 1st October 2022, Burnley, Lancs, BB10 2HX. Visit the last surviving operational steam-driven 19th century textile mill Highlights include:…
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Chris Mitchell
As a follow-up to the recent Friends Online Presentation The Multicultural Middle Ages Chris Mitchell advises that his PhD thesis…
Friends’ volunteers complete digitisation of the CELH library card catalogue
Thanks to the efforts of a dedicated team of volunteers, the Friends have now completed the digitisation of the CELH…
Library relocation complete
The libraries of the Centre for English Local History and the Centre for Urban History have now arrived at the…
HOSKINS DAY 2022.
Saturday 2nd July 2022. Time : 13:00 to 16:00. Venue : King Richard III Visitor Centre, 4a St Martins, Leicester, LE1…
Dr. Rosamond Faith and the Joan Thirsk Memorial Prize.
We are pleased to report that a member of The Friends and eminent former member of the Department of English…
Have you got the skills to help an historic chapel?
Friends who took part in the April 2019 Norwich Study Weekend will recall a Saturday morning visit to the Old…
The Human Costs of the British Civil Wars.
On 9th December 2021 the inaugural David Dymond Memorial Winter Lecture was given by Andrew Hopper. The following report is…
A History of English Places
VCH Smartphone App Do you want to explore England’s Past? Are you interested in maps? Then the Victoria County History’s…
New Director of The Centre for English Local History
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Angela Muir as the new Director of the Centre for English…