Oxford’s Rebels and Radicals
IN-PERSON DAY/WEEKEND • SHORT COURSES Fees: £80 Oxford University may be a bastion of tradition, but how much do you…
Calendar: Local History Events
Conference: The Rev. Henry Alford, A.W.N. Pugin and the Restoration of St Mary’s Church, Wymeswold: ecclesiology & architecture in 19th-century Leicestershire.
Between 1844 and 1846, the Reverend Henry Alford, vicar of Wymeswold (later Dean of Canterbury) commissioned the architect A.W.N. Pugin…
Rule Britannia: Queens, Power, Thrones
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Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JA
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IN-PERSON DAY/WEEKEND • SHORT COURSES Fees: From £120 Female monarchs who ruled in their own right have been a rarity…
North Lecture: Emperor Septimius Severus and Roman Leicester’s links to North Africa.
Dr Simon Elliott, FSA archaeologist and historian, is an award winning and best-selling archaeologist, historian and broadcaster, with published works…
Jane Austen’s World: Women’s Lives in Regency England
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Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JA
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IN-PERSON DAY/WEEKEND • SHORT COURSES Fees: From £120 This day event in Oxford will look at middle class women’s lives…
2026 LAHS Member’s Evening
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Clephan 0.01, De Montfort University, Leicester.
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The annual LAHS Members’ evening provides an opportunity for members to present the results of their own research to the…
WHaCS – Sharon Bennett Connolly on Heroines of the Medieval World
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St Leonard's Community Centre, 4 Bramcote Lane, Nottingham, NG8 2ND
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Turning the spotlight on amazing Medieval women with strong ties to Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire.
30 Years of British Comedy
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Clephan 0.01, De Montfort University, Leicester.
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Geoff Rowe, Founder of the Leicester Comedy Festival, talks about his experience of producing and promoting British comedy, including stories…
The Beaumanor Coach and its Restoration
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Clephan 0.01, De Montfort University, Leicester.
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A talk by Amy Bracey, Project Curator and Trustee, The Carriage Foundation.
The Braunstone History Show
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Braunstone Civic Centre, Kingsway, Braunstone LE3 2PP
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Come and see how Braunstone has changed from an Iron Age settlement to today’s urban village
James Wright: In Search of Britain’s Oldest Pubs
Our final Lecture of the year is fast approaching and we are delighted to welcome back Dr James Wright .…
From Nation to Local: Re-Discovering England’s Places through A History of England in 25 Poems.
Centre for Regional and Local History & Centre for Urban History Autumn 2025 Seminar Series. Presented by Prof. Catherine Clarke…
The Alluring Legacy of Alexander the Great.
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Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JA
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IN-PERSON DAY/WEEKEND • SHORT COURSES Fees: From £120 Discover Alexander the Great, unparalleled in his capacity to captivate the collective…
Friends of the Centre for English Local History AGM 2025
November 18th 2025 at 7:00pm via ZOOM.
Protest and the enclosure of urban public space in England from the late 18th century to the present.
Unfortunately Katrina Navickas’s talk on 13 November has been postponed until January. Centre for Regional and Local History & Centre…
Researching a War Memorial.
From Oadby Remembers, Jan Bryars (Chair) and Sue Lester (Researcher) tell the story of the research carried out between 2014…
Restless Souls, Global Footprints.
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St. Nicholas Church, Maid Marion Way, Nottingham, NG1 6AE
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To mark the publication of his latest book ‘Restless Souls, Global Footprints’ Adrian Gray will give an illustrated talk covering…
Surrey Heritage Online Talks: Celebrating R C Sherriff.
November 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of the Surrey author R C Sherriff (1896-1975). This talk celebrates…
Oxford’s Black and Muslim migration stories.
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Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6GG
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Part of Oxford Community History Hub’s autumn events programme entitled ‘WHO MAKES HISTORY?’ This seminar will be led by the…
Sceptred Isle: a new history of the 14th century.
Join historian Helen Carr for a fresh look at a century of revolution, shifting power and unprecedented change.