Urban History Group Conference 2025.
4th & 5th September, 2025. All Day. University of Leicester. The Urban Commons: Rights and Citizenship in the City from…
What is a town?
By Dr. Joe Chick who is a Research Associate in Medieval History currently working on the ENDURE project run by…
Parish and Belonging
Community, Identity and Welfare in England and Wales 1700 – 1950 Keith Snell, published by Cambridge University Press in 2002.…
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…
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…
Medieval Society and Landscape
Four talks on Medieval Society and Landscape Convened by Professor Elizabeth Gemmill and Dr Stephen Mileson This new seminar series will showcase fascinating…
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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…
The Melsonby Hoard
The Melsonby Hoard is a highly significant discovery of Iron Age metalwork from nearly 2,000 years ago, discovered in late…
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,…
Ecclesiastical History Society Summer Conference 2025: Creeds, Councils and Canons.
15th – 17th July, 2025. . Pollock Edinburgh University, EH16 5AY. . The 2025 EHS Conference theme will be ‘Creeds,…
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…
Leicestershire Stories: Part 2.
By Jeremy Benson who has now completed Part 2 of his online Leicestershire Stories, which focuses on the Wars of the…
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…
Charles Phythian-Adams Obituary
We are sorry to report that Charles Phythian-Adams passed away on Tuesday 13th May 2025. Although it was was not…
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 Making of the Lincolnshire Landscape Conference
Saturday 21st June, 2025. Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln. Call for papers This interdisciplinary conference aims to explore the diversity of…
History (Local History) MA
Starts September 2025. 1 – 2 years full or part time. University of Leicester. UK £9550, International £18950. This course…