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The British Records Association

The Nation’s Records Preserved, Accessed and Interpreted for the Benefit of All. The Association aims to initiate, encourage and support…
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Posted on: 10 February 2025 Last updated on: 10 February 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

Winner of the Janette Harley Prize 2024

The British Records Association is delighted to announce the winner of the 2024 Janette Harley Prize: Dr Eliza Wheaton (editor), Loving and…
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Posted on: 10 February 2025 Last updated on: 10 February 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

Professor Nicola Verdon BA, MA, PhD.

We sadly have to inform you of the death of Nicola Verdon who undertook the MA course in English Local…
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Posted on: 8 February 2025 Last updated on: 8 February 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

Eleanor Frewen Turner

Author Karima Shirfield, published by Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society in The Leicestershire Historian 59. Vol 59. pp. 56-62. The…
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Posted on: 30 January 2025 Last updated on: 22 February 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

Historic London tramways posters on display

A collection of historic posters from the London tramways network will go on display in February 2025. The London Archives…
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Posted on: 26 January 2025 Last updated on: 26 January 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

The Cossington Necklace

In 1999, archaeologists working at a quarry in Cossington, Leicestershire, found something amazing. In a grave from the Early Bronze…
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Posted on: 25 January 2025 Last updated on: 25 January 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

LAHS History Fair 2025

Saturday 5th July, 2025. Oakham Castle. The LAHS History Fair returns and will be taking place on Saturday 5th July…
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Posted on: 24 January 2025 Last updated on: 22 February 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

Historian Membership

Historian membership is for everyone with a love of history. If you enjoy reading and hearing about history, want to…
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Posted on: 23 January 2025 Last updated on: 22 February 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

HA Conference 2025

9-10 May, 2025. All day. Hilton Liverpool City Centre, 3 Thomas Steers Way, LiverpoolL1 8LW. £ See ‘Register here’. New…
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Posted on: 23 January 2025 Last updated on: 22 February 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

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…
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Posted on: 22 January 2025 Last updated on: 22 January 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

Department of Continuing Education – Short Courses in History including Local and Social History

Journey back through history and uncover the secrets of our past. Whether you’re eager to explore a new interest or…
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Posted on: 9 January 2025 Last updated on: 20 January 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

Leicestershire Fieldworkers Book Price and Postage List 2024

Earthworks of Rutland by Robert F Hartley, ed K Elkin, 2023.A4, 133 pages, 88 plans, 17 landscape maps, 5 colour…
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Posted on: 15 December 2024 Last updated on: 19 January 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

BALH Events Programme

Local Country Walks Through Colonial Britain Thursday 31st October 2024 7:00pm. Event type: Virtual The countryside is cherished by many…
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Posted on: 10 December 2024 Last updated on: 2 March 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

Gdansk and the Hanseatic League.

Our new FCELH Chair, Anne Coyne, is a medievalist whose main area of research is the religious and mercantile history…
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Posted on: 6 December 2024 Last updated on: 28 December 2024 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

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…
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Posted on: 28 November 2024 Last updated on: 2 December 2024 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

A Walk Through Leicester: Susanna Watts (1768-1842)

Leicestershire Archaeology and Historical Society guest blogger, John Parker, retraces the footsteps of Susanna Watts. Abolitionist, author, translator, and artist.
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Posted on: 25 November 2024 Last updated on: 22 February 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

Robert Bakewell of Dishley Grange (1725-1795).

Robert Bakewell was the fourth generation of a family of Leicestershire tenant farmers in Normanton-le-Heath. Originally husbandmen, they developed specialist…
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Posted on: 12 November 2024 Last updated on: 20 November 2024 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

Anthony John Mundella 1825-1897

Anthony John Mundella was born in Leicester on 28th March 1825. His mother was a local framework knitter called Rebecca…
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Posted on: 9 November 2024 Last updated on: 15 March 2025 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker

‘Provisions for the people: the food supply of Loughborough, 1851-1897’ by Dave Fogg Postles

This is part of Dave’s new book on the food supply of Loughborough and is available as a FREE download…
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Posted on: 3 November 2024 Last updated on: 11 November 2024 Comments: 0 Written by: John Parker
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