New old maps from the National Library of Scotland.
With around two million cartographic items, the NLS map collection is the largest in Scotland and one of the largest…
Prof. Prashant Kidambi
Prashant Kidambi is Professor of Urban History at the University of Leicester. His research explores how modern South Asia was…
LAHS Dissertation Prizes for Leicestershire and Rutland Archaeology and History.
Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society awards four annual dissertation prizes for extended projects that focus on the Archaeology and/or History…
The Phythian-Adams Award
Undergraduate awards 2025 Named in honour of Professor Charles Phythian-Adams, former Director of the Centre for English Local History, the…
Scarborough Lecture: The Medieval Jewish Communities of the East Midlands.
Thursday 25th, September, 2025. 7:30pm. To be advised. Free. Dr Dean Irwin of the University of Lincoln. The East Midlands…
The Centre for Regional and Local History
Dedicated to the study of regional and local history throughout England and Wales, the Centre for Regional and Local History…
The Centre for Urban History
The University of Leicester has been an international pioneer of urban history since the 1960s and has been associated with…
Urban History Group Conference 2025.
4th & 5th September, 2025. All Day. Attenborough Seminar Block, University of Leicester. The Urban Commons: Rights and Citizenship in…
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.…
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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…
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…