FREE borrowing for Alumni at University of Leicester libraries
It appears that Alumni have been added to the small number of local groups like Leicestershire NHS staff, Leicestershire teaching…
FREE Membership for ALL University of Leicester History Students and PhD History Candidates
The Friends of The Centre for English Local History are pleased to extend FREE membership to ALL University of Leicester…
New Thinking: Flooding and Energy by Richard Jones
Podcast for BBC Radio 3. How decoding Erewash, Trent, Averham and other field, river and place names from old maps…
Christopher Taylor Obituary
Chris Dyer has written a memoir / obituary for Chris Taylor, written for the British Academy, which will eventually be…
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…
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…
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…