The World Turned Upside Down
People, events and ideas of the British Civil Wars explored and explained by leading historians including Friends of the Centre…
Stories of ‘ordinary medieval folk’
Dr Sarah Inskip, researcher on After the Plague, and now at the Centre for Regional and Local History, University of…
Surrey Heritage
Surrey History Centre in Woking collects and preserves the records of Surrey’s past and present, documenting the story of the…
Medieval Settlement Research Group
MSRG is a multi-disciplinary group that facilitates collaboration between archaeologists, historians, geographers and other interested parties dedicated to developing understanding…
Short Courses for Adult Learners
Department of Continuing Education Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 2JA. History Courses including Local and Social History Enrich and…
Leicestershire Archaeological & Historical Society Transactions
Leicestershire Archaeological & Historical Society is approaching the end of long project to lodge the complete archive of LAHS Transactions,…
English Local History Publications at The David Wilson Library.
The David Wilson Library holds an excellent collection of English local history publications on the 3rd Floor, accessible to those with…
Nichols Archive Project.
Julian Pooley, FSA, Centre for Regional and Local History, University of Leicester. The papers accumulated and collected by John Nichols…
Views of England and Wales: a new online collection
At the end of March 2023 Library and Learning Services at the University of Leicester has launched ‘Views of England…
Centre for English Local History Bibliographies
You can now view and/or download PDF copies of CELH bibliographies for the years 1948-1998, 1999-2008 and 2009-2021 from our…
Historic Maps from The National Library of Scotland
The National Library of Scotland holds over two million cartographic items, making it the largest collection of maps in Scotland…
Friends Newsletters
PDF copies of all Friends newsletters from issue 1 of 1989 to the latest issue are now available to view…
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…