Friends of the Centre for English Local History (@fcelh)

Celebration of Heritage 2026. From 12.00 noon to 4.00PM on Saturday 21 March 2026 free, family-friendly day at the University of Leicester. Explore the campus, meet students and staff, try hands-on activities (including an arch…

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Family Life in Late-Medieval Brecon On Tuesday 31st March 2026 7:00pm – 8:00pm this webinar will explore the medieval gentry families of Brecon, descended from Norman, English and Welsh settlers, and ask a deceptively simple qu…

02.03.2026 08:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

British Agricultural History Society Spring Conference 2026. BAHS Spring Conference and AGM will be held at Channing Hall, Sheffield, on 2nd May. More details will follow.

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The Nicola Verdon Memorial Conference 2026. Remembering Professor Nicola Verdon. Following the untimely death of Professor Nicola Verdon at the end of 2024, the British Agricultural History Society is supporting a two-day memorial conference…

27.02.2026 21:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Local Population Studies Society Final Conference. The LPSS Final Conference will take place at Madingley Hall, Madingley, Cambridgeshire on July 4th 2026. Further details will be circulated shortly.

25.02.2026 08:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

2027, European year of the Normans. In 2027, don’t be surprised if you hear a lot about William the Conqueror, Guillaume Le Conquérant, Wilhelm der Eroberer, Guglielmo il Conquistatore: Europe will be celebrating the Duke of Normandy…

24.02.2026 21:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Medieval Settlement Research Group Spring Conference 2026. The MSRG Spring Conference will take place on 18th-19th April at Deans Conference Centre, Lincoln College, Monks Road, Lincoln, LN2 5HQ and will explore new insights into medieval rural settlements…

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Hoskins Day 2026 More information here soon

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Riot Act by Andy Barrett – A Rehearsed Reading. RIOT ACT will be presented at the Framework Knitters Museum at Ruddington, Nottingham in its Chapel Gallery space as a script-in-hand rehearsed reading on Friday 27 and Saturday 28 March at 7pm. Ti…

22.02.2026 11:19 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

2026 Festival of Archaeology The Festival will take place across the UK from Saturday 18th July to Sunday 2nd August and the theme will be ‘Archaeology and Nature’. Archaeology and nature are interconnected reveali…

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Lincolnshire Churches Conference 2026. This full-day Conference organised by the SLHA Local History Team, will take place on Saturday 18 April in Heckington, near Sleaford and will include a variety of talks and a guided visit to the St…

20.02.2026 10:21 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Summer Schools in Oxford Got plans for this summer? If not, look at a study holiday in Oxford! From week-long introductory courses to specialist in-depth programmes, all of the summer schools are now open to enrolments. Sp…

19.02.2026 14:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Frame Breaking in Nottingham 1811. What became the first instance of Luddism in the year 1811 began during the daytime on Monday 11th March. Hundreds of stockingers gathered in the market place in Nottingham, where angry speeches we…

19.02.2026 14:24 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

1826 Weavers Uprising. Handloom weavers in the nineteenth century were known to be a hard-working and compliant workforce who faced periodic poverty with stoical resilience. Yet in Pennine Lancashire in April 1826 their …

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Maurice Bond Lecture and Harley Prize Presentation. The 2026 Maurice Bond Lecture will be held on Thursday, May 7, 2026 from 6 pm to 9 pm at the Guildhall Library, London. This year’s lecture will be given by Juergen Vervoorst FIIC ACR, Head o…

17.02.2026 13:48 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

The Trial of Francis Hacker. On Friday 8th May 2026 at 7:00 pm the trial of Colonel Francis Hacker will take place at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Newark, Nottinghamshire. The good people of Stathern in Leicestershire are taki…

16.02.2026 21:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Church and Race. Ecclesiastical Summer Conference. 13-15 July 2026, Royal Holloway, University of London. Plenary Speakers. Professor Miri Rubin, Queen Mary University London & Incoming EHS President. Professor…

11.02.2026 10:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Harry Johnson Awards 2026. Entries will be invited for the best historic building restoration or new build projects in the HARRY JOHNSON AWARDS 2026 run by the Nottinghamshire Building Preservation Trust (NBPT) and the Notti…

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Call for papers: Conference of the International Commission for History of Towns (ICHT) The Conference of the International Commission for History of Towns (ICHT) will be held in Kaunas, Lithuania, 10-12 September 2026. Deadline of paper submission: March 1, 2026.In 2026, a new four-y…

06.02.2026 10:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Rebellion and protest across six centuries. A one-day conference on Saturday 17th October 2026 at Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3AA, £25.00 Non-Member Rate (BALH Members £20.00). BALH in association with SDNQ (Somerset and …

04.02.2026 19:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Gorton Together. Healthy Me Healthy Communities CiC is excited to announce Gorton Together, a two‑year National Lottery Heritage Fund project that will preserve and celebrate the rich social history of Gorton Centr…

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Notts Local History Forum 2026. Saturday, Mar 28 from 10:00AM to 4:00PMRavenshead Village Hall, 11 Vernon Crescent Ravenshead NG15 9BPNLHA members: £9, Non-members: £10 Fantastic programme of speakers. Gill Sarre: Thieves, Poache…

03.02.2026 08:54 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Top of the Campops: 60 things you didn’t know about family, marriage, work, and death since the middle ages. The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure. The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure (Campop) was founded in 1964 by Peter Laslett and Tony…

30.01.2026 13:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Family Archives in England, 1650-1838: Manuscripts, Memory, and the Making of History. This seminar will take place on Wednesday 11th March 2026 between 3:00PM and 6:00PM and will be a hybrid event online-via Zoom and in person at Room OC1.06, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7A.…

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Centre for Regional and Local History & Centre for Urban History: Spring 2026 Seminar Series. All seminars are hybrid (in person in Attenborough 101 and via Teams). See the full programme here

23.01.2026 09:34 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Leicestershire History – Issue 2 Issue 2 of Leicester Archaeological and Historical Society magazine Leicestershire History will be published shortly, with members receiving the online version free with their membership. (The link…

21.01.2026 20:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Make learning work for you this year : Study part-time at Oxford. Are you ready to make 2026 a year of discovery? Whether you want to delve into a new interest, refine your skills or simply enjoy the pleasure of learning at Oxford, the wide range of flexible shor…

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The 45th West London Local History Conference. Saturday 11 April 2026 at Duke Street Church, Richmond upon Thames. Tickets are £15 for a full day of local history and are available here. “Shopping is Never Done – West London High St…

19.01.2026 12:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

No Country for Travellers? British Visitors to Spain and Portugal, 1760-1820 by Roey Sweet. Recently published No Country for Travellers? British Visitors to Spain and Portugal, 1760-1820 can be download for free here: No Country for Travellers? explores the rise and nature of Briti…

17.01.2026 14:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Historic Map of Leicester Are you interested in contributing to the publication of a Historic Map of Leicester? The Historic Towns Trust is partnering with the Centre for Urban History to create a Historic Map of Lei…

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