Sunday 17 March 2024
A house at 93 Main Street, Lyddington, Rutland - A history of ownership and occupation over 400 years
LAHS Member Trevor Harrington shares a portion of his house history, exploring how even in the 18th Century, life could still be shaped by the manorial system, discussing in particular the "Borough English" custom of land inheritance and the stark consequences it could and did have for women.
Sunday 10 March 2024
The Bean-Bellies of Leicestershire – an Eco-History of a Name
LAHS Trustee and Committee Member, Elizabeth Tingle explores the now forgotten importance of the humble bean as a widespread staple food crop in Leicestershire across the centuries.
Sunday 3 March 2024
Why do three adjacent villages have rare C17th fonts?
LAHS Member Bob Trubshaw examines three local examples of rare baptismal fonts found in the villages of Bottesford, Orston and Muston, exploring their links to Archbishop Laud's counter-reformation of the mid 17th Century.
Sunday 25 February 2024
Luddism and Chartism and the part played by Leicestershire Women
LAHS member Steve Marquis looks at the often overlooked role played by Leicestershire women in these important 19th Century political working class movements.
Sunday 18 February 2024
A Polish homeopath in Leicester
LAHS Newsletter and Reviews Editor, Cynthia Brown tells the intriguing story of Severin Wielobycki, a 19th century Polish homeopath who lived and worked in Leicester during the 1860s.
Sunday 11 February 2024
The Smeeton Westerby Beaker burial revisited
Almost 50 years ago, an ancient Beaker burial was found on Smeeton Hill in south Leicestershire. LAHS Vice-President, Dr Patrick Clay takes a fresh look at how far our understanding of late Neolithic/ early Bronze Age Leicestershire has come since then.
Sunday 4 February 2024
Northfields Council Estate remembered
LAHS Member Dave Fogg Postles looks back on life on the Northfields Council Estate in Leicester.
Thursday 18 January 2024
The 1645 Siege of Leicester
LAHS member Steve Marquis, recounts the infamous siege of Leicester in 1645 during the height of the English Civil War
Sunday 17 December 2023
George Hort ‘Leicester’s Forgotten Working-class Hero’ 1783 – 1858
Steve Marquis, LAHS member and author of a recent new book on the Framework Knitters of Leicestershire, discusses here the life of an early 19th Century prominent leader of the Leicester Framework Knitters Union.
Thursday 5 October 2023
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