The BBC Radio Leicester Sound Archive comprises over 2,000 spoken word programmes broadcast between 1967 and the digitisation of the station in 2001. This collection of analogue, local radio broadcast material provides original examples of the history of BBC Radio Leicester, the first of the local network stations to hit the …
The East Midlands Oral History Archive was originally funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund to establish the first large-scale archive of oral history recordings for Leicestershire & Rutland. This includes the collections of the former Leicester Oral History Archive, the Mantle archive from North West Leicestershire, the Community …
A ghost sign is a hand-painted advertisement that has been preserved on a building for an extended period of time. Often found on the sides of houses and other buildings which stand at busy intersections. It was common for signs to be repainted with new designs periodically leaving the original artwork obscured. As the paints age and …
A selection of political memorabilia of Archibald Gorrie (c.1885-1941) relating to the Labour movement in Leicestershire in the period c.1889-1909, specifically press cuttings, posters and selected items related to the Leicester Passive Resisters League. Gorrie became the branch secretary and benefactor of the Socialist League (Branch …
A collection of 50 trade and street directories for Leicester and Leicestershire dating from 1790s to 1910s. Directories are an invaluable primary source for historians. They provide first hand data about local communities, their infrastructure and the individuals inhabiting those communities. Published more frequently than the census, …
A selection of items from LIHS archives, including photographs, short films, and illustrated studies into aspects of Leicestershires industrial history. Current items reflect the quarrying, coal mining, lime, power, boot and shoe, hosiery, railway transport, wind milling and agricultural industries in the county
Currently under development
The Manufacturing Pasts collection contains sources relating to the history of manufacturing in Leicester, selected from the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland and the University of Leicester Library by subject experts at the University of Leicester’s Centre for Urban History. The …
A selection of films relating to Leicestershire supplied from the archives of the Media Archive for Central England (MACE). MACE is the screen archive for the Midlands and provides opportunities for everyone to connect with the culture and history of the Midlands through a 70,000 strong collection of film, tape and digital material, …
A collection of materials digitised by Rothley Heritage Trust including historical postcards, estate plans and churchwarden accounts.
This collection contains plans for houses that were to be part of the "Rothley Garden Suburb". A model suburb proposed in and around Rothley at the turn of the 20th century
A selection of books and maps from the University of Leicester Special Collections
More than 1000 photographs of streets and individual buildings in Leicester demolished between 1955 to 1975, mainly as a result of the postwar slum clearance programme, but also in connection with other developments. Arranged in alphabetical order of street names, with relevant district noted.
My Leicestershire History is a free and fully searchable online resource containing photographs, films, sound recordings, and books about the history of Leicester and Leicestershire.
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