On Saturday 2 April 2022 9.45am – 5.15pm De Montfort University, Leicester and the Historical Association are running a day long festival ‘Global Leicester’ is a History festival to celebrate Leicester’s history & explore how it became the most diverse
Annual Christmas Walk: Faith and Belief – Worship in Leicester Then and Now
Yesterday Peter Jones and Leigh Picciano Moss got our walks programme underway. It has been a long time but the walk was well attended (over subscribed showing that we are missed?) and those who came enjoyed it hugely. Here is
Greyfriars Townscape Heritage Initiative
Leicester Civic Society was delighted to be involved in this five year project to restore and regenerate the architectural heritage of Leicester’s Old Town which focussed on buildings in the Greyfriars area. You can find out more on the legacy
Update on new Walk Developments
The November 2020 issue of ‘The Citizen’ contained an article about Leicester’s Crown Jewel, New Walk, and the changes that it has seen in its long history, from Georgian promenade for the townsfolk to the racecourse on the Southern edge
Helen Boynton 1934 – 2020
Members of the Civic Society will be saddened to learn of the recent death of one of Leicester’s foremost local historians. Helen Boynton’s highly regarded series of books and articles covering so many aspects of the city’s life and times