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    Leicester History

    Global Leicester History Festival

    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

    Haward Soper 04/02/202206/04/2022 Leicester History Read more

    Annual Christmas Walk: Faith and Belief – Worship in Leicester Then and Now

    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

    Haward Soper 19/12/202106/04/2022 Leicester History, News Read more

    Greyfriars Townscape Heritage Initiative

    GTHI

    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

    Georgina Sear 02/05/202114/03/2022 About Leicester, Leicester History, Planning & Conservation News Read more

    Update on new Walk Developments

    Signs on New Walk, Leicester

    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

    Georgina Sear 10/02/202114/03/2022 Leicester History, Planning & Conservation News Read more

    Helen Boynton 1934 – 2020

    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

    Peter Jones 13/12/202014/03/2022 Leicester History Read more
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