Leicestershire VCH Trust

#ICYMI - a reminder that we are currently recruiting for a fixed term post focusing on architecture and the built environment. There's still plenty of time to apply! #HistoryJobs

🌳 An ancient oak from Bradgate Park is on the shortlist for Woodland Trust Tree of the Year - and your vote could make it the winner!

🌐 Read more and vote now: www.charnwoodforest.org/charnwood-fo...

even has a pub named after him (10 miles from Thurcaston)

Pleased to hear that Charnwood Forest will be applying for UNESCO Geopark status this year. Some of the rocks contain fossils of some of the oldest living creatures we know about (that lived 560 million years ago). Other rocks have trees almost growing out of them or resting on them

Better still, it can be fun!

An unusual map. Mountsorrel's 'geology' sounded particularly loud this morning, perhaps because the noise of quarrying carried further on the very strong wind.

An exhibition for those old enough to remember 'July fortnight' or young enough not to know what it was.

A view down Granby Street from the station end. In the foreground is a keep left bollard and the various cars line the streets.

Our City Explorers are gathering this Sunday (29 June) to explore Granby Street. Meet outside the Merchant of Venice cafe at 2pm. It's at the station end of the street.

🔥 Visit our Old Man of Beacon Hill geosite, and learn how geological processes have shaped this unusual rocky outcrop.

🌐 Plan your visit on our website: www.charnwoodforest.org/location/old...

A wooden panelling section engraved with 1604 Here the word of the Lord.

Sound or place? Or both, the word heard here?
Goadby Marwood church (Leic), part of a former pulpit tester.

Bells, Trains and More! Loughborough has so much to offer both the local people and visitors! Today's guest post is by the Bellfoundry Trust who have a new offering!

What do you get if you cross a unique bellfoundry with a unique double-track steam railway?The most exciting day out!! Taylors have teamed up with the GCR in a special offer for anyone wishing to visit both attractions! #Loughborough #OnePlaceStudy lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2025/06/bell...

An informative read. Many thanks for drawing attention to our piece on Enclosure of the Open Fields.

Robert Bakewell commemorative service An illustrated, short blogpost concerning the commemorative service for the 300th anniversary of the birth of Robert Bakewell.

My latest blogpost covers the commemorative service held at the old Dishley church in celebration of the 300th anniversary of the birth of agriculturalist Robert Bakewell #OnePlaceStudy @themerl.bsky.social Enjoy! lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2025/05/robe...

This looks excellent. Spotted that there's a new board at Bradgate Park too, about the fossil Bradgatia Linfordensis

Thank you. Fingers crossed our next book, a social and cultural history of Loughborough since 1750, will be out by the end of this year. Currently working towards a second Loughborough book.

Many congratulations to Karima Shirfield for her BALH publication award for her prize-winning article on Eleanor Frewen Turner published in Leics Arch & Hist Soc journal Leicestershire Historian in 2003 @balhnews.bsky.social

📗 Our Geopark has a range of free educational resources that celebrate Charnwood Forest in ways that connect to the curriculum - including science, history, english, maths, and geography.

🌐 Discover more on our website: www.charnwoodforest.org/geopark-publ...

Charles Phythian-Adams Obituary We are sorry to report that Charles Phythian-Adams passed away on Tuesday 13th May 2025. Although it was was not unexpected, his death is still very sad nonetheless Charles Phythian-Adams’s time at…

Very sorry to hear of the death of Professor Charles Phythian-Adams, an inspirational scholar and historian who will be greatly missed. May he rest in peace. Obituary at www.englishlocalhistory.org/wp/2025/02/1... and a memoir at www.englishlocalhistory.org/wp/2025/05/1...

Wonderful to see this tribute to Air Vice Marshal "Johnnie" Johnson CB, CBE, DSOx3, DFCx2, DL (1915-2001) on the end on a terrace in Loughborough. He was the most decorated fighter pilot in WWII and a former pupil of Loughborough Grammar School.

A little reading to sit back and enjoy over any seasonal break you may be having

Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas

We're delighted to welcome Jess Vollar Bell as the new Chief Executive of The Generator Loughborough! A Loughborough local and former Rawlins pupil, Jess brings together her experience from London's theatre scene and a decade in arts venue management.

We've been silent because we've been busy! Just started a new volunteer project in #Nanpantan. This will feed into our #Loughborough research.

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We've just joined Bluesky. We're part of the national Victoria County History project and are currently researching a history of the town of Loughborough. Our latest Newsletter is now available to download at leicestershirehistory.co.uk?page_id=3681