Centre for English Local History
Centre for English Local History, Salisbury Road, Leicester ©CELH
The Centre for English Local History (CELH) emerged out of the Department for English Local History established at the University of Leicester in 1948. Founded by the pioneering local historian W. G. Hoskins, it is notable for having stressed the general practice of local history, rather than concentrating solely on the East Midlands.
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- Website:
- http://www.le.ac.uk/elh/
- Historians:
- Hoskins, William George
Thirsk, Joan - Institutions:
- British Association for Local History
Victoria County History
- Themes:
- Annales School
Economic history
Local history
Social history
Other Articles
- Charles Phythian-Adams, 'Hoskins's England : a local historian of genius and the realisation of his theme', Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, 66 (1992), 143–59
- Jack Simmons, Local, National, and Imperial History: an Inaugural Lecture Delivered at University College, Leicester, 16 Feb. 1948 (Leicester, 1950)
