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Starting a new Branch
Organising and running an HA branch
The Historical Association and its branches
Branches have been an essential part of the Historical Association since it began. They exist in all parts of the United Kingdom and take a variety of forms.
A branch provides a local forum to bring together all those with an interest in history:...
Starting a new Branch
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Glasgow & West of Scotland Branch Programme
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All enquiries to Mrs Marie Davidson davidsonmh@googlemail.com tel 01419561172
All meetings are held at 11am on the second Saturday of the month at Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church Observatory Road, Glasgow West End G12 9AR.
Associate membership £20 per year. Talks free to national HA members and students, visitors £5.
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Glasgow & West of Scotland Branch Programme
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Gwent Branch Programme
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Enquiries to Jane Morris 07741455539. davies-jane1@sky.com
All talks begin at 7pm and are held at St Augustine’s Church Hall, Commercial Street, Pontllanfraith, Blackwood, NP12 2JG (on road B4251 access to the large car park is directly off the roundabout).
Associate branch membership - £20 per year, guests £5 per meeting....
Gwent Branch Programme
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Portsmouth Branch Programme
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Unless otherwise stated, all talks start at 7pm and finish no later than 8.30pm. The venue for talks is: Room 1.09, Park Building, King Henry I St, Portsmouth, PO1 2BZ. Pay on arrival: £4 per lecture, or £20 for all lectures from October to May. Students and HA members pay...
Portsmouth Branch Programme
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Cleopatra Podcast
Branch Lecture Podcast
This pod-cast was recorded at the Central London Branch of the Historical Association on Saturday 20th February 2010, at the Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, University of London. We were pleased to welcome cultural historian Lucy Hughes-Hallet to the branch to speak on ‘Cleopatra'. Lucy Hughes-Hallet detailed how fact and legend about Cleopatra had been intertwined through history in...
Cleopatra Podcast
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Reading Branch History
Branch History
Brief outline history of the Reading Branch of the Historical Association
Reading is one of the places to have had a branch before the First World War, between 1908 and 1911 as was shown in The Historian, ‘The Branches of the Historical Association 1906-2006'. The story of the current Reading...
Reading Branch History
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Prehistoric Bristol
Classic Pamphlet
This period is represented in the valley of the Bristol Avon by the Acheulian industries, named from the type station of St. Acheul in the Somme valley, which has yielded many ovate and pear-shaped hand-axes characteristic of the period. These industries flourished during the very long Second Interglacial phase, a...
Prehistoric Bristol
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Nuneaton Branch Programme
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Enquiries to Branch Secretary Michael Arnold. michael.arnold@cantab.net tel 07785 337147
Venue: Unless otherwise stated talks start at 7.30pm on Thursdays at Chilvers Coton Heritage Centre 4 Avenue Road, Nuneaton CV11 4LU. Ample parking available.
Associate membership is £15 per year. Talks free to national HA members and students, visitors: voluntary...
Nuneaton Branch Programme
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Hull & East Riding Branch Programme
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The Hull and East Riding branch meets at the University Library, Hull University, Cottingham Rd, Hull HU6 7RX.
Our meetings are on the third Thursday of the month, 7.30pm until about 9 pm. Coffee and tea can be purchased in the University Library Coffee Bar before the meeting, and there...
Hull & East Riding Branch Programme
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Bolton Branch History
Branch History
The Bolton Branch of the Historical Association, having been founded in 1927, celebrated its 80th birthday suitably spectacularly in October 2007. Not only did it have, for the occasion, a distinguished Chief Guest as visiting lecturer, and an audience of nearly 200, but it also had a large, decorative and...
Bolton Branch History
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Norfolk & Norwich Branch Programme
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Branch contact All enquiries to Mr Simon Kinder (Secretary) via email: norwichha@gmail.com
Venues: This varies. Our main venue is currently The Forum, Millennium Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1TF. We are also exploring links with the UEA. In both cases, car parks are close to the venue.
Associate membership £20...
Norfolk & Norwich Branch Programme
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Manchester Branch Programme (with Liverpool and Chester)
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Entry to meetings is free to HA members, non-members £4 per meeting.
We are delighted to be able to welcome our members and interested members of the public to our 2026-2027 series of events! Of course, circumstances are always changeable and so events may be changed or cancelled at short...
Manchester Branch Programme (with Liverpool and Chester)
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Bath Branch Programme
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Entry to lectures is free for national HA members and Bath Branch local members who have paid an annual subscription (£18). Visitors are welcome and are asked to pay £6 per lecture.
For more information please contact Mike Short, Branch Secretary, mikeshort20@btinternet.com or 01225 812945.
Lectures begin at 7.30 pm...
Bath Branch Programme
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History of the Cumbria Branch
Branch History
Cumbria Branch was founded in November 1971 as a result of a very successful tour of Hadrian's Wall, led by Peter Southern. We decided we needed a more permanent influence of the H.A. in Carlisle and Cumbria. There had been a Carlisle Branch earlier in the C20th but it folded...
History of the Cumbria Branch
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Sheffield Branch Programme
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For all branch enquiries to Michael Clarke m.s.clarke@birkdaleschool.org.uk
Meetings are held at the Lecture Theatre, Grayson Building, Birkdale School, Oakholme Road, Sheffield S10 3DH. Entrance via the Endcliffe Crescent gate. Parking available on site. Usually held the first or second Thursday of the month. Doors will open at 7pm and...
Sheffield Branch Programme
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HA Branches in the South East
Branch details by region
Beckenham & Bromley Branch
Branch contact: Mrs A Wagstaff 020 8777 7742 BeckenhamHA@uclmail.net
Cost: Entry to meetings is free for HA members and £2 for visitors.
Associate membership of the branch is £12 for 2024/25 or £19.50 with our monthly news bulletin, The Beckenham Historian.
Venue: All meetings take place at...
HA Branches in the South East
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Bolton Branch Birthday
Bolton Branch News
Renowned historian Professor Sir Ian Kershaw joined the Bolton Branch of the Historical Association on 1 October 2007 to help celebrate their 80th anniversary. An audience of 185 people listened to his lecture on ‘The German People and the Persecution of the Jews', which examined the attitudes of the German...
Bolton Branch Birthday
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Northampton Branch Programme
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Leicester & Northampton Branches Joint Programme of Online Talks & Activities 2026-27
All talks are online and take place at 6pm-7.30pm. Booking is through Eventbrite.
Entry is free of charge.
All enquiries for Leicester Branch: Dr Alex Bryne. alexander.bryne@dmu.ac.uk
All enquiries for Northampton Branch: Professor Matthew McCormack. Matthew.McCormack@northampton.ac.uk
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Northampton Branch Programme
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Central London Branch Programme
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For all enquires and for events where pre-booking is required, please contact:
Jill Kilsby MA, MBA, 8 Purley Oaks Road, Sanderstead, Surrey, CR2 ONP
Email: jillkilsby2012@live.co.uk | Tel: 07957 627783
All talks start at 2pm and take place at St. Anne’s Church 55 Dean Street, London W1S 6AF, Allen Room, first floor...
Central London Branch Programme
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Cambridge Branch Programme
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Cambridge Branch Programme
Enquiries to Branch President Dr Sean Lang sf_lang@hotmail.com
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Cambridge Branch Programme
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York and North Yorkshire Branch Programme
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All enquiries to Elizabeth McCulloch, Elizabeth.McCulloch@boothamschool.com 07884 435 701
Talks free to members, £2 for visitors.
York & North Yorkshire Branch Programme 2026-27
Autumn Term 2026
5pm - 6.30pm, Tuesday 29th September, at Millthorpe School Hall, Nunthorpe Avenue, York, YO23 1WF
Dawn of the Vikings
Alex Harvey, archaeology postgraduate,...
York and North Yorkshire Branch Programme
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HA Branches in the East of England
Branch details by region
Cambridge Branch
Enquiries to Branch President Dr Sean Lang sf_lang@hotmail.com
Cambridge Branch Programme
Essex Branch
Talks on Saturdays, 2.30pm, Trinity Methodist Church, Rainsford Road, Chelmsford, CM1 2XB. Please check the calendar on this website for details.
Visitors and prospective members warmly welcomed - £3, Associate Members fee £10.00 / £15.00 for 2 members...
HA Branches in the East of England
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HA Branches in the North East
Branch details by region
Tyneside Branch
For all enquiries about the branch please contact Claire Baker hatynesidebranch@gmail.com
Tyneside Branch Programme
HA Branches in the North East
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HA Branches in the North West
Branch details by region
Bolton Branch
Branch contact All enquiries to Mrs Melissa Wright mwright@boltonschool.org.uk 07912369060
Venue: All talks start at 6.30pm on (mostly) the first Monday of the month, and take place in the Leverhulme Suite @ Bolton School Girls’ Division, Chorley New Road, Bolton, BL1 4PA. Parking free in the Girls’ Division Quad.
Associate membership £20 per...
HA Branches in the North West
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West Wiltshire Branch Programme
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Branch contact All enquiries to Mrs Jenny Ladd jladd242@gmail.com tel 01373 830514
M 07724 210 851
Venue: All talks start at 7.30pm and take place in St. Thomas’ Church Hall, York Buildings, Trowbridge, Wilts. BA14 8PT. Free parking on the road, limited free parking next to Church.
Associate membership £15...
West Wiltshire Branch Programme
