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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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Leicester Branch Programme
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Leicester & Northampton Branches Joint Programme of Online Talks & Activities 2025-26
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 Byrne. alexander.bryne@dmu.ac.uk
All enquiries for Northampton Branch: Professor Matthew McCormack. Matthew.McCormack@northampton.ac.uk
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Leicester 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 2025-26
Autumn Term
Monday Sept 29th 2025 4.30-6pm at the Castle Museum. Meet at the museum entrance.
The History of Dress
Dr. Bethan Bide at the University...
York and North Yorkshire Branch Programme
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Cambridge Branch Programme
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Cambridge Branch Programme 2025
Enquiries to Branch President Dr Sean Lang sf_lang@hotmail.com
Wednesday 2 October 2024 7.30pm
At the Netherhall School, Queen Edith's Way, Cambridge, CB1 8NN
'What is history for?' - an evening in honour of the late Nicolas Kinloch
Speaker: Dr Sean Lang
Saturday...
Cambridge Branch Programme
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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. Visitors are welcome and are asked to pay £5 per lecture.
For more information please contact Mike Short, Branch Secretary, mikeshort20@btinternet.com or 01225 812945.
Lectures begin at 7.30 pm at...
Bath Branch Programme
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West Wiltshire Branch Programme
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All enquiries to Mrs Jenny Ladd jladd242@gmail.com tel 01373 830514
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 per year. Talks free to HA...
West Wiltshire Branch Programme
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Nottingham Branch Programme
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*If you wish to attend, you need to reserve a seat at a meeting, and to do so, please email Chris Wrigley a week before: chris.wrigley@nottingham.ac.uk
Meetings are held at 2pm on Wednesdays in Bromley House Library, Angel Row, Nottingham (with your back to the City Hall, the Library...
Nottingham Branch Programme
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Bournemouth, Christchurch, & Poole Branch Programme
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There is an admission charge of £5 for non- HA members and £3 for students at Monday lectures. Associate membership of the branch is £20 per year.
Monday evening lectures take place at 7.25 pm at the West Cliff Hotel, Durley Chine Rd BH2 5JS. Free parking is available in the...
Bournemouth, Christchurch, & Poole Branch Programme
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Support your branch: FAQs
Volunteering to help your local branch
Our local branches are all run by volunteers. Joining your local branch committee can be a wonderful way to get more involved with history.
What roles are there within each branch?
Each branch has three formal branch officers: the Chair (or President), the Branch Secretary and the Branch Treasurer.
Alongside those...
Support your branch: FAQs
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Ferninando Gorges and New England
Classic Pamphlet
Sir Ferdinando Gorges (July 1565 - May 24, 1647), by some considered the "Father of English Colonization in North America", was an early English colonial entrepreneur and founder of the Province of Maine in 1622, although Gorges himself never set foot in the New World.
Sir Ferdinando Gorges was born...
Ferninando Gorges and New England
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East Sussex Branch Programme
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For all branch enquiries please contact Dr John Oliphant at john@johnoliphant.net or telephone 07910 672 131
All meetings will be held from 7-9 pm in the large upstairs room at Bibendum, 1 Grange Road, Eastbourne BN21 4EU, a short walk from the railway station.
Entry is free to members, and visitor...
East Sussex 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
Branch President: Vacancy
Honorary Vice-Presidents: Professor David Stevenson, Mrs Chrissie Ganjou
Vice-Chairs: Jill Kilsby, Hedley Sutton
Treasurer: Jill Kilsby
Venue: All...
Central London Branch Programme
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Northampton Branch Programme
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Leicester & Northampton Branches Joint Programme of Online Talks & Activities 2025-26
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 Byrne. 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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Hull & East Riding Branch Programme
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The Hull and East Riding branch meets at the Nordic Centre (The Danish Church), Osborne Street, HULL. HU1 2PN. This is a five-minute walk from the train, coach and bus Interchange. There is a small car park, free to all attending events, and parking on Osborne Street is quite easy....
Hull & East Riding Branch Programme
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Hertfordshire Branch Programme
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Meetings are held at the Backhouse Room, 116 Handside Lane, Welwyn Garden City Hertfordshire AL8 6SZ on Saturdays at 3pm
Meetings are free for members, £3 for visitors. Associate membership £15 per season.
For more information contact Barbara Wiltshire barbarag.wiltshire@btinternet.com or telephone 01438 716020
Hertfordshire Branch Programme 2025-6
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Hertfordshire Branch Programme
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Canterbury Branch Programme
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Branch contact: All enquiries to Mike Gallagher – mike.gallagher79@yahoo.co.uk
Venue: All talks start at 7.00pm at venues in Canterbury (specified below).
Associate membership £10 per year. Talks free to national HA members and students, visitors £5.
Twitter @CanterburyHA
Canterbury Branch Programme 2025
Wednesday 8th January 2025History at University: a day of events...
Canterbury Branch Programme
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HA Branches in the East Midlands
Branch details by region
Leicester Branch
Joint programme with Northampton Branch
Leicester Chair: Annabelle Larsen leicesterha@gmail.com
(Northampton Chair: David Waller david@davidwaller.org.uk)
Most talks will be on the second Tuesday of the month, 18.00-19.30.
Leicester branch programme
Lincoln Branch
Branch contact: enquiries to Prof. Jamie Wood jwood@lincoln.ac.uk
Venue: All talks start at 6.15pm and take place at the Brayford Pool Campus of...
HA Branches in the East Midlands
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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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Buckinghamshire Branch Programme
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Enquiries to Mrs. Terry Bloxham (Hon Secretary), 138 High Street, Aylesbury, HP20 1RB Tel: 07952 703535 E-mail: secretarybucksha@gmail.com
Meetings are being held on Wednesdays at 8 pm online via Zoom (except for the June event which will be in-person)
Buckinghamshire Historical Association
Admission to meetings is free to full and...
Buckinghamshire Branch Programme
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North London Branch Programme
Branch Programme
All meetings are held at Jubilee Hall, 2, Parsonage Lane, Enfield, EN2 OAJ at 8pm.
Parking is readily available close to the hall. The hall is 10 minutes’ walk from Enfield Chase Station and 15 minutes’ walk from Enfield Town Station, (both overground).
All enquiries to the Chair: Cllr. Michael...
North London Branch Programme
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HA Branches in London
Branch details by region
See also Branches in the South East
Central London Branch
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
Lectures are free to H.A. Members - £3 Non-Members. Associate Membership: Individual...
HA Branches in London
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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 aj60@dial.pipex.com
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 7.45...
HA Branches in the South East
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Richmond Branch Inter-School Historical Balloon Debate Podcasts
Branch Podcast
Richmond Branch held a series of inter-school historical balloon debates at Putney High School on Thursday 15th March 2012.We podcasted the Under 18 debate and have made the excellent and entertaining presentations available to you here.Each school team were asked represent their character over 4 minutes to convince the judges...
Richmond Branch Inter-School Historical Balloon Debate Podcasts
