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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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The Swansea Branch Chronicle 7
Branch Publication
This edition features articles on the following:From the EditorA Deeper Unrest, Richard NyeA Great War Swansea Pot Pourri, Bernard LewisThe Crimson Shadow of Mametz Wood, Giles ReesGeorge Arthur EvansHedd WynAs it Looked to Me; France and Belgium 1917, John LawThere Were Hundreds of Us in the Queue Trying to Enlist,...
The Swansea Branch Chronicle 7
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Exeter & District Branch Programme
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Exeter & District Branch Programme 2023-24
Branch Secretary: Dr Robert Guyver, tel 01392 491 898, email guyverrobert@gmail.com
Tuesday 14 November 2023 4.15 p.m.
Event in association with Exeter School
Exeter School, Exeter, Andrews Hall 4.15 p.m.
Speaker: Dr Claire McCallum, Senior Lecturer in Twentieth Century Russian History, College of...
Exeter & District Branch Programme
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Nottingham Branch Programme
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Nottingham Branch Programme 2024-25
Meetings are held at 2pm on Wednesdays in Bromley House Library, Angel Row, Nottingham NG1 6HL, unless otherwise stated. (With your back to the City Hall, the Library entrance is on the left, not far from the Square and is between Barnardo’s and MSR Newsagents). Bromley...
Nottingham Branch Programme
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Beckenham & Bromley Branch Programme
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Beckenham & Bromley Branch Programme 2024-25
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.
All meetings take place at 7.45 pm in Christ Church Hall, Fairfield...
Beckenham & Bromley Branch Programme
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Birmingham Branch History
Branch History
The Branch was founded in May 1907, a few months after the Historical Association was established. The founding Branch President was Professor John Masterman, Professor of History (1902-09) in the University of Birmingham's Department of Commerce, as it was designated in those days. He was one of several historians in...
Birmingham Branch History
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Birmingham Branch 1907-2007
Branch History
The Branch was founded in May 1907, a few months after the Historical Association was established. The founding Branch President was Professor John Masterman, Professor of History (1902-09) in the University of Birmingham's Department of Commerce, as it was designated in those days. He was one of several historians in...
Birmingham Branch 1907-2007
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Bedford Branch Programme
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Bedford Branch Programme 2023-24
All enquiries to James Collett-White tel: 01234 266839 email: james@simla.org.uk
All live lectures are held at 7.30pm (unless otherwise stated) at The Chapter House, St Peter’s Church De Pary’s Avenue, Bedford, MK40 2TX
Zoom talks (in winter months) at 7 for 7.30. Members of the...
Bedford Branch Programme
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The Norfolk and Norwich Branch History
Branch History
The Norfolk and Norwich Branch - a short historyThe branch was founded in 1920, at the instigation of two local teachers, W. J. Blake (the father the famous historian, Robert, Lord Blake) and Walter Stephenson, the father of our most long-serving (1941-1962) president, Andrew Stephenson, who was himself a distinguished...
The Norfolk and Norwich Branch History
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Gloucestershire Branch Programme
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Gloucestershire Branch Programme 2024-25
Contact details – Janet Graham at histassocglos@gmail.com or Robert Sutton on 01242 574889
Members and students free entry to all talks, visitors £4 entrance fee.
Venues for most talks are the University of Gloucestershire either in Cheltenham or Gloucester. Directions can be found on the university...
Gloucestershire Branch Programme
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Nuneaton Branch History
Branch History
The Nuneaton Branch of the H.A. was originally founded in November 1919 as one part of a county wide Warwickshire branch. Instrumental in this was the editor of the Nuneaton Chronicle, Albert Francis Cross, assisted by local doctor turned local historian, Edward Nason. After this arrangement ended Nuneaton was re-founded...
Nuneaton Branch History
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Manchester Branch History
Branch History
Manchester Branch is proud of its role in the foundation of the Historical Association (HA) in 1906. Professor Thomas Frederick Tout and others at Manchester University had been discussing the idea of forming an Association to promote the teaching of a more relevant and vibrant form of history than was...
Manchester Branch History
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Report on the Bristol Branch's A-level Russian History Conference
16th May 2024
The Bristol Branch of the HA’s A-level Russian History Conference27 March 2024
‘Such a great event – both for students and teachers. Many thanks…for organising it, and for sharing excellent resources’ (Mark Kauntze, Head of History Redland Green School, Bristol)
‘Brilliant, thank you… our students really enjoyed the experience.’ (Phill...
Report on the Bristol Branch's A-level Russian History Conference
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Reading Branch Programme
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Reading Branch Programme 2024-25
Branch Contact: All enquiries to Chris Sexton sexton44@gmail.com 07957 184342.
Venue: Lecture Theatre, Reading School, Erleigh Road, Reading RG1 5LW (gate code essential and obtainable from above contact).
Associate Membership: £10 per annum, Lectures free to national and associate HA members, students and school...
Reading Branch Programme
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Bristol and the Slave Trade
Classic Pamphlet
Captain Thomas Wyndham of Marshfield Park in Somerset was on voyage to Barbary where he sailed from Kingroad, near Bristol, with three ships full of goods and slaves thus beginning the association of African Trade and Bristol. In the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Bristol was not a place of...
Bristol and the Slave Trade
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Mid-Trent & Mercia Branch Programme
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Mid-Trent & Mercia Branch Programme 2023-24
Further details can always be obtained from Trevor James on 01543-258434 or Sylvia Clifford on 01283-536250
Venues and times are listed with each meeting.
6 September 2023, 10am-4pm at Burton Library DE14 1AH
Trent Valley Local History Symposium [with Burton History Project] on...
Mid-Trent & Mercia Branch Programme
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Central London Branch Programme
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Central London Branch Programme 2024-25
President: Vacancy
Honorary Vice-Presidents: Professor David Stevenson, Mrs Chrissie Ganjou
Vice-Chairs: Jill Kilsby, Hedley Sutton
Programme Secretary: Thabo Stuck
Treasurer: Jill Kilsby
Lectures start at 14:00h (2pm) on Saturdays at St. Anne’s Church, 55 Dean Street, W1D 6AF, Allen Room, first floor...
Central London Branch Programme
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Bournemouth, Christchurch, & Poole Branch Programme
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Bournemouth, Christchurch, & Poole
Branch Programme 2024-25
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...
Bournemouth, Christchurch, & Poole Branch Programme
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Portsmouth Branch History
Branch History
See the current Portsmouth Branch programme of events
Portsmouth's Branch "Minutes Book No. 2" of the years 1946 -1981 is in the city Record Office. It records a Jubilee Dinner held in 1974: so the Branch was founded in 1924. Sadly, no "Minutes Book No. 1" has come to light....
Portsmouth Branch History
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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Branch History
Branch History
History of the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Branch of the Historical AssociationThe Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole branch of the HA was founded in December 1922 and has been in existence ever since. Its history can be followed in the annual reports sent to HQ, in the complete set of committee...
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Branch History
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Manchester (with Liverpool and Chester) Branch History
Branch History
The Branch is proud of its role in the foundation of the Historical Association in 1906. Professor Thomas Frederick Tout and others at Manchester University had been discussing the idea of forming an Association to promote the teaching of a more relevant and vibrant form of history than was currently...
Manchester (with Liverpool and Chester) Branch History
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Sheffield Branch Programme
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Sheffield Branch Programme 2024-25
Venue: Lecture Theatre, Grayson Building, Birkdale School, Oakholme Road, S10 3DH. Entrance via the Endcliffe Crescent gate. Parking available.
Meetings are usually held on the first or second Thursday of the month, doors will open at 7pm and the lecture will start at 7.30pm promptly...
Sheffield Branch Programme
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Essex Branch History
Branch History
Essex Branch - Early DaysEssex Branch was founded in 1920 or earlier and was active continuously until 1936. In 1920-1 the president was H. de Havilland of The Manor House, Great Horkesley, and the secretary Mr. E.T. Baldwin of Earls Colne Grammar School. There were 56 branch members and 8...
Essex Branch History
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The Swansea Branch Chronicle 6
Branch Publication
This edition features articles on the following:Margaret McCloy - Letter from the EditorAndrew Green - Wales Coast PathCopper Ore Barques SponsorsMark Williams - The Falkland IslandsTrevor Fishlock - AfghanistanEna Niedergang - Griffith John and WuhanRobert Leonard - Peripatetic PottersJohn Ashley - Ethiopian TravelsSid Kidwell - Edgar EvansDr Fred Cowley -...
The Swansea Branch Chronicle 6
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The Swansea Branch Chronicle 4
Branch Publication
This edition features articles on the following:From the EditorNineteenth Century FactsThe Cry for Meaning, Richard NyeThe Nineteenth CenturyThe Merthyr Rising, Steffan ap-DaffydPembrokeshire Slate in the 19th Century, Alan John RichardsAnn of Swansea, Caroline FranklinBook Review, Neath Antiquarian Volume 2Stalin, Hitler and Mr JonesLetter and Book ReviewRobert Burns 1759 - 1796,...
The Swansea Branch Chronicle 4
