Library

The Society has a small library of books relating to the local history of Leicestershire. These are available for members to borrow. If you have books that would be useful for the Society and you would like to donate them please contact us.

The following is the current list of books:

1. Leicester Past and Present Volume one: Ancient Borough – Jack Simmons
2. Leicester Past and Present Volume one: Modern City – Jack Simmons
3. Oakham in Rutland Rutland Local History Society
4. The Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society Volume 72, 1998
5. The Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society Volume 73, 1999
6. The Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society Volume 74, 2000
7. The Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society Volume 75, 2001
8. The Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society Volume 77, 2003
9. The Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society Volume 78, 2004
10. Archives and Local History – F.G. Emmison
11. Reprint of first edition of the one-inch Ordnance Survey map for Leicester
12. Leicester and its region – N. Pye
13. Chanwood Forest and its environs – M. Paul Dare
14. A walk through Leicester – Susanna Watts
15. Leicestershire Historian Volume 4 no 4 1996 Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society
16. The Early Christian Church in Leicester and its Regions – Richard Bailey
17. A bibliography of Leicestershire Churches – David Parsons
18. A bibliography of Leicestershire Churches Part 2 – Geoffrey K. Brandwood
19. A Mill on the Soar – Shirley Ellis
20. Inns of Leicestershire – Eric Swift
21. The Leicestershire Newspapers 1850-74 A guide for historians – R. L. Greenall
22. A History of the County of Leicestershire Volume I – William Page
23. A History of the County of Leicestershire Volume II – R. B. Pugh
24. A History of the County of Leicestershire Volume III – W. G. Hoskins & R.A.McKinley
25. Ordnance Survey Melton Mowbray 1:25000 First Series
26. Ordnance Survey Rearsby 1:25000 First Series
27. Ordnance Survey Broughton 1:25000 First Series
28. Ordnance Survey Grantham 1:50000 First Series
29. Ordnance Survey Kettering, Corby & surrounding area 1:50000 First Series
30. Geological survey ‘ten-mile’ map south Britain
31. Plenty & Want A social history of diet in England from 1815 to the present day – John Burnet
32. A snapshot at the Millennium Essays and Images: Hoby, Rotherby, Ragdale and Brooksby
33. A snapshot at the Millennium Essays and Images: Hoby, Rotherby, Ragdale and Brooksby
34. For King & Country – Hoby remembers those who served in the First World War – Hoby and District Local History Society
35. For King & Country – Hoby remembers those who served in the First World War – Hoby and District Local History Society
36. The Melton Mowbray Navigation – M.G. Miller & S. Fletcher