Leicestershire VCH Trust
@leicsvcht.bsky.social
Working with volunteers across the county, our aim is to research from primary sources and publish a history of every town and village in Leicestershire
Victorian Entertainment. On this day in 1865, in this Sunday school room in #Loughborough, the Revd C.C. Coe read Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol 'without intermission for two hours'. (British Newspaper Archive) #localhistory @vch-home.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Victorian Entertainment. On this day in 1865, in this Sunday school room in #Loughborough, the Revd C.C. Coe read Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol 'without intermission for two hours'. (British Newspaper Archive) #localhistory @vch-home.bsky.social
Our latest Newsletter is now available to download. See leicestershirehistory.co.uk?page_id=3681 Find out more about our new project in the Charnwood Forest Geopark area (and thanks to them and to National Lottery for funding this).
December 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Our latest Newsletter is now available to download. See leicestershirehistory.co.uk?page_id=3681 Find out more about our new project in the Charnwood Forest Geopark area (and thanks to them and to National Lottery for funding this).
Bit of a competition going on yesterday among the fallen oak leaves in Victoria Park - who will collect the most acorns?
November 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Bit of a competition going on yesterday among the fallen oak leaves in Victoria Park - who will collect the most acorns?
Loughborough 1678 and an unusual request in a will - That my Body be buried in my Garden (and it may have been, as there's no burial in the parish registers)
August 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Loughborough 1678 and an unusual request in a will - That my Body be buried in my Garden (and it may have been, as there's no burial in the parish registers)
St Etheldreda, abbess, holding her abbey of Ely and St Chad, bishop, holding Lichfield cathedral. This church closed in 2007, with building purchased and converted by, and now home to, Elim church and Open Heaven church.
August 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
St Etheldreda, abbess, holding her abbey of Ely and St Chad, bishop, holding Lichfield cathedral. This church closed in 2007, with building purchased and converted by, and now home to, Elim church and Open Heaven church.
St Peter's (Anglican) church Loughborough, built 1910-12, was high church, with many images of saints in windows, not all well known, e.g. St Polycarp (of Byzantium, bishop of Smyrna, now Izmir, modern Turkey). I especially like the windows showing (1/2)
August 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
St Peter's (Anglican) church Loughborough, built 1910-12, was high church, with many images of saints in windows, not all well known, e.g. St Polycarp (of Byzantium, bishop of Smyrna, now Izmir, modern Turkey). I especially like the windows showing (1/2)
Pleased to hear that Charnwood Forest will be applying for UNESCO Geopark status this year. Some of the rocks contain fossils of some of the oldest living creatures we know about (that lived 560 million years ago). Other rocks have trees almost growing out of them or resting on them
August 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Pleased to hear that Charnwood Forest will be applying for UNESCO Geopark status this year. Some of the rocks contain fossils of some of the oldest living creatures we know about (that lived 560 million years ago). Other rocks have trees almost growing out of them or resting on them
An exhibition for those old enough to remember 'July fortnight' or young enough not to know what it was.
July 8, 2025 at 10:27 AM
An exhibition for those old enough to remember 'July fortnight' or young enough not to know what it was.
Wonderful to see this tribute to Air Vice Marshal "Johnnie" Johnson CB, CBE, DSOx3, DFCx2, DL (1915-2001) on the end on a terrace in Loughborough. He was the most decorated fighter pilot in WWII and a former pupil of Loughborough Grammar School.
April 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Wonderful to see this tribute to Air Vice Marshal "Johnnie" Johnson CB, CBE, DSOx3, DFCx2, DL (1915-2001) on the end on a terrace in Loughborough. He was the most decorated fighter pilot in WWII and a former pupil of Loughborough Grammar School.
Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas
December 24, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas
We've been silent because we've been busy! Just started a new volunteer project in #Nanpantan. This will feed into our #Loughborough research.
December 6, 2024 at 9:42 AM
We've been silent because we've been busy! Just started a new volunteer project in #Nanpantan. This will feed into our #Loughborough research.
We've just joined Bluesky. We're part of the national Victoria County History project and are currently researching a history of the town of Loughborough. Our latest Newsletter is now available to download at leicestershirehistory.co.uk?page_id=3681
October 18, 2024 at 3:44 PM
We've just joined Bluesky. We're part of the national Victoria County History project and are currently researching a history of the town of Loughborough. Our latest Newsletter is now available to download at leicestershirehistory.co.uk?page_id=3681