The Centre for English Local History

Current Postgraduate Students

The following students are currently undertaking postgraduate study within the Centre, and have provided email addresses to allow interested researchers to contact them directly. Note that these are just a selection of students currently in the Centre: others have preferred to remain anonymous.

MA in English Local History

• Diane Charlesworth dc128@le.ac.uk
• Philip French philip.french@leicester.gov.uk
• Susan Kilby sek10@le.ac.uk
• Elaine McCulloch ejm22@le.ac.uk
• Ronan O'Donnell rpo3@le.ac.uk
• Neil Quinn nsq1@le.ac.uk
• Paul Shipman paul.shipman1@btopenworld.com; ps206@le.ac.uk
• Viv Weller vbw2@le.ac.uk

MA by Individual Supervised Study

• Dr Phil Batman pab32@le.ac.uk
• Carol Beardmore cb309@le.ac.uk
• Joanna Parry jp202@le.ac.uk
• Dr Chris Side cds20@le.ac.uk
• Andrew Whiting adw23@le.ac.uk
• Derek Wileman dhw5@le.ac.uk

Ph.Ds & M.Phils

• Ian Bailey, 'Unifiers and Dividers in the parish of Audley, North Staffordshire, 1840-1939' ib65@le.ac.uk For Ian's statement of research click here
• Graham Brown, 'Stanley Abbey and its estates, 1150-1650' grb15@le.ac.uk
• Michael Busby,'Medieval Leicestershire 1086 to 1563: regional consistency or regional change?' mb217@le.ac.uk
• Eleanor Davidson, 'Social, Cultural and Community Life in 20th Century Leicester & Leicestershire' esd4@le.ac.uk
• Mandy de Belin, 'Transitional Hunting Landscapes: Deer Hunting and Fox Hunting in Northamptonshire, 1600-1850' ad114@le.ac.uk For Mandy's research poster click here
• Maureen Harris, ' "Schismatical people": conflict between ministers and parishioners in post-Restoration Warwickshire, 1660-1720' meh27@le.ac.uk and maureen.e.harris@virgin.net
• Geoff Hooker, 'A study of the Llandilofawr Poor Law Union, Carmarthenshire 1836 to c 1885' geoffandangela.hooker@btinternet.com For details of Geoff's research, click here
• Mary-Jane Pamphilon, 'Punishment and the New Poor Law in Kent: with specific reference to the recording and reporting of offences committed in workhouses, 1835-1944' mp158@canterbury.ac.uk and mp261@le.ac.uk For Mary-Jane's webpage, click here
• Christine Seal, 'Poor Relief and Welfare: a comparative study of Belper and Cheltenham Poor Law Unions, 1780 to 1914' christine.seal@sbs.ox.ac.uk For Christine's research poster click here For the abstract of her PhD research click here
• Kim Taylor-Moore, 'Borderlands: the Buckinghamshire – Northamptonshire border from 600 to 1500' kim@radclivehall.plus.com
• Andrew Wager, 'Railways in Derbyshire – Changing Ways of Life, 1831 to 1900' acw22@le.ac.uk

A group of our MA graduates celebrating their success in July 2010