Dr Lesley Trotter is a social historian, professional genealogist and writer with a special interest in the history of Cornwall, where she is based. Lesley is an Associate of AGRA (Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives) and an Honorary Research Fellow of the Institute of Cornish Studies at the University of Exeter. Her PhD focused on the experiences of wives ‘left behind’ by emigrating Cornish miners in the 19th century, and is published as The Married Widows of Cornwall. She recently edited Cornwall Herstory, a collection of essays from the Cornish Women’s History Conference that she organised in 2019. Lesley holds an Undergraduate Advanced Diploma in Local History from the University of Oxford, is Vice-Chair of the Cornwall Association of Local Historians, and a member of the council of the Devon and Cornwall Record Society. She gives frequent talks to academic and public audiences, and works with arts groups on community history projects. More information can be found on her website: www.humblehistory.com.
