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Broadland

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Explore one of the UK's most cherished landscapes. In their new book, Tom Williamson and Alison Yardy delve deep into the history of this unique wetland area. "Broadland" offers a fresh perspective on how this region was shaped.
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Dolbadarn castle, one of Llywelyn I ab Iorwerth's earliest. The impressive tower is believed to have been added at a later stage. Various features of the original construction suggest it may have been an "experiment in stone" from which much was learned. www.herts.ac.uk/uhpress/book...

Dr Thomas Plume, 1630–1704

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"This is a fascinating glimpse into the life and works of a 17th century clergyman, who turned his back on the local tradition of Puritanism and who was not averse to science nor the accumulation of wealth." #Essex Family Historian

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Saving the People's Forest

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"Mark Gorman's book... fills in all sorts of historical gaps and ought to be essential reading for anyone trying to build a cross-class and multicultural environmental movement in this time of climate crisis." Luke Turner www.herts.ac.uk/uhpress/book...

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Letchworth Settlement, 1920–2020

"Full of illustrations from the Settlement's own archive, not to mention 10 colour plates and original front cover artwork by former resident, Vanessa Stone, this book is a real celebration of a hundred years of the Settlement." Herts Past & Present www.herts.ac.uk/uhpress/book...

Lady Anne Bacon

Anne Bacon's husband Nicholas died after a short bout of pneumonia in 1579. In life he was a wealthy man but now Anne faced an uncertain future with an estate to manage, no great reserves of cash and bitter infighting between Nicholas's various children. www.herts.ac.uk/uhpress/book...

Children of the Labouring Poor

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"a significant contribution to the project of retrieving the neglected history of working children" Katrina Honeyman www.herts.ac.uk/uhpress/book...

Beyond the Battlefields Käthe Buchler’s Photographs of Germany in the Great War

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Käthe Buchler was a pioneering woman photographer whose exceptional photographs offer very personal insights into Germany during WW1, with a particular focus on the home front and the lives of women and children.

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William Ellis William Ellis, who lived and farmed at Little Gaddesden in Hertfordshire in the first half of the eighteenth century (d. 1759), is an important figure in English agricultural history. In his time the most prolific writer on agriculture in England, his many works were read not only at home but also in the American colonies and continental Europe. Ellis was essentially an agricultural journalist, then a relatively new occupation. He wrote about his own life as well as those of the ordinary people of Little Gaddesden and further afield - he travelled extensively throughout the southern half of England.

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"This excellent, informative study of William Ellis and his publications will be of interest to historians of eighteenth-century farming and cookery, and, of course, Hertfordshire." Heather Falvey, The Local Historian www.herts.ac.uk/uhpress/book...

St Albans: A history Mark Freeman's classic history of St Albans, first published in 2008, has been substantially rewritten by the author and brought fully up to date, making it an invaluable guide to more than two thousand years of St Albans's history.

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"[I]nvaluably comprehensive and fascinating... no-one can afford to be without it." Ruth Jeavons, Herts Past & Present www.herts.ac.uk/uhpress/book...

A Place in the Country Three Counties Asylum 1860-1999

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"The text gives a detailed account of the buildings themselves and of the staff and patients who populated them. Even without ancestors in the Three Counties area it is a useful book on the subject of asylum care." Paul Gaskell www.herts.ac.uk/uhpress/book...

Prostitution in Victorian Colchester Controlling the Uncontrollable

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"Full of stories that are often hilarious and deeply moving and would not be complete without tragedy, violence and suicides. It provides an excellent primer in social history for both professional and amateur" The Essex Family Historian www.herts.ac.uk/uhpress/book...

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This study of the growth and development of the suburb of Moseley has a particular focus on the suburban middle-class woman, her achievements and opportunities, roles and responsibilities, both inside and outside the home. #Birmingham www.herts.ac.uk/uhpress/book...

Thorps in a Changing Landscape “an important contribution to a recent and very welcome trend which brings together place-name specialists ... with archaeologists and landscape historians ... [a] complex and subtle body of interdisciplinary work.”

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This is Edward Hasted's map of the Sevenoaks area, recorded as the 'Hundred of Codsheath' (an ancient division of land). Prominence is given to aristocratic estates, so clearly the cartographer's work is aimed at this more lucrative market.
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The Birmingham Parish Workhouse, 1730–1840 This book is the first attempt to write a history of the workhouse and the ancillary welfare provision for Birmingham, frequently referred to as the ‘Old Poor Law’

"This splendid volume is said to have taken ten years of meticulous archival research to compile. It recreates the world of those experiencing hard times in eighteenth and early-nineteenth century Birmingham." Paul Gaskell, Oxfordshire Family Historian www.herts.ac.uk/uhpress/book...

Industrial Letchworth In this richly illustrated account, Letchworth Local History Research Group look in detail at the town’s foundation in the early 1900s and the energetic organisation and administration that enabled it to get off the ground quickly and successfully.

In this richly illustrated account, Letchworth Local History Research Group look in detail at the town's foundation in the early 1900s and the energetic organisation and administration that enabled it to get off the ground quickly and successfully. www.herts.ac.uk/uhpress/book...

From Dickens' 'Bleak House'. We should not assume that all brickmakers lived like this, although it is likely many of their homes were poorly built and overcrowded. Their needs differed depending on where the brickfield was located (town or country). www.herts.ac.uk/uhpress/book...

Tudor and Early Stuart Parks of Hertfordshire This meticulously researched book opens a window onto Tudor and early Stuart Hertfordshire and illuminates a significant aspect of the county’s landscape history.

"[Deer parks] were integral to the lifestyle of gentlemen, aristocrats, and royalty, and so for anyone studying the early modern period, this book will provide an invaluable insight into many aspects of that society." F Beglane, Journal of British Studies www.herts.ac.uk/uhpress/book...

Gardens and Green Spaces in the West Midlands since 1700 Garden history is much more than the study of the activities of great men who created polite landscapes for a wealthy élite. A new multi-disciplinary approach (which includes insights from geology and archaeology, gender studies, the history of art and architecture, science, technology and literature) is changing the focus to allow a view of gardens and gardening in wider social, economic, political and cultural contexts. These include urban spaces, the gardens of the working classes, the agency of women and the role of gardeners and lesser-known designers in the creation of landscapes and green spaces.

"Achieves... 'an impressive range of new research methodologies from straight garden history... through industrial, urban and suburban history and the history of science medicine and health, to cultural, class and gender approaches'" J Beckett www.herts.ac.uk/uhpress/book...

Managing for Posterity The Norfolk Gentry and their Estates c.1450–1700

"Griffiths's work on the archives of Norfolk gentry has shown just how much can be gleaned from material as prosaic as accounts, not only regarding the estate economy and family finances, but also on other aspects of gentry lives and attitudes." P Croot www.herts.ac.uk/uhpress/book...

The Orchards of Eastern England Drawing on far-reaching archival research, an extensive survey of surviving orchards and biodiversity surveys, the authors tell the fascinating story of orchards in the east since the late Middle Ages.

"Lavishly illustrated with numerous full-colour plates and at £16.99 is excellent value." Ian D. Rotherham, Landscapes Journal hwww.herts.ac.uk/uhpress/books-content/the-orc...

Poor Relief and Community in Hadleigh, Suffolk, 1547-1600 “A valuable treasury of information about recipients of poor relief”

"A comprehensive and absorbing study." Richard Stone, The Historical Association www.herts.ac.uk/uhpress/books-content/poor-re...

Histories of People and Landscape Essays on the Sheffield region in memory of David Hey

"[P]rovides a richly detailed picture of one unique region, its land and people, farms and industries, jurisdictions and place-names." Catherine F. Patterson, Agricultural History www.herts.ac.uk/uhpress/book...

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Join us on 22 May at Waterstones St Albans for "Writing Women into History." Hear from biographers Jane Dismore and Deborah Spring as they discuss the life stories of Lady Dorothy Mills and Lady Anne Bacon.

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Why do universities matter?

In "A Compelling Case for Universities", Quintin McKellar argues that despite many challenges, the university model remains highly effective and adaptable.

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Communities in Contrast This book investigates what a case study of a northern market town and its rural hinterland can tell us about village differentiation, exploring how and why rural communities developed in what was chiefly an industrial region and, notably, how the relationship between town and country influenced rural communities.

"This study is a welcome stimulus to thinking and further work on the dynamics and character of rural societies and how they may be researched." Kate Tiller, Family and Community History www.herts.ac.uk/uhpress/book...

Broadland This authoritative account will be essential reading for all with an interest in the history and ecology of Broadland. But it will also appeal to those who simply want to know more about the forces that have shaped the character of an iconic British landscape.

"This is an important and authoritative book, not just for the history of the Norfolk Broads, but also as an exemplar of how interdisciplinary study of landscape should be conducted." Rob Liddiard, UEA www.herts.ac.uk/uhpress/book...

A Compelling Case for Universities With clearsighted chapters on research and innovation and thoughtful excursions into funding and governance, together with some proposals for change, this is a trenchant review of today’s university landscape which nonetheless concludes that the current model of higher education is both highly effective and sufficiently adaptive.

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What’s behind the growing importance of universities in our modern world? Quintin McKellar explains the rich history and bright future of universities, tackling issues like access, funding, and governance along the way.

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