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Kilvert’s Diary
The diaries of Robert Francis Kilvert (1840–1879), kept from 1870 to 1879, are a unique treasury celebrating the Welsh and English countryside and the variety of characters inhabiting it.
Oxford: Encounters through History
Oxford has been a magnet for tourists and historians alike for centuries, and many of them have left vivid, interesting and sometimes amusing accounts of their discoveries about the city and their encounters with its inhabitants. This book brings together a wealth of these travellers’ tales for the first time, gleaned from almost five centuries of diaries, journals, field notes and travel guides.
The Old Straight Track: Its Mounds, Beacons, Moats, Sites and Mark Stones
The Old Straight Track is the book which introduced the concept of ‘ley lines’, a system of alignments of natural and man-made features in the landscape, used by our ancient forebears to orient themselves in the world.
Thomas Cromwell: A Historical Sourcebook
The only sourcebook bringing together most of the contemporary or near-contemporary accounts of Thomas Cromwell’s life and deeds which writers such as Hilary Mantel have drawn upon.