Publications
Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness
Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness: Fruit, food and wildlife in Yorkshire's Countryside.
Edited by Margaret Atherden. PLACE 2009. ISBN: 978-1-906604-18-9. Price £2.50.
46pp 25 colour plates.
Summaries of the papers from a conference held in Ampleforth in 2008 to assess the value of traditional orchards for both food and wildlife. Barry Potters reviews the diverse uses for old orchards, from fruit production and livestock grazing to wildlife conservation and orchards weddings. Simon Clark of the Northern Fruit Group outlines a key to identification of apple varieties. Philip Lyth of the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group discusses the value of old orchards for wildlife, whilst David Chesmore focuses on their moth fauna. Pat Wilson describes a research project to identify and map the lost orchards of Nidderdale. Laura Mason describes the Slow Food Movement and the orchard heritage.
Digging for Brass
Digging for Brass: The impact of the Extractive Industries on the Yorkshire Landscape.
Edited by George Sheeran. ISBN: 978-1-906604-12-7
PLACE 2009. 80pp. 22 colour plates, 2 black/white illustrations.
Price £2.50 (+P & P).
Contents:
An overview of Yorkshire's geology. David Cotton.
Under the Barren Hill: mining for stone in Idle. Eileen White.
Limestone and the lime industry in the Yorkshire Dales. Robert White.
Lead mining landscapes: Mike Gill.
The alum industry in NE Yorkshire. David Pybus.
The disappearing landscapes of the coal industry. Rosemary Preece.
A rural colliery and its squire: Colsterdale, North Yorkshire. George Sheeran.
Great Estates of Yorkshire
Great Estates of Yorkshire
Edited by Veronica Wallace
PLACE 2008. ISBN: 978-1-906604-11-0
60pp. 9 black/white illustrations, 16 colour plates.
Price: £2.50
Proceedings of a conference held in York in 2007. Chapters on the history of Yorkshire estates (Jonathan Finch), Kirkstall Abbey monastic estates (Robert Wright), the Wentworth estates (George Sheeran), Sheriff Hutton castle and park (Tony Wright and Barbara Hickman), shooting estates in the Yorkshire Dales (Miles Johnson), Studley Royal (Mark Newman) and Sledmere estate (George Sheeran).
Yorkshire Landscapes Past and Present
Yorkshire Landscapes Past and Present
Edited by Margaret Atherden and Tim Milsom
PLACE 2008. ISBN: 978-0-9553424-0-0
87pp. 8 colour plates, 30 black/white illustrations
Price: £14.99
This book brings together research on the history of the Yorkshire landscape and its present/future management and conservation. Robin Butlin describes maps and other images of North Yorkshire from 1600 to 2000. George Peterken applies the concept of habitat networks to forest restoration and management in the North York Moors and Howardian Hills. Ian Dormor analyses the history of woodland in the Yorkshire Dales. Stephen Moorhouse takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding historic landscapes. Robert Wright considers the granges and estates of Kirkstall Abbey. Jane Wheeler discusses the environmental impacts of iron-working in Bilsdale. Andy Howard and colleagues summarise recent work on the geomorphology and archaeological landscape of the Vale of York. Wish Mitchell and colleagues discuss the landscape evolution of the Swale and Ure Washlands.
'Letters from America'
'Letters from America': Nineteenth Century Emigrants Writing Home to Yorkshire.
By Michael F. Hopkinson.
PLACE, 2008.
ISBN: 978-0-9552324-9-3. 1 map, 8 colour plates.
Price £1.50 & P & P.
Based on the documentary records, this is a fascinating account of Yorkshire people who moved to the USA and Canada in the 19th century. It examines their motivation for emigrating and follows their varied fortunes in the New World. Lists references from West Yorkshire Archives and 17 private letters consulted.
City Walls - their conservation and use
City Walls - their conservation and use.
Edited by Michael F. Hopkinson and Margaret A. Atherden
2007
ISBN: 978-0-9553424-4-8. 52pp. 9 black/white illustrations, 8 colour plates.
Price £2.50 (+ P & P).
Foreword by the Lord Mayor of York. Considers the history of walls, their changing function over the centuries and their future management and uses. Chapters on York's city walls and bars (gates) by Michael Hopkinson, Barbara Wilson, Eric Branse-Instone, Rory McCarthy and Michael Taverner. Chapter on the work of the Walled Towns Friendship Circle by John Price. A comparative chapter on Canterbury's city walls by David Kincaid.
Land Use, Ecology and Conservation in the Lower Derwent Valley
Edited by Tim Milsom
PLACE 2006
ISBN: 0-9540664-9-9
122pp. 17 colour plates, 35 black/white illustrations.
Price: £14.99 + £1.50 P and P
This book makes a major contribution to the scientific study of the unique landscape of the Lower Derwent Valley National Nature Reserve. Chapters are arranged in 3 sections. In the first, Stephen Warburton describes the land use history and Time Milsom outlines the ecological history of the area. The second section comprises studies of species and communities: plants (Richard Jefferson), Diptera (Roy Crossley), Coleoptera (Mike Denton and Robert Marsh), breeding birds (Tim Milsom et al), bats (N.P. Moore et al), mammals (Gordon Woodroffe) and the burbot (Colin Howes). The third section looks at the hydrological requirements of grassland plant communities and water management, with chapters by David Gowing, R.N. Humphries and P.R. Benyon, and Liz Chalk and Mark Bentley. Essential reading for anyone interested in the ecology of this fascinating area.
Yorkshire Names and Dialects
Edited by Margaret Atherden.
PLACE 2006. 73pp. 8 black/white illustrations, 2 colour plates.
ISBN: 0-9540664-6-4
Price: £2.50
Contents:
Place-names and landscape. Margaret Gelling.
Viking place-names. Gillian Fellows-Jensen.
The Yorkshire place-name survey. Paul Cavill.
Some regional characteristics of Yorkshire surnames. George Redmonds.
A web-based archive of Yorkshire voices. Jonathan Robinson.
West Riding dialect in the children's writings of Juliana Horatio Ewing. Melvyn Jones.
Yorkshire dialect and dialect humour. Arnold Kellett.
Sustaining Historic Urban Environments
Edited by Carl Heron, George Sheeran and Jane Wheeler.
PLACE 2006.
ISBN: 0-9540664-7-2
Price: £2.50
This publication is now out of print.
Global Warming: a Yorkshire Perspective
Edited by Margaret Atherden
PLACE Research Centre, York, 2004
ISBN: 0-9540664-2-1. 113pp. 26 black/white illustrations.
Price: £5.50 (+ £1.50 P & P).
John Lawton's keynote paper outlines the evidence for climate change and its possible consequences for Yorkshire. Richard Chiverrell considers the long-term perspective, using evidence from the peat bogs. Stuart Lane discusses the increasing frequency and magnitude of floods and possible links with land use changes in the uplands. Antony Long looks at past and future sea level changes. Philip Grime outlines experiments to assess likely climate impacts on Yorkshire's flora. Pamela Berry and colleagues use computer models to predict the probable future impacts on Yorkshire's flora and fauna. Lance Saxby discusses the challenge of a warmer York and the need for sustainability.