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A Walk in the Park
A Walk in the Park: Heritage and Conservation in York's Open Spaces.
Edited by Margaret Atherden.
PLACE 2010.
ISBN: 978-1-906604-30-1
51pp. 36 colour plates.
Price: £2.50 + P & P.
Summaries of papers given at a conference in York in 2009. Papers by John Oxley (parks, gardens and archaeology), Sarah West and Carolyn Snell (the OPAL project), Bob Missin (parks and open spaces) and Michael Hopkinson (changes in land use on the edge of York). Also accounts of visits to Museum Gardens and Rowntree Park in York.
Yorkshire's Green and Healthy Land?
Yorkshire's Green and Healthy Land? Connecting urban and rural greenspace.
Edited by Margaret Atherden, Aileen Bloomer and Veronica Wallace.
PLACE 2010.
ISBN: 978-906604-31-8
48pp. 35 colour plates.
Price: £2.50 + P & P.
Summaries of papers given at a conference in Leeds in 2008. Keynote paper on Urban Green Space and Human Health by Sir John Lawton. Papers on Liveable Cities (Rachael Unsworth), Edeterminants of health (Andy Smith, Sustainable Uplands (Joseph Holden et al), Yorkshire's wetland past (Simon Warwick), Trees in the post-industrial landscape (Alan Simson) and Greening the green belt (Chris Marshall).
Key to World Species of the Vespinae
Key to World Species of the Vespinae (Hymenoptera)
Part 1. Keys, checklist and distribution
Michael E. Archer
1989. University College of Ripon and York St John
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Agriculture and the Rural Landscape
Agriculture and the Rural Landscape Edited by Margaret Atherden
PLACE, 2000. 68pp. ISBN: 0-9524970-7-7
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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 Potter 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.