Historic Research

  • Landscape History c.1450-1950 - built and semi-natural environments, rural and urban landscape development, post-medieval fortifications, and evaluation of cartographic resources for ‘London: Pre- and Post-Great Fire of London’ dissertation.

    • Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe

    • Witchcraft, Magic and Belief in Early Modern Europe

    • History and the Environment

    • The City in Early Modern England

    • Medieval, Early Modern and Modern History

    Final-year dissertation: ‘How did the wealth of Lady Anne Cavendish and Hannah-Sophia Chambers affect the fortunes of Burghley House and Estate?’

    • Settlement, Landscape and Medieval Buildings

    • Post-Medieval Buildings

    • Site Evaluation and Survey: York Watergate (London) including historic research plus hand-measured and photographic survey

    Dissertation: ‘Henry VIII’s Jewel House at HM Tower of London: An Analysis of James Nedam’s 1535-6 Building Accounts’ focussing on the works, workforce and material suppliers.

  • DPhil (part-time) research at the University of Oxford focussing on the life and career of James Nedam, Surveyor of the King’s Works from 1532-44, and the works and workforce he was responsible for. Highlighting the everyday people, communities and industries that contributed to Henry VIII’s built heritage including palaces, manors, parks, gardens, artillery fortifications, dockyards and shipbuilding.

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