Windgather Press Imprint
Windgather Press specialises in publishing accessible and attractive books on landscape history, landscape archaeology, and the history of Britain’s countryside and further afield, including garden history. The publications are designed not only for those professionally engaged in the subject, but also those with a serious amateur interest in landscape research.
The name comes from Windgather Rocks, a prominent gritstone edge on the Cheshire/Derbyshire Border, close to where the press was originally founded in Bollington. Well-known amongst climbers and walkers, the edge overlooks a landscape of seventeenth and eighteen century field-walls and scattered farms typical of the western Pennine edge.
See new and forthcoming titles below or browse our full catalogue here.
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Landscapes Volume 10.1 [Paperback]
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£15.00Published by : Windgather Press
Series: Landscapes
Volume: 10.1
Contents: Brixton: Landscape of a Riot ( Louise Purbrick and John Schofield ); At the World's End: The Lost Landscape of Monto, Dublin's Notorious Red-light District ( Tadhg O'Keeffe ); 'Uncommonly rich and fertile' or 'not very salubrious'... .... Learn More -
Landscapes Volume 10.2 [Paperback]
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£15.00Published by : Windgather Press
Series: Landscapes
Volume: 10.2
The study of past landscapes is one of today's most exciting interdisciplinary subjects. Archaeologists, ecologists, social and cultural historians, literature specialists and artists all contribute to our understanding of cultural landscapes. ... .... Learn More -
The Archaeology of a Great Estate: Chatsworth and Beyond [Paperback]
Nicola Bannister (Author); John Barnatt (Author)
Regular Price: £20.00
Special Price: £7.95
ISBN: 9781905119271
Published by : Windgather Press
The Peak District is a historic upland landscape, with a rich palimpsest of features which invoke the many generations of people who have inhabited the area. The great estate of Chatsworth reflects the Peak in microcosm. Its landscapes are div... .... Learn More -
Poisonous Plants: A Cultural and Social History [Paperback]
Robert Bevan-Jones (Author)
Regular Price: £25.00
Special Price: £7.95
ISBN: 9781905119219
Published by : Windgather Press
The botanical history of Britain and North West Europe has a dark and a light side. Plants have been used as weapons to harm people, taken deliberately as addictive drugs and also employed as tools in witchcraft and used as magical amulets. Yet... .... Learn More -
'Beacons' in the Landscape: The Hillforts of England and Wales [Paperback]
Ian Brown (Author)
Regular Price: £25.00
Special Price: £7.95
ISBN: 9781905119226
Published by : Windgather Press
Of all Britain's great archaeological monuments the Iron Age hillforts have arguably had the most profound impact on the landscape, if only because there are so many; yet we know very little about them. Were they recognised as being something ... .... Learn More -
Anglesey: Past Landscapes of the Coast [Hardback]
Frances Lynch (Author); Mick Sharp (Author); Jean Williamson (Author)
£20.00ISBN: 9781905119295
Published by : Windgather Press
The dramatic and stunning Welsh coastal landscapes of the island of Anglesey are documented in this beautiful pictorial record of the history of Anglesey's coast, from prehistoric times to the present day. The fact that Anglesey is an island ha... .... Learn More -
Môn: Tirluniau’r Arfordir Gynt [Hardback]
Mick Sharp (Author); Jean Williamson (Author); Andrew Lynch (Author)
£20.00ISBN: 9781905119301
Published by : Windgather Press
The dramatic and stunning Welsh coastal landscapes of the island of Anglesey are documented in this beautiful pictorial record of the history of Anglesey's coast, from prehistoric times to the present day. The fact that Anglesey i... .... Learn More -
Inhabiting the Landscape: Place, Custom and Memory, 1500-1800 [Paperback]
Nicola Whyte (Author)
Regular Price: £20.00
Special Price: £7.95
ISBN: 9781905119240
Published by : Windgather Press
The discipline of landscape history has recently taken a new turn: away from the analysis of past land use and environments towards an understanding of landscape as a social construct. This book is a significant step along this exciting new roa... .... Learn More -
Landscapes Volume 9.1 [Paperback]
David Austin (Author); Paul Stamper (Author)
£15.00Published by : Windgather Press
Series: Landscapes
Volume: 9.1
Contents: Editorial; A Photo by Bill Brandt, and the Intimacy of Perceptions of Stonehenge and Landscape ( Mike Pitts ); The Ribble Valley: A Methodological Study in Landscape Development ( Jo Cook, Elizabeth Huckerby, Jamie Quartermaine, N... .... Learn More -
Landscapes Volume 9.2 [Paperback]
David Austin (Author); Paul Stamper (Author)
£15.00Published by : Windgather Press
Series: Landscapes
Volume: 9.2
Contents: Editorial; Sacred Landscapes and the Conversion of Eighth-Century Hessia ( John-Henry Wilson Clay ); Historic Landscape Characterisation: an Exploration of the Method as a Means of Understanding Enclosure ( John Belcher ); Leith H... .... Learn More
