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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Water Meadows: History, Ecology and Conservation [Paperback]
Hadrian Cook (Editor); Tom Williamson (Editor)
Regular Price: £20.00
Special Price: £6.95
ISBN: 9781905119127
Published by : Windgather Press
This book brings to public attention some of the most evocative and threatened features of the landscape of southern England. Water meadows work with nature to improve agricultural productivity, whilst providing rich habitats for wildlife such a... .... Learn More -
William Morris's Kelmscott: Landscape and History [Paperback]
Tom Hassall (Author); Peter Salway (Author); Alan Crossley (Editor)
£25.00ISBN: 9781905119141
Published by : Windgather Press
Kelmscott Manor is forever linked with the name of William Morris, pioneer conservationist and utopian socialist, designer and father of the Arts and Crafts tradition. The manor played a crucial role in shaping his thought: at the climactic mom... .... Learn More -
The Medieval Park: New Perspectives [Paperback]
Robert Liddiard (Editor)
Regular Price: £25.00
Special Price: £4.95
ISBN: 9781905119165
Published by : Windgather Press
The park - a feature of the landscape we always associate with the hunting of deer - played an important role in the psyche of Britain's medieval aristocracy. This well-illustrated book offers a reappraisal of the park by a new generation of la... .... Learn More -
William Morris's Kelmscott: Landscape and History [Hardback]
Tom Hassall (Author); Peter Salway (Author); Alan Crossley (Editor)
Regular Price: £60.00
Special Price: £12.95
ISBN: 9781905119134
Published by : Windgather Press
Kelmscott Manor is forever linked with the name of William Morris, pioneer conservationist and utopian socialist, designer and father of the Arts and Crafts tradition. The manor played a crucial role in shaping his thought: at the climactic mom... .... Learn More -
Landscapes Volume 7.1 [Paperback]
David Austin (Author); Paul Stamper (Author)
£15.00Published by : Windgather Press
Series: Landscapes
Volume: 7.1
Contents: Farmsteads and Landscape: Towards an Integrated View ( Jeremy Lake and Bob Edwards ); Landfall and Landmark: Captain James Cook and the Crew of Resolution at Dusky Bay, New Zealand, in or about April, 1773 ( John Bonehill ); Map... .... Learn More -
Landscapes Volume 7.2 [Paperback]
David Austin (Author); Paul Stamper (Author)
£15.00Published by : Windgather Press
Series: Landscapes
Volume: 7.2
Contents: Editorial; Patriotic Views: Aristocratic Ideology and the Eighteenth-Century Landscape ( George Sheeran ); Wombwell: The Landscape History of a South Yorkshire Coalfield Township ( David Hey and John Rodwell ); Montserrat before t... .... Learn More -
The Black Poplar: Ecology, History and Conservation [Paperback]
Fiona Cooper (Author)
Regular Price: £19.00
Special Price: £7.95
ISBN: 9781905119059
Published by : Windgather Press
A cultural and ecological biography of the black poplar in Britain. Fiona cooper explores the tree's historic place in the landscape, and how it has played a role in folklore and in the work of poets such as William Cowper. She explains how the... .... Learn More -
Medieval Villages in an English Landscape [Hardback]
Richard Jones (Author); Mark Page (Author)
£50.00ISBN: 9781905119080
Published by : Windgather Press
The village - one of the keystones of the English rural landscape - has a powerful hold on the imagination. The origin of nucleated and dispersed settlements - the countryside of villages and the countryside of hamlets - has since become a cent... .... Learn More -
Medieval Villages in an English Landscape [Paperback]
Richard Jones (Author); Mark Page (Author)
£20.00ISBN: 9781905119097
Published by : Windgather Press
The village - one of the keystones of the English rural landscape - has a powerful hold on the imagination. The origin of nucleated and dispersed settlements - the countryside of villages and the countryside of hamlets - has since become a cent... .... Learn More -
Medieval Devon and Cornwall: Shaping an Ancient Countryside [Paperback]
Sam Turner (Author)
Regular Price: £20.00
Special Price: £7.95
ISBN: 9781905119073
Published by : Windgather Press
The countryside of Devon and Cornwall preserves an unusually rich legacy from its medieval past. This book explores the different elements which go to make up this historic landscape - the chapels, crosses, castles and mines; the tinworks and s... .... Learn More
