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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St Kilda and the Wider World: Tales of an Iconic Island [Paperback]
Andrew Fleming (Author)
£25.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781905119004
Published by : Windgather Press
Forty miles out into the Atlantic from the western isles of Scotland lies the archipelago of St Kilda. Home to human populations for more than 4000 years, the islands inhabitants were evacuated from the main island in 1930 leaving it as a haven... .... Learn More -
Unquiet Country [Paperback]
Robert Lee (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9781905119035
Published by : Windgather Press
We rarely hear the past voices of the rural poor - the labourers dependent on casual employment, the workhouse inmates, the dispossessed. This book lets them tell their own story. It is, frequently, a story of bitterness and resentment, and one... .... Learn More -
Landscape Encyclopaedia: A Reference to the Historic Landscape [Paperback]
Richard Muir (Author)
£26.00ISBN: 9780954557515
Published by : Windgather Press
Walking through the British countryside often leaves you with numerous questions and no means of finding the answers in one, readily accessible place. This new encyclopedia by Richard Muir contains almost 1,000 entries which provide explanation... .... Learn More -
The Peak District: Landscapes Through Time [Paperback]
John Barnatt (Author)
£26.00ISBN: 9780954557553
Published by : Windgather Press
The Peak District has been inhabited by humans for tens of thousands of years, beginning the process that irreperably changed the shape of the landscape. This volume focuses on this relationship between human settlers and farmers and the lands... .... Learn More -
A Frontier Landscape: The North West in the Middle Ages [Paperback]
Nicholas Higham (Author)
£26.00ISBN: 9780954557560
Published by : Windgather Press
North west England has largely been neglected in studies of medieval landscapes in favour of the Midlands and East Anglia although it has much to offer. Described here as a `frontier landscape' encompassing the modern regions of Lancashire, Ch... .... Learn More -
Landscapes for the World: Conserving a Global Heritage [Paperback]
Peter Fowler (Author)
Regular Price: £26.00
Special Price: £3.95
ISBN: 9780954557591
Published by : Windgather Press
Since 1972 UNESCO has been compiling a list of World Heritage sites, worthy of protection and conservation for the long-term. Written by someone who has been involved with the selection of sites for UNESCO, this book presents a personal insight... .... Learn More -
Farmers, Landlords and Landscapes: Rural Britain, 1720 to 1870 [Paperback]
Susanna Wade Martins (Author)
£26.00ISBN: 9780953863099
Published by : Windgather Press
Rather than an economic history of 18th- and 19th-century Britain, Susanna Wade Martins presents a rural history that places the farmer, and the landlord, at the centre of change. Industrial and urban expansion and a rising population brought ... .... Learn More -
Oak: A British History [Paperback]
Esmond Harris (Author)
£26.00ISBN: 9780953863082
Published by : Windgather Press
'The oak tree has long provided people in Britain with a wonderful natural resource. In this book the authors reclaim the disappearing forestry and carpentry skills of our ancestors and show how, in an era of climate change, oak can continue to... .... Learn More -
The English Model Farm: Building the Agricultural Ideal, 1700-1914 [Paperback]
Susanna Wade Martins (Author)
£35.00ISBN: 9780953863051
Published by : Windgather Press
During the Agricultural Revolution, the landowners of Britain constructed an enormous range of picturesque or classical buildings on their farms, inspired by Enlightenment ideals. These model farms, a phenomenan unique to Britain, are a signifi... .... Learn More
