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From Hellgill to Bridge End

Aspects of Economic and Social Change in the Upper Eden Valley 1840–95

Author: Margaret E Shepherd

Price: £18.95 (free postage)

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“The book is of immense value [to anyone] who wishes to gain an insight into the extent of change in a remote upland rural area during a period of industrial and social upheaval.”

-Christine Hallas,
The Agricultural History Review

About the book

“The book does extremely well both in its purpose of digesting and clearly interpreting an extremely large set of locally-orientated data, and of engaging with some larger debates about the nature of developments in Victorian Britain as experienced by 'ordinary' people'” David Harvey, The Local Historian

In this comparative study, the experience of the people who lived in nine north Westmorland parishes during the Victorian period has been examined.

Based on detailed analysis of six census enumerations, together with other documentary evidence, the work gives a unique insight into the developing economy and reveals the contrasts between neighbouring rural parishes.

The book explores culture and social life including religion, education and leisure, transport, the local economy, agriculture and migration.

  • About the Author/s:

    Margaret E Shepherd

    Margaret Shepherd is a historical geographer who has spent many years in the Eden Valley.

    She was born and educated in Penrith in Cumberland, later in Edinburgh.

    After teaching in Carlisle she married and moved to Church Brough in the Upper Eden Valley. While bringing up two children she served as both a County Councillor and a District Councillor. She graduated with honours in Music, History and Art History from the Open University in 1980. Since 1985 Margaret Shepherd has been a member of Wolfson College, Cambridge and graduated with 1st Class Honours in Geography in 1987 followed by a Ph.D. in 1992.

    Subsequently Margaret Shepherd has continued her research into the changes that occurred in the Upper Eden Valley during the Victorian years. She was elected to a Junior Research Fellowship in Wolfson College in 1993 but then became Tutor and Fellow for seven years before resuming the Research Fellowship in 2001. She is now Emeritus Fellow at Wolfson College.

ISBN: 978-1-902806-32-7 Format: Paperback, 392pp Published: Jun 2004

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