News from UH Press

New Book Explores the Lives, Livelihoods and Moral Dilemmas of Victorian Doctors in Colchester

A new history of Colchester’s Victorian doctors explores their lives as practitioners and businessmen, examining medical change, social pressures and ethical tensions, while drawing parallels with modern public health and challenging assumptions about professional authority.

02 Jun 2026 1:32pm
New Book Reveals the Hidden Meanings Behind England’s Early Medieval Place Names

A groundbreaking study reinterprets the meaning of the Old English place‑name element tūn, revealing how landholding, identity, and political change shaped early medieval English landscapes and challenging long‑held assumptions about “‑ton” place names.

09 Feb 2026 3:20pm
Archaeology Meets Garden History in Major New Hertfordshire Study

A new book, “Lost Gardens of Hertfordshire: The Archaeology of Designed Landscapes”, uncovers 24 forgotten historic gardens, offering fresh insights into the county’s hidden heritage.

23 Jan 2026 2:08pm
UH Press publishes Festschrift to leading scholar

This new volume honours historian Rosamond Faith with essays exploring rural life from the seventh to fourteenth centuries. Edited by Richard Purkiss and Hannah Boston, it offers fresh insights into medieval landscapes, social structures, and agricultural practices.

17 Nov 2025 4:03pm
UH Press Title Earns Spot on Prestigious Awards Shortlist

"Broadland", by Tom Williamson and Alison Yardy, has been shortlisted for the 2025 East Anglian Book Awards. This richly illustrated study explores the history and ecology of the Broads, offering fresh insights into one of Britain’s most distinctive landscapes.

17 Oct 2025 1:18pm
Quintin McKellar publishes review of University sector

With clearsighted chapters on research and innovation and thoughtful excursions into funding and governance, together with some proposals for change, this is a trenchant review of today’s university landscape which nonetheless concludes that the current model of higher education is both highly effective and sufficiently adaptive.

02 May 2025 11:43am
New book reveals the enchanting story of the Norfolk Broads

This authoritative account will be essential reading for all with an interest in the history and ecology of Broadland. But it will also appeal to those who simply want to know more about the forces that have shaped the character of an iconic British landscape.

04 Nov 2024 11:43am
New biography brings a learned Tudor woman out of the shadows

Deborah Spring's deeply researched and compellingly readable book reveals Anne Bacon's extraordinary part in shaping the public story of Tudor history.

08 Oct 2024 11:38am
Classic history of St Albans revised and updated

Mark Freeman’s classic history of St Albans, first published in 2008, has been substantially rewritten by the author and brought fully up to date, making it an invaluable guide to more than two thousand years of St Albans’s history.

06 Nov 2023 11:10am
A Spotlight on Sevenoaks

New risk and choice concept heralds bold and original approach to writing local history.

28 Nov 2022 2:10pm
New publication explores the life and work of Hertfordshire agricutluralist

UH Press's latest offering is the first book about Ellis for over sixty years and the first to consider him fully in the round – as a farmer, an active member of his community, an innovative salesman and a wonderfully curious mind.

31 May 2022 3:56pm
New research examines seventeenth century Le Strange family

The latest title from UH Press offers new perspectives on the history of estate management, notably the role of women, the relationship with local communities and sustainability in agriculture.

25 Apr 2022 11:25am
New Book puts Princes' Castles in the Spotlight

The latest title from UH Press by a Bangor University academic aims to change our perceptions of native Welsh castles.

14 Feb 2022 4:57pm