The Historical Geography Research Series is produced by the Historical Geography Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers). The Research Series, which started in 1979, is designed to provide scholars with an outlet for extended essays of an interpretive or conceptual nature that make a substantive contribution to some aspect of the subject; critical reviews of the literature on a major problem; and commentaries on relevant sources. The series is open access and previous volumes can be downloaded by clicking the relevant title.

Contributions to the series are always welcome. In addition to single or jointly-authored monographs, the Series welcomes themed conference papers or papers grouped around a topic of research relevant to the broad interests of the group. Intending contributors should, in the first instance, send an outline of their proposed paper to the Series Editor.

New: Environments, Spaces, Knowledges: New and Emerging Research in Historical Geography (eds.) B. Newman, P. Martin and L. Crawford. HGRS 47 (2022).

The Covid-19 pandemic had a major impact on our everyday lives and, sadly, this impact will continue to last for many. The pandemic impacted the Historical Geography Research Group’s ability to conduct business as usual and this volume, which was due for publication in 2020, has taken longer than anticipated to publish. This volume, as a collection of short essays from postgraduate students, provides doctoral researchers the opportunity to publish their in-progress work and lends us the opportunity to reflect on the contribution made by doctoral study to the subdiscipline. The publication grew out of postgraduate conference sessions which are organised annually by the Group’s postgraduate representatives, and they reflect a longstanding contribution to the RGS-IBG annual conference programme. Along with the Practising Historical Geography workshop, they demonstrate the Group’s longstanding commitment to postgraduate and early career training.  Despite a lengthy wait to publication, this volume makes a critical contribution to the field of historical geography.

Previous volumes

Volume	Title and Author(s)	Date
46	130 Years of Historical Geography at Cambridge 1888–2018. Alan R. H. Baker, Iain S. Black and Robin A. Butlin	2019
45	A French reading revolution? The development, distribution and cultural significance of bibliothèques populaires, 1860-1900. Alan Baker	2018
44	The Historical Geography Research Group: A History. Robin A. Butlin	2013
43	Collaborative geographies: the politics, practicalities, and promise of working together. (eds.) Ruth Craggs, Hilary Geoghegan, and Innes M. Keighren	2013
42	Visual and historical geography: essays in honour of Denis E. Cosgrove. (eds.) Veronica della Dora, Susan Digby, and Begum Basdas	2010
41	Patronage and the production of geographical knowledge in France: the testimony of the first hundred regional monographs, 1905–1966. Hugh Clout	2009
40	Practising the archive: reflections on method and practice in historical geography. (eds.) E. Gagen, H. Lorimer, and A. Vasudevan	2007
39	Home and colonial: essays in celebration of Robin Butlin’s contribution to historical geography. (ed.) Alan Baker	2004
38	Negotiating colonialism: Gaelic reaction to English expansion in early modern Ireland, c.1541–1641. John Morrissey	2003
37	Chains on the river:  the Thames embankments and the construction of nature. Stuart Oliver	2002
36	Geographers engaged in historical geography in British higher education 1931–1991. Hugh Prince	2000
35	Geographical education, empire and citizenship:  geographical teaching and learning in English schools, 1870–1944. Teresa Ploszajska	1999
34	Colonial discourse and the colonisation of Queen Adelaide Province, South Africa. Alan Lester	1998
33	Property ownership and urban and village improvement in provincial Ireland, c.1700–1845. Lindsay Proudfoot	1997
32	A forbidding fortress of locks, bars and padded cells: the locational history of mental health care in Nottingham. Hester Parr and Chris Philo	1996
31	London’s dreaded visitation: the social geography of plague in 1665. J. A. I. Champion	1995
30	A medieval capital and its grain supply: agrarian production and its distribution in the London region c.1300. Bruce M. S. Campbell, James A. Galloway, Derek Keene and Margaret Murphy	1993
29	Flows of labour in the early phase of capitalist development: the time-geography of longitudinal migration paths in 19th century Sweden. John Langton and Goran Hoppe	1992
28	Nature and science: essays in the history of geographical knowledge. (eds.) Felix Driver and Gillian Rose	1992
27	Nineteenth century trade union records: an introduction and select guide. Humphrey Southall, Carol Bryce and David Gilbert	1994
26	A glossary of urban form. Peter Larkham and Andrew Jones	1991
25	Distinguishing men’s trades: occupational sources and debates for pre-census England. Paul Glennie	1990
24	The business of improvement: agriculture and scientific culture in Britain, c.1770–c.1870. Sarah Wilmot	1990
23	People and places in the Victorian census: a review and bibliography of publications based substantially on the manuscript census enumerators’ books 1841–1911. Dennis Mills, Carol Pearce, Rosalind Davies, Jo Bird and Carol Lee	1989
22	The geography of England and Wales in 1910: an evaluation of Lloyd George’s ‘Domesday’ of landownership. Brian Short	1989
21	The Appalachian frontier: views from the east and south west. Robert D. Mitchell and Milton B. Newton	1988
20	Register of research in historical geography 1988. (ed.) Kathleen A. Whyte	1988
19	A chronology of epidemic disease and mortality in southeast England, 1601–1800. Mary Dobson	1987
18	The Military Survey of Scotland 1747–1755: a critique. G. Whittington and A. J. S. Gibson	1986
17	Seventeenth century Montserrat: an environmental impact statement. Lydia M. Pulsipher	1986
16	Late seventeenth century taxation and population: the Nottinghamshire hearth taxes and Compton Census. Tim Unwin	1985
15	Urban epidemics and historical geography: cholera in London 1848–9. Gerard Kearns	1985
14	Register of research in historical geography 1984. (ed.) Kathleen A. Whyte	1984
13	A gazetteer of English urban fire disasters 1500–1900. E. L. Jones, S. Porter and M. Turner	1984
12	North American cities in the Victorian age. David Ward and John P. Radford	1983
11	Town and country in the development of early modern western Europe. John Langton and Goran Hoppe	1983
10	Spatial patterns of urban in-migration in late nineteenth-century Russia: a factor analytical approach. R. H. Rowland	1982
9	Rural settlements: an historic perspective. Brian K. Roberts	1982
8	British directories as sources in historical geography. Gareth Shaw	1982
7	Parish registers: an introduction. Roger Finlay	1981
6	Sources for Scottish historical geography: an introductory guide. I. D. Whyte and K. A. Whyte	1981
5	The Fordham Collection: a catalogue. M. J. Freeman and J. Longbotham	1981
4	Register of research in historical geography. M. Trevor Wild	1980
3	Medieval Irish settlements: a review. Brian Graham	1980
2	The Ordnance Survey and land-use mapping. Brian Harley	1979
1	Social protest in a rural society: the spatial diffusion of the Captain Swing disturbances of 1830–1831. Andrew Charlesworth	1979