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UH Press is a small academic press publishing local and regional history. We have numerous series and imprints and we specialise in landscape history.

A vintage botanical plate depicting Cirsium arvense (creeping thistle). The illustration shows detailed drawings of the plant’s leaves, stems, and flower heads, labelled A and B, in a traditional early 20th‑century scientific style. Includes multilingual titles identifying the species and publisher information from Norsk Hydro.
A black and white image showing a bustling street of people, shops and market stalls. In the middle distance a temporary stage with actors on it keeps a gathered crowd entertained.
A barrel is shown in which clay and water are mixed. The mixing tool is attached to a large wooden cross beam which rotates as it is pulled around by a horse harnessed to one end of the beam.
Black and white photograph showing several reed cutters walking across an open fen after a day's work. They carry tools and bundles, framed by wide, flat marshland with only sparse vegetation and a pale sky overhead. The scene conveys the physical labour and exposed landscape of Broadland's reed cutting tradition.
A black and white image of a common with a train station in the background behind trees and undergrowth. Two girls stand on the far left with a victorian baby's pram.
Two girls at a weaving station in a victorian era factory.
This is the frontispiece of William Ellis's book 'The Country Housewife's Companion' published in 1750. It does not show William Ellis's own farm, but we get a sense of what his might have been like. In the bottom right corner, a horned cow shelters in the shade of a tall tree. Three more cows sit or stand in the field nearby. Behind them on the left is a rustic-looking farmhouse with smoke drifting from its chimney. More cows are in a fenced enclosure immediately outside the front door of the house. It's a bucolic scene with more fields and trees fading into the distance.
A nineteenth century red brick building with parking spaces infront of it.
An early 17th century stone milestone from James I’s Theobalds Park wall, displayed upright in Cedars Park. The rectangular stone has a rounded top and carved numbering on its face, weathered but still legible. It once formed part of a series of milestones set into the nine mile brick wall that enclosed the king’s hunting park.
This is a postcard dating from the turn of the twentieth century, showing Hunstanton Hall as it was then. It is an impressive building, originally Elizabethan but rebuilt and altered substantially over time. A large flag flies high above the turreted walls. There are barns to the right of the main hall and an imposing outer wall leads to a gatehouse. Sheep can be seen grazing in an enclosed field to the left of the hall. A man in a coat and hat and a woman in a white dress are walking in the grounds.
This photograph shows a sumptuous, sunlit orchard with vibrant green, slightly unkempt grass and patches of yellow flowers here and there. The trees boast an abundance of blossom in white and blushing pink. There is an old solitary wooden chair or bench in the middle of it all which must be the favourite spot for some uninterrupted reading for many a Girton college student. In the background, behind the trees, are some college buildings which, although close by, seem a world away.
A photograph of marshland, with a gnarly old tree to the left.
A black and white photograph showing the ruins of a medieval castle in the Welsh countryside. There are holes in the walls and there is no roof. The castle is surrounded by trees. The curtain wall is clearly visible.
The image is a cartoon of a wealthy landowner on horseback lording it over a starving family of labourers. The image formed the title page of a pamphlet from 1830 written in support of the Swing Riots, called "The Life and History of Swing, the Kent Rick-burner, written by himself.” The pamphlet purports to be the autobiography of Captain Swing, like General Ludd a fictitious figurehead of the movement, whose name was appended to many threatening letters in the riots.
The book cover for "Broadland" by Tom Williamson and Alison Yardy alongside the East Anglian Book Awards logo.
A photograph of the waterfront in King's Lynn. There is a row of buildings to the left with mooring posts in front of them. A bridge across the water and a landing pontoon can be seen.
A photograph of a hollow tree, damaged by a storm.
An illustration of a busy fair with families sitting on the grass, picknicking and general entertainment. Children play on a swing tied to a tree branch, there are horses and small fires around the scene.
An illustration of a pre-industrial farmer's plough.
An etching of a man fishing, above 15th century script.
A colour photograph of a gatehouse porch.