| Job Title | Contact | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Professor of History |
T dot Williamson at uea dot ac dot uk
Tel: +44 (0)1603 59 2871 |
Arts 4.35 |
Tom Williamson heads up the Landscape Group within the School of History – a collection of academics, researchers and research students studying all aspects of the English landscape, from later prehistory to the present. He is currently involved in a number of projects, including the GIS-aided study of Agriculture and the Landscape in Midland EnglandAgriculture and the Landscape in East Anglia, 1870-1950, funded by the AHRC; and , funded by the Leverhulme Trust. He is also actively involved in the study of designed landscapes, especially parks and gardens of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He teaches courses on landscape archaeology at undergraduate and MA level, and supervises a large number of MPhil and PhD students studying a variety of subjects related to landscape archaeology, agricultural history, and the history of landscape design.
| Project Title | Start Date | End Date | Funding Body | Project Members |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norfolk Gardens Trust | 1/7/2007 | 31/10/2008 | Norfolk Gardens Trust | N/A |
| A GIS-aided study of agriculture and the landscape in Midland England | 1/9/2005 | 31/8/2009 | Arts and Humanities Research Council | Robert Liddiard, Tom Williamson |
| AHRB Landscape and Environment Framework Seminar | 1/4/2005 | 31/7/2005 | Arts and Humanities Research Council | N/A |
| Suton Hoo Landscape Research Project | 1/10/2004 | 30/9/2007 | Sutton Hoo Society | N/A |
| Farming and the Landscape c1880-1950: Environmental Change and Ideas of the Rural | 1/9/2004 | 31/8/2007 | Leverhulme Trust | Tom Williamson, Susanna Wade Martins |
| Broads Historic Landscapes | 1/3/2002 | 30/6/2003 | Broads Authority | N/A |
Barnes, G, Dallas, Patricia and Williamson, Tom (2009) The Black Poplar in Norfolk. Quarterly Journal of Forestry, 103. pp. 31-8.
Liddiard, Robert and Williamson, Tom (2008) There by Design? Some Reflections on Medieval Elite Landscapes. Archaeological Journal, 165 (1). pp. 520-35.
Williamson, Tom (2007) Historic Landscape Characterisation: some queries. Landscapes, 8 (2). pp. 64-71.
Williamson, Tom (2007) Heaths, Woods and Hedges: Some Historical Perspectives on Norfolk's "natural" landscapes. Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists Society, 40 (1). pp. 1-15.
Williamson, Tom (2007) The Supposed Saxon Earthworks at Rendlesham. The Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology & History, 41 (3). pp. 351-4.
Williamson, Tom (2005) Early Fields, Furlongs: Excavations at Creake Road, Burnham Sutton, Norfolk. Landscape, 6 (1). pp. 1-18.
Williamson, Tom (2011) The Origins of Hertfordshire. In: An Historical Atlas of Hertfordshire. University of Hertfordshire Press, pp. 10-12. ISBN 978-0-9542189-6-6
Williamson, Tom (2011) Estate Landscapes in England: interpretive archaeologies. In: Interpreting the Modern World: transatlantic perspectives. Springer, New York, pp. 25-44. ISBN 978-0-387-70758-7
Williamson, Tom and Rowe, A (2011) Relief. In: An Historical Atlas of Hertfordshire. University of Hertfordshire Press, pp. 6-8. ISBN 978-0-9542189-6-6
Williamson, Tom (2010) At Pleasure's Lordly Call: the archaeology of emparked settlements. In: Deserted Villages Revisited. University of Hertfordshire Press, pp. 162-181. ISBN 978-1-905313-79-2
Williamson, Tom (2009) Landscape: the configured space. In: History Beyond the Text. Routledge, pp. 136-54. ISBN 0-415-42967
Williamson, Tom (2008) Co-Axial Landscapes: time and topography. In: Monuments in the Landscape. Tempus, pp. 123-35. ISBN 978-0-7524-4283-9
Williamson, Tom (2008) Urban Origins: location, topography and the documentary record. In: A County of Small Towns: the development of Hertfordshire's urban landscape to 1800. University of Hertfordshire Press, pp. 27-45. ISBN 978-1-905313-44-0
Williamson, Tom (2007) The Distribution of "Woodland" and "Champion" Landscapes in Medieval England. In: Medieval Landscapes: Landscape History after Hoskins. Windgather Press, pp. 89-104. ISBN 1905119202
Williamson, Tom (2007) The Character of Hertfordshire's Parks and Gardens. In: Hertfordshire Garden History. Hertfordshire University Press, pp. 1-25. ISBN 1905313381
Williamson, Tom (2007) The Landscape. In: Wymondham Abbey: a History of the monastery and parish church. Wymondham Abbey Book Committee, pp. 172-86. ISBN 0-9954-8990-3
Powell, C, Laycock, S, Day, A, Bailey, S, rodziewicz, J, Gregory, J and Williamson, T (2012) HistOracle: Consolidation and Dissemination of Heritage Information. In: International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM), Milan.
Liddiard, Robert, Williamson, Tom and Partida, Tracey (2012) Champion: The Making and Unmaking of the English Midland Landscape. Exeter University Press. (In Press)
Barnes, G and Williamson, Tom (2011) Ancient Trees in the landscape: Norfolk's arboreal heritage. Windgather Press. ISBN 978-1-905119-39-4
Macnair, Andrew and Williamson, Tom (2010) William Faden and Norfolk's Eighteenth-Century Landscape. Windgather Press. ISBN 978-1-905119-34-9
Williamson, Tom (2010) The Origins of Hertfordshire (Second Edition, fully revised). University of Hertfordshire Press. ISBN 978-1-905313-95-2
Williamson, Tom (2008) Sutton Hoo and Its Landscape: The Context of Monuments. Windgather Press. ISBN 9781905119257
Williamson, Tom and Susanna Wade-Martins, (2008) The Countryside of East Anglia: Changing Landscapes, 1870-1950. The Boydell Press, p. 260. ISBN 9781843834175
Williamson, Tom (2007) Rabbits, Warrens and Archaeology. Tempus, p. 190. ISBN 9780752441030
Williamson, Tom (2006) East Anglia: English Heritage (England's Landscape). Collins, p. 256. ISBN 0007155719
Williamson, Tom (2006) Hedgerow History: Ecology, History and Landscape Character. Windgather Press, p. 192. ISBN 1905119046
Williamson, Tom (2006) The Archaelogy of Rabbit Warrens. Shire Publications Ltd., p. 72. ISBN 0747806160
Williamson, Tom and John Barrett, (2005) Chatsworth: A Landscape History. Windgather Press, p. 244. ISBN 1905119011
Williamson, Tom (2003) Shaping Medieval Landscapes: Settlement, Society, Enviroment. Windgather Press, p. 214. ISBN 0953863069
Williamson, Tom (2002) The Transformation of Rural England: Farming and the Landscape, 1700-1870. Exeter University Press, p. 199. ISBN 085989634X
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