Volume 47 (2025) of Southern History contains the following articles and book reviews:
- Marc Morris, The seizure of Rochester Castle in 1215.
- Richard Brown, Living in debt: the finances of St Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury in the fifteenth century.
- Diane Budden, ‘For the heillying of certan p[er]sons hurt upon the see’: medical care in Henry VIII’s army-by-sea and the impact of sickness on Portsmouth.
- Tom Watson, From Winchester to the Escorial – the travels of St Philip’s Foot.
- Tim Goodwin, Dorset MPs 1640-1648: the rise of new men?
- David L. Wykes, The decline of English Presbyterianism in eighteenth century Wiltshire.
- Alistair Mutch, Competitive turnip hoeing in English southwestern counties 1850-1914: material and cultural practices.
- John Stevens, Tory butchers and Liberal grocers? The voting habits of Bristol tradesmen, 1832-1852.
- Clifford Williams, Gabriel D’Esty: a twentieth century gay life in the southern English counties.
Book Reviews:
- Tim Thornton (ed.), The Royal Charters of Jersey 1341-1687 (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2024), reviewed by Michael Hicks.
- David Lepine and Christian Steer (eds.), No ‘Sacrifice to Oblivion’: Studies on Monuments and Commemoration for Paul Cockerham (Donington: Shaun Tyas, 2025), reviewed by Gemma Lees.
- Colin J. Brett (ed.), Somerset Wills from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1501-1569 (Somerset Record Society 102, 2024), reviewed by Mark Page.
- Stuart A. Raymond, Avebury without the Stones: A Social History c.1550-1800 (Gloucester: The Hobnob Press, 2024), reviewed by Ralph Houlbrooke.
- Danae Tankard, Factionalism and Dissent in an English City, Chichester, 1678-1685 (London: Routledge, 2025), reviewed by R.C. Richardson.
- George S.J. White, Gilbert White’s Disciple: A Biography of John Leonard Knapp (1767-1845), Pioneer Naturalist, Ecologist and Conservationist, together with The Journal of a Naturalist, 5th edition (previously unpublished) (Gloucester: The Hobnob Press, 2025), reviewed by Barry Shurlock.
- Jean Morrin (ed.), Basingstoke Reinvented 1800-1925: From Agricultural Town to Manufacturing Centre. The Victoria History of Hampshire (Gloucester: The Hobnob Press, 2025), reviewed by Barry Shurlock.
- Paul Cockerham (ed.), Cornish Churches in the Nineteenth Century. The Church Notes of the Lysons Brothers and Sir Stephen Glynne, Volume 1: Churches A-L. Devon and Cornwall Record Society, new series 67 (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2024), reviewed by Mark Page.
- Philip Garrahan (ed.), Made in Swindon: A Social History 1840s-1940s (Gloucester: The Hobnob Press, 2025), reviewed by George Tatham.
- David G. Williamson, Bath between the Wars 1919-1939 (Gloucester: The Hobnob Press, 2024), reviewed by Stephen Mileson.
- John K. Lander, ‘Don’t Delay -Enrol Today’: The Women’s Land Army in Hampshire (Cheltenham: The History Press, 2024), reviewed by Cynthia Brown.
- Alison Wilcox, The Experience of Conscientious Objectors in Hampshire during the First World War, Hampshire Papers, 2nd series, 11 (2024), reviewed by Mark Page.
- Dianne Budden, Henry VIII’s First French War and the Surgeons appointed to his ‘Army by Sea’ in 1513, Hampshire Papers, 2nd series 10 (2022), reviewed by Mark Page.
- Rosemary Baird Andreae, Huguenots, Apothecaries, Gardeners and Squires: The Garniers of Rookesbury, Hampshire Papers, 2nd series, 9 (2021), reviewed by Mark Page.
- Tom Hulme, Memories of the Mayflower in Southampton, Hampshire Papers, 2nd series 8 (2020), reviewed by Mark Page.
- Roger Ottewill, Candidates and Contests: Hampshire County Council Elections from 1889 to 1974, Hampshire Papers, 2nd series, 7 (2019), reviewed by Mark Page.
- Sylvia Crocker, Squatters and Social Crime: Encroachments in the New Forest in the Eighteenth Century, Hampshire Papers, 2nd series, 6 (2018), reviewed by Mark Page.
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