After 1800, during her sixties/seventies, Baroness Elizabeth Dimsdale copied ~700 recipes and more than 80 household hints into a book. At the top of many of these items she indicated their provenance Many of the recipes are similar to those published in other cookery books in circulation during the later eighteenth century, but the ingredients and methods differ.

This volume provides a transcript of all of these ‘receipts’ and household hints. The introduction considers who Elizabeth was and what her book reveals about her life and connections in Hertfordshire. There is an extensive glossary of ingredients and utensils. The appendices include a list giving the original order of the recipes; mini-biographies of the donors who can be identified; and Elizabeth’s will.

The publication of this full-colour edition brings into the public domain rare examples of Repton’s design skills. As most of his surviving Red Books are in private ownership, this volume will be of great interest not only to historians of Hertfordshire but also to garden historians everywhere. The sketches in Repton’s original Red Books comprise watercolours with overlaid flaps: the flap is closed to show the ‘before’ scene and lifted to reveal the ‘after’ scene. Due to constraints of production costs, rather than reproduce the flaps, this edition presents full-colour reproductions of each sketch both ‘before’ and ‘after’. The Introduction by Twigs Way outlines Repton’s work, his design principles and the practical application of them.

This new edition will, for the first time, contain the whole text of John's diary and writings, 1738‐1810 (in two volumes) and the diary of John's son Jack who continued his father's diary until 1812. With an historical introduction, appendices that include biographies of local persons, a glossary and full indexes of names, places and subjects, this illustrated publication will make John's writings on local and national life fully accessible to all.

Tithes and the sale of glebe produce were both important sources of income for a parish priest. In Datchworth records have survived of accounts relating to these activities that provide a valuable opportunity to obtain an insight into this aspect of a parson's labours. Edited by Jane Walker.

This diary, produced by the master of one of the first workhouses set up according to the 1834 Poor Law, enables readers to reach a better understanding of the running of an early workhouse, the views and actions of its master, its guardians and its pauper inmates. Edited by Gillian Gear.

Volume XXIII, edited by Alan Thomson, is a fascinating insight into the provision of fighting men, the raising of taxes to pay for them and the impact of the war on communities and individuals between 1642 and 1647. A unique publication.