Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Jon Gregory completed his PhD at the University of East Anglia in 2008 and returned to UEA in 2010 as Lecturer in Landscape History. He teaches on landscape history modules at undergraduate and MA level, covering topics that include the prehistoric landscape, the post-medieval rural landscape and the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). His current research interests include the long term development of marginal landscapes, landscape and the idea of improvement in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and the use of digital mapping techniques in landscape history. Jon has recently worked on various public engagement projects funded by the AHRC and HLF and undertakes consultancy work on the historic landscape as part of The Landscape Group at UEA.
Teaching Interests
Current modules taught include:
The Origins of the English Landscape c.4000BC to AD1066
The English Landscape 1066-1600
The Making of the English Landscape 1450-1950
Fieldwork in Landscape History
Working in the Historic Environment
Heritage and Public History
Past Environments: Theory and Practice in Landscape History (MA)
GIS for Landscape History (MA)
Projects
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Breaking New Ground Project
Gregory, J., Spooner, S. & Williamson, T.
1/05/15 → 30/04/17
Project: Research
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Preserving Place: A Cultural Mapping Exercise
Smyth, K., Gregory, J., Martin, R., Power, A., Pinner, R. & Spooner, S.
Arts and Humanities Research Council
30/06/14 → 29/06/15
Project: Research
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Cold War Anglia
Maguire, R., Gregory, J. & Liddiard, R.
Arts and Humanities Research Council
1/02/13 → 31/01/14
Project: Research
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Pathways to History: researching footpaths and 'green lanes' in Norfolk
Spooner, S., Gregory, J. & Williamson, T.
Arts and Humanities Research Council
1/02/13 → 31/01/14
Project: Research
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UEA Research for Community Heritage Ideas Bank: Realising Your Idea
Spooner, S., Gregory, J., Pinner, R., Smyth, K. & Williamson, T.
Arts and Humanities Research Council
1/02/13 → 31/01/14
Project: Research
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Public rights of way and countryside access in Norfolk 1880–1960
Gregory, J. & Spooner, S., Oct 2021, In: Journal of Historical Geography. 74, p. 10-27 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mapping a Changing Landscape: Breckland c.1750-1920
Gregory, J. & Spooner, S., 1 Mar 2020, In: Journal of Breckland Studies.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Estate Landscapes in Northern Europe edited by Jon Finch, Kristine Dyrmann and Mikael Frausing, Aarhus, Aarhus University Press, 2019, 290pp., illustrated, 350DKr / £35 (Hbk), ISBN 9788771845198
Gregory, J., 2018, In: Landscapes. 19, 2, p. 177-179 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
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Visible from Afar? The Setting of the Anglo-Norman Donjon
Gregory, J. & Liddiard, R., Apr 2016, Castles in the Anglo-Norman World. Davies, J., Riley, A., Levesque, J-M. & Lapiche, C. (eds.). Oxbow PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Pathways to History
Spooner, S. & Gregory, J., Aug 2014, In: Rural History Today. 27, p. 2-3 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article