S.A. Mileson started working for the Victoria County History of Oxfordshire in 2005 and has so far been researching and writing about the history of Henley-on-Thames and surrounding Chilterns parishes in the far south of the county. He has also been Lecturer in Medieval History at St Edmund Hall, Oxford since 2006, and previously worked on the Cambridge University Inquisitions Post Mortem editing project. His research interests include the social history of the medieval aristocracy and agrarian and landscape history.

...the seminal work on the subject for future generations and a milestone in medieval scholarship.

• Introduction ; PART I: THE PURPOSE OF THE PARK ; 1. Hunting ; 2. Economy ; 3. Landscaping ; 4. Status ; PART II: PARKS AND SOCIETY ; 5. Parks and the Crown ; 6. Parks and the Aristocracy ; 7. Parks and the Community ; Conclusion ; Bibliography

S.A. Mileson started working for the Victoria County History of Oxfordshire in 2005 and has so far been researching and writing about the history of Henley-on-Thames and surrounding Chilterns parishes in the far south of the county. He has also been Lecturer in Medieval History at St Edmund Hall, Oxford since 2006, and previously worked on the Cambridge University Inquisitions Post Mortem editing project. His research interests include the social history of the medieval aristocracy and agrarian and landscape history.

...the seminal work on the subject for future generations and a milestone in medieval scholarship.

• Introduction ; PART I: THE PURPOSE OF THE PARK ; 1. Hunting ; 2. Economy ; 3. Landscaping ; 4. Status ; PART II: PARKS AND SOCIETY ; 5. Parks and the Crown ; 6. Parks and the Aristocracy ; 7. Parks and the Community ; Conclusion ; Bibliography

S.A. Mileson started working for the Victoria County History of Oxfordshire in 2005 and has so far been researching and writing about the history of Henley-on-Thames and surrounding Chilterns parishes in the far south of the county. He has also been Lecturer in Medieval History at St Edmund Hall, Oxford since 2006, and previously worked on the Cambridge University Inquisitions Post Mortem editing project. His research interests include the social history of the medieval aristocracy and agrarian and landscape history.

...the seminal work on the subject for future generations and a milestone in medieval scholarship.

• Introduction ; PART I: THE PURPOSE OF THE PARK ; 1. Hunting ; 2. Economy ; 3. Landscaping ; 4. Status ; PART II: PARKS AND SOCIETY ; 5. Parks and the Crown ; 6. Parks and the Aristocracy ; 7. Parks and the Community ; Conclusion ; Bibliography