Staff profile

A specialist in the history and archaeology of the early modern era (circa 1500-1800 A.D.), Adrian Green’s research focuses on the built evidence for social life, cultural habits, politics, worship and economy in England and English settlement overseas. Building for England: John Cosin's Architecture in Renaissance Durham and Cambridge, was short-listed for the Architectural Historians of Great Britain's Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion for 2017. For many years, he has been working on Dwelling in England: Houses, Society and the Market, 1550-1750, which explores how developments in the form, space and decor of English houses were related to social and economic life. General Editor of the British Record Society Hearth Tax series; he has edited editions of the hearth tax for Durham, Norfolk and Norwich, and is preparing the edition on Northumberland and Newcastle upon Tyne. The hearth tax is a key resource for the study of houses, economy and society in seventeenth-century England. His other research focus is on the central role of regionalisation in the formation of early modern culture. He publishes and leads research on the region of North-East England. Adrian welcomes enquiries from students interested in studying social, economic and cultural history - or historical archaeology - in early modern contexts at MA or PhD level. There is huge potential for studying topics via a focus on North-East England, for which there are many untapped archival resources located in and near to Durham.

• British regional history 1500-1800
• Social & economic history of housing in Britain 1500-1800
• Social & economic history of north-east England 1500-1800
• Architecture and archaeology of the built environment in England and North America, 1500-1800

Authored book

• Building for England: John Cosin's Architecture in Renaissance Durham and Cambridge
  
  Green, A. (2016). Building for England: John Cosin’s Architecture in Renaissance Durham and Cambridge. Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies.

Chapter in book

• Architecture 1600-1760 – The Appeal of Classical Order
  
  Green, A. (2021). Architecture 1600-1760 – The Appeal of Classical Order. In A. Horning (Ed.), A Cultural History of Objects in the Age of Enlightenment. (pp. 131-151). Bloomsbury.
• Law and Architecture in Early Modern Durham
  
  Green, A. (2019). Law and Architecture in Early Modern Durham. In M. Lobban, J. Begatio, & A. Green (Eds.), Law, Lawyers and Litigants in Early Modern England: Essays in Memory of Christopher W. Brooks (pp. 265-291). Cambridge University Press.
• The Big House in the English Provincial Town
  
  Green, A. (2018). The Big House in the English Provincial Town. In J. Hinks & C. Armstrong (Eds.), The English Urban Renaissance Revisited (pp. 116-143). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
• Durham Ox: Commercial Agriculture in North-East England, 1600-1800
  
  Green, A. (2018). Durham Ox: Commercial Agriculture in North-East England, 1600-1800. In A. Green & B. Crosbie (Eds.), Economy and Culture in North-East England, 1500-1800 (pp. 44-67). Boydell.
• Auckland and Durham Castles in John Cosin's Time
  
  Green, A. (2017). Auckland and Durham Castles in John Cosin’s Time. In D. Rollason (Ed.), Princes of the Church: Bishops and their Palaces (pp. 332-347). Routledge.
• Consumption and Material Culture.
  
  Green, A. (2017). Consumption and Material Culture. In K. Wrightson (Ed.), A Social History of England, 1500-1750 (pp. 242-266). Cambridge University Press.
• Learning the Tricks of the Northumberland and Newcastle upon Tyne Hearth Tax
  
  Green, A. (2015). Learning the Tricks of the Northumberland and Newcastle upon Tyne Hearth Tax. In E. Ashton, M. Barke, E. George, & N. McCord (Eds.), A Northumbrian miscellany : historical essays in memory of Constance M. Fraser. (pp. 106-122). Association of Northumberland Local History Societies.
• Heartless and unhomely? Dwellings of the poor in East Anglia and North-East England.
  
  Green, A. (2010). Heartless and unhomely? Dwellings of the poor in East Anglia and North-East England. In J. McEwan & P. Sharpe (Eds.), Accommodating poverty: the housing and living arrangements of the English poor, c.1600-1850. (pp. 69-101). Palgrave.
• Houses and landscape in early industrial County Durham
  
  Green, A. (2010). Houses and landscape in early industrial County Durham. In T. Faulkner, H. Berry, & J. Gregory (Eds.), Northern landscapes: representations and realities of North-East England. (pp. 125-140). Boydell and Brewer.
• Urban historical archaeology: challenging ambivalence
  
  Green, A. (2006). Urban historical archaeology: challenging ambivalence. In A. Green & R. Leech (Eds.), Cities in the World, 1500-2000 (pp. 1-13). Taylor and Francis.
• County Durham at the Restoration: a social and economic case study
  
  Green, A. (2006). County Durham at the Restoration: a social and economic case study. In A. Green, E. Parkinson, & M. Spufford (Eds.), County Durham hearth tax assessment Lady Day 1666. (p. xv-xci). British Record Society.
• The Durham hearth tax: community politics and social relations
  
  Green, A. (2006). The Durham hearth tax: community politics and social relations. In P. Barnwell & M. Airs (Eds.), Houses and the hearth tax : the later Stuart house and society. (150th ed., pp. 144-154). Council for British Archaeology.
• 'A clumsey countrey girl': the material and print culture of Betty Bowes
  
  Green, A. (2004). ’A clumsey countrey girl’: the material and print culture of Betty Bowes. In H. Berry & J. Gregory (Eds.), Creating and consuming culture in North-East England, 1660-1830. (pp. 72-92). Ashgate Publishing.
• Houses in north-eastern England: regionality and the British beyond c.1600-1750
  
  Green, A. (2003). Houses in north-eastern England: regionality and the British beyond c.1600-1750. In S. Lawrence (Ed.), Archaeologies of the British : explorations of identity in Great Britain and its colonies, 1600-1945. (pp. 55-75). Routledge.

Edited book

• Law, Lawyers and Litigants in Early Modern England: Essays in Memory of Christopher W. Brooks
  
  Lobban, M., Begatio, J., & Green, A. (Eds.). (2019). Law, Lawyers and Litigants in Early Modern England: Essays in Memory of Christopher W. Brooks. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/978110866682
• Economy and Culture in North-East England, 1500-1800
  
  Green, A., & Crosbie, B. (Eds.). (2018). Economy and Culture in North-East England, 1500-1800. Boydell.
• Regional Identities in North-East England, 1300-2000
  
  Green, A., & Pollard, A. (Eds.). (2007). Regional Identities in North-East England, 1300-2000. Boydell & Brewer.
• Cities in the World, 1500-2000: Papers given at the Conference of the Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology, April 2002.
  
  Green, A., & Leech, R. (Eds.). (2006). Cities in the World, 1500-2000: Papers given at the Conference of the Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology, April 2002. Taylor and Francis.

Journal Article

• Vernacular Architecture at 50: Towards the Study of Buildings in Context
  
  Cherry, M., & Green, A. (2020). Vernacular Architecture at 50: Towards the Study of Buildings in Context. Vernacular Architecture, 50, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/03055477.2019.1663471
• Standing Buildings and Built Heritage
  
  Green, A., & Dixon, J. (2016). Standing Buildings and Built Heritage. Post-Medieval Archaeology, 50(1), 121-133. https://doi.org/10.1080/00794236.2016.1169492
• Building with History: Exploring the Relationship between Heritage and Energy in Institutionally Managed Buildings
  
  Adams, C., Douglas-Jones, R., Green, A., Lewis, Q., & Yarrow, T. (2014). Building with History: Exploring the Relationship between Heritage and Energy in Institutionally Managed Buildings. Historic Environment: Policy and Practice, 5(2), 167-181. https://doi.org/10.1179/1756750514z.00000000053
• Christopher W. Brooks, 1948-2014: A tribute.
  
  Green, A. (2014). Christopher W. Brooks, 1948-2014: A tribute. Seventeenth Century, 29(4), 403-409. https://doi.org/10.1080/0268117x.2014.971858
• The polite threshold in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Britain
  
  Green, A. (2010). The polite threshold in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Britain. Vernacular Architecture, 41, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1179/174962910x12838716153646
• Confining the vernacular: the seventeenth-century origins of a mode of study
  
  Green, A. (2007). Confining the vernacular: the seventeenth-century origins of a mode of study. Vernacular Architecture, 38, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1179/174962907x247985
• The Building of Quenby Hall, Leicestershire - A Reassessment
  
  Green, A., & Schadla-Hall, R. (2000). The Building of Quenby Hall, Leicestershire - A Reassessment. Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, 74, 21-36.
• The importance of houses: house and society in anthropology and archaeology
  
  Green, A. (1999). The importance of houses: house and society in anthropology and archaeology. Semiotica, 124, 153-164.
• Tudhoe Hall and Byers Green Hall, County Durham: seventeenth and early eighteenth century social change in houses
  
  Green, A. (1998). Tudhoe Hall and Byers Green Hall, County Durham: seventeenth and early eighteenth century social change in houses. Vernacular Architecture, 29, 33-42.

Other (Digital/Visual Media)

• Norfolk Hearth Tax 1672 and Norwich Hearth Tax 1671
  
  Green, A., Seaman, P., & Wareham, A. (2024). Norfolk Hearth Tax 1672 and Norwich Hearth Tax 1671 [Dataset].
• County Durham Hearth Tax Assessment Lady Day 1666
  
  Green, A., Parkinson, E., & Spufford, M. (2006). County Durham Hearth Tax Assessment Lady Day 1666 [Dataset].

Other (Print)

• Coal Stories - A trail through Durham's industrial past.
  
  Bell, S., & Green, A. (2021). Coal Stories - A trail through Durham’s industrial past.