Lecturer in Urban History

Contact Details

Biography

Having completed my undergraduate degree in Fine Art and Art History at Goldsmiths College, London, I went on to complete a Ph.D. on nineteenth-century topographical imagery at the University of Cambridge. My interests in social and cultural history now range from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries. In particula,r my research relates to urban history and involves analysing visual evidence such as prints, engravings and illustrations. I am currently engaged on two areas of research. The first combines a range of perspectives to research the social, political and cultural significance of urban public parks and open spaces from 1700 to 1990. The second focuses on visual sources to provide new insight into the representation and perception of urban England between 1770 and 1870. 

Research

• Research Interests
• Publications 

PhD Supervision

British social and cultural history  c. 1700—1900, especially urban history and the analysis of visual evidence such as prints, engravings and illustrations. 

Teaching

Undergraduate Teaching

HS1000: Making History
HS2000: Undergraduate Dissertation Supervision
HS2221: Creating A Modern World? Consumption and Cultural Change in the 18th Century
HS3605: Culture and Society in the English Town, 1680-1820
HS3749/3750: Exhibitions, Empire and Industry, 1851-1951.

Postgraduate Teaching

MA Course: Concepts in Urban History
MA Urban Topography: Image and Reality  

Administrative Responsibilities

School Learning and Teaching Committee
School Library Representative
Joint Degree Co-ordinator: History and Politics  

Most Recent Publications

1. Crone, Gange and Layton-Jones (eds), New Perspectives in British Cultural History 1600-2000 (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Press (July 2007). Editor and chapter author. Chapter: ‘The view from the viaduct’, 8-21.
2. Layton-Jones and Lee, Places of Health and Amusement (Swindon: English Heritage, 2008). 
3. Layton-Jones, ‘The Synthesis of Town and Trade: Visualising Provincial Urban Identity 1800-1851’. Urban History 35:1 (Spring 2008), pp.72-95.
4. Layton-Jones, ‘Visual Quotations: Referencing Visual Sources as Historical Evidence’ and ‘Editorial: Visual Collections and Historical Research’. Visual Resources 24:2 (July 2008), pp.189-199.
5. Layton-Jones, ‘Re-Presenting Manchester: The Art-Treasures Exhibition in Manchester 1857’. Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 87:2 (August 2009).