Vice President

Professor Caroline Barron OBE

Caroline Barron is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at Royal Holloway, University of London. She has a particular interest in the history of medieval London and worked with Roddy Lobel and Henry Johns on the HTA 1989 volume The City of London from Prehistoric Times to c.1520.

Since then she has contributed to the two Town & City Historical Maps of Medieval London and Tudor London. She also chairs the Projects and Programmes Committee of the Historic Towns Trust.

'Mapping Historic Oxford'

The Oxford Historian

June 2016

Professor Caroline Barrn OBE, trustee and former Chair of the HTT, has written an article on the history of the project, with an emphasis on its Oxford connections, for the History Faculty of Oxford University. The article appeared in the June 2016 edition of The Oxford Historian, and we are grateful to the History Faculty for permission to reproduce the article on our website.

Download and view the full article (PDF):

'Town Maps for Historians'

Local History News

Spring 2017

Professor Barron has also written a short article entitled 'Town Maps for Historians' for Local History News, the newsletter of the British Association for Local History. It appeared in issue number 123, Spring 2017, and can be found here.

Who We Are

The Trustees of the Historic Towns Trust form the governing body of the charity and meet four times a year. They include:

The Trust's Cartographic Editor, Giles Darkes is a specialist in thematic mapping. Formerly a senior lecturer in cartography at Oxford Brookes University, he has worked with the Historic Towns Trust supervising the mapping and publishing side of the Trust's work since 2009. He has also worked on many other mapping projects including the Atlas of the World's Languages and An Historical Atlas of Oxfordshire.

The day-to-day business of the charity is co-ordinated by an Executive Steering Committe which meets about six times a year and reports to the Trustees. Current members include:

To find out about more about the Committee's terms of reference, please see our section on the Trust's Governance.

The P&P Committee co-ordinates the current projects being undertaken by the Trust and investigates new projects. It liases with the local committees responsible for each project and advises on procedures. Current members include:

In addition, the Trust's Cartographic Editor is also a co-opted member of the committee.

The COM Committee co-ordinates the public face of the Trust. It is responsible for the website, for launching our publications, for lectures and other public engagement. Current members include:

In addition, the Trust's Cartographic Editor is also a co-opted member of the committee.

The Historic Towns Trust has developed a long-standing successful arrangement of working with partner organisations to create the British Historic Towns Atlas and Town & City Historical Maps. To continue to build on this 50-year track record of publishing, the Trust welcomes new partnerships with organisations that share the Trust’s vision and mission. Find out more about the role of our Partners including how to become a Trust Partner in Our Partnerships.