Ben Cowell
Biographic Data
| ID | 5120340 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ben Cowell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ben |
| FAMILY NAME | Cowell |
| SIGNATURE | BEN COWELL |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Trust |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
How the Country House Became English
England’s Green
Arts philanthropy
Arts philanthropy: the facts, trends and potential by Tina Mermiri, London, Arts & Business, 2010, 62 pp., ISBN 978-0-9565380-8-6. http://artsandbusiness.org.uk/media%20library/Files/Research/artsa
Response 31
Measuring the Impact of Free Admission
The reintroduction of universal free admission to the government-sponsored museums is often cited by politicians and commentators as one of the principal cultural policy achievements of the current Labour administration. Both in terms of increasing the total number of visits to the sponsored museums and in encouraging new visitors from priority groups the policy has been a demonstrable success. The complexities of the data generated in support of…
Why heritage counts
The role of English Heritage in commissioning new research into the historic environment is considered. The place of research within the organization and the priorities for research as highlighted in the proposed English Heritage Research Strategy are set out. Research commissioned or carried out by English Heritage covers a wide range of areas, from archaeology and buildings history to applied conservation research. However, the focus of the art…
The Commons Preservation Society and the Campaign for Berkhamsted Common, 1866–70
This paper considers the role played by the Commons Preservation Society (CPS) in defending Berkhamsted Common in Hertfordshire from enclosure 1866–1870. The CPS was an organised pressure group, which deployed a series of legal and historical arguments to defend open spaces from development and to encourage anti-enclosure legislation. At Berkhamsted the CPS orchestrated a fence break in March 1866 to oppose forcibly the enclosure of a portion of …
Farming through Enclosure
The legal process of gaining an enclosure could be long, complicated and expensive .... It could take up to six years, during which time a farmer did not know what was happening or how to farm. (S. Wade Martins, Farms and Fields (1995), p. 81). The impact of parliamentary enclosure in England has been a subject for debate since at least the 1870s. A series of issues has been identified and discussed including the costs of enclosure; the effect of…
Measuring the Impact of Free Admission
The reintroduction of universal free admission to the government-sponsored museums is often cited by politicians and commentators as one of the principal cultural policy achievements of the current Labour administration. Both in terms of increasing the total number of visits to the sponsored museums and in encouraging new visitors from priority groups the policy has been a demonstrable success. The complexities of the data generated in support of…
The Commons Preservation Society and the Campaign for Berkhamsted Common, 1866–70
This paper considers the role played by the Commons Preservation Society (CPS) in defending Berkhamsted Common in Hertfordshire from enclosure 1866–1870. The CPS was an organised pressure group, which deployed a series of legal and historical arguments to defend open spaces from development and to encourage anti-enclosure legislation. At Berkhamsted the CPS orchestrated a fence break in March 1866 to oppose forcibly the enclosure of a portion of …
Arts philanthropy
Arts philanthropy: the facts, trends and potential by Tina Mermiri, London, Arts & Business, 2010, 62 pp., ISBN 978-0-9565380-8-6. http://artsandbusiness.org.uk/media%20library/Files/Research/artsa
Why heritage counts
The role of English Heritage in commissioning new research into the historic environment is considered. The place of research within the organization and the priorities for research as highlighted in the proposed English Heritage Research Strategy are set out. Research commissioned or carried out by English Heritage covers a wide range of areas, from archaeology and buildings history to applied conservation research. However, the focus of the art…
Farming through Enclosure
The legal process of gaining an enclosure could be long, complicated and expensive .... It could take up to six years, during which time a farmer did not know what was happening or how to farm. (S. Wade Martins, Farms and Fields (1995), p. 81). The impact of parliamentary enclosure in England has been a subject for debate since at least the 1870s. A series of issues has been identified and discussed including the costs of enclosure; the effect of…
The Commons Preservation Society and the Campaign for Berkhamsted Common, 1866–70
This paper considers the role played by the Commons Preservation Society (CPS) in defending Berkhamsted Common in Hertfordshire from enclosure 1866–1870. The CPS was an organised pressure group, which deployed a series of legal and historical arguments to defend open spaces from development and to encourage anti-enclosure legislation. At Berkhamsted the CPS orchestrated a fence break in March 1866 to oppose forcibly the enclosure of a portion of …
Why heritage counts
The role of English Heritage in commissioning new research into the historic environment is considered. The place of research within the organization and the priorities for research as highlighted in the proposed English Heritage Research Strategy are set out. Research commissioned or carried out by English Heritage covers a wide range of areas, from archaeology and buildings history to applied conservation research. However, the focus of the art…
Response 31
Measuring the Impact of Free Admission
The reintroduction of universal free admission to the government-sponsored museums is often cited by politicians and commentators as one of the principal cultural policy achievements of the current Labour administration. Both in terms of increasing the total number of visits to the sponsored museums and in encouraging new visitors from priority groups the policy has been a demonstrable success. The complexities of the data generated in support of…
Arts philanthropy
Arts philanthropy: the facts, trends and potential by Tina Mermiri, London, Arts & Business, 2010, 62 pp., ISBN 978-0-9565380-8-6. http://artsandbusiness.org.uk/media%20library/Files/Research/artsa
England’s Green
How the Country House Became English
Political science (6 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Business (3 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works)