Anthea Jones Author & Editor

Dr Anthea Jones was for fifteen years head of history at Cheltenham Ladies' College. She read modern history at St Hugh's College, Oxford, and then went to work in the London County Council, as it then existed. A few years later, teaching offered a more flexible working week, and quickly became a source of much enjoyment and fulfilment. An interest in local history was stimulated by attending WEA classes with Lionel Munby, and led to research for a Ph.D. which concentrated on social and demographic history. Her previous books are Tewkesbury, published in 1987, The Cotswolds, 1994, and A Thousand Years of the English Parish, which appeared in 2000; all were well received. Cheltenham: A New History builds on knowledge gained from these earlier studies, and on further extensive research in the archives. Dr Jones now lives in Charlton Kings.