Nigel Baker is a freelance archaeologist specialising in historic towns and has previously published books on Worcester and Gloucester, and Shrewsbury. He worked for Herefordshire Council for eight years and is an Honorary Research Fellow of the School of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Birmingham.
Pat Hughes has 40 years experience in documentary research, studying the background to historic houses, townscapes, and landscapes across the Midlands and the west of England; she is particularly interested in the insights provided by documents in interpreting standing buildings and archaeological sites.
Richard K Morriss is a freelance archaeologist and author specializing in buildings, transport, and industry, and lives in south-west Shropshire. For eight years he was Assistant Director of the City of Hereford Archaeological Unit; he is presently the archaeological consultant to four cathedrals, including Hereford.
