Mary Cosh
Ethel Eleanor Mary Cosh,
Early life
Mary Cosh was born in Bristol on 3 March 1919 to Arthur Strode (a director) and Ellen (Janisch) Cosh.
Career
Cosh worked with the
Historical writing
Cosh wrote extensively on the history of Islington, including her masterwork, A History of Islington, published by Historical Publications in 2005,[7] which was the first full-length history of the area since the mid nineteenth century. She also wrote two historical works relating to Scotland, firstly Inveraray and the Dukes of Argyll with Ian Lindsay, published by Edinburgh University Press in 1973, and Edinburgh, the golden age, published in 2005. That work dealt with the social and cultural life of Edinburgh during the Scottish Enlightenment, covering the period 1760 to 1832 and drawing on contemporary accounts in literature, newspapers, letters and journals. Cosh became a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1986.[8]
Selected publications
Fiction
- The real world. Cassell, London, 1961.
Non-fiction
- Inveraray and the Dukes of Argyll. ISBN 978-0852241875
- An historical walk through Clerkenwell. Islington Libraries, London, 1980. ISBN 978-0902260078(2nd revised edition 2007)
- History of St. Stephen's Church, Canonbury: The building and the people from its consecration in June 1839 to June 1989. St Stephen's Church, Canonbury, 1989. ISBN 978-0951487808
- An historical walk through Barnsbury. Islington Archaeology & History Society, London, 1981. ISBN 978-0950753201(2nd revised edition 2001)
- A Regents Canal walk: From Camden Lock to City Road Basin. Isledon Publications, 1985.
- An historical walk along the New River. Islington Archaeology & History Society, London, 1988. ISBN 978-0950753232(3rd revised edition 2001)
- The squares of Islington. Part 1, Finsbury and Clerkenwell. Islington Archaeology & History Society, London, 1990. ISBN 0950753254
- The squares of Islington. Part 2, Islington parish. Islington Archaeology & History Society, London, 1993. ISBN 0950753262
- McBean, Angus. (2001) Angus McBean in Islington. London: Islington Archaeology & History Society. (Editor)
- Edinburgh, the golden age. John Donald, 2005. ISBN 978-0859765718
- A history of Islington. Historical Publications, London, 2005. ISBN 978-0948667978
- 53 Cross Street: The biography of a house. Islington Archaeology & History Society, London, 2001. (With Martin King) ISBN 9780954849009
References
- ^ Mary Cosh
- ^ a b c "Contemporary Authors Online". Biography in Context. Gale. 2002. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ Gruner, Peter (14 February 2014). "As she prepares to celebrate her 95th birthday, fresh calls for Mary's history of Islington to have a future". Islington Tribune. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ (Ethel Eleanor) Mary COSH. Debrett's. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ Mary Cosh. The Islington Society. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ Islington historian treated like a criminal for clipping wing mirror. Peter Gruner, Camden new Journal, 7 May 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ From Tudor manors to grim Victorian slums. Camden New Journal, 2005. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ Fellows Directory. Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
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