Beresford, Maurice (Warwick)
BERESFORD, Maurice (Warwick)
BERESFORD, Maurice (Warwick). British, b. 1920. Genres: Economics, History. Career: Member, Leeds Prison Parole Board, and Leeds Probation Committee. Lecturer, 1948-55, Reader, 1955-59, and Professor of Economic History, 1959-85, University of Leeds. Visiting Professor of History, University of Strathclyde, 1987-91. Member, Yorkshire Dales National Park Committee, 1964-72; Chairman, Yorkshire Citizens Advice Bureaux Committee, 1965-70; Member, Consumer Council, 1965-71, Hearing Aid Council, 1967-71, and Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, 1979-90. Publications: The Leeds Chambers of Commerce, 1951; The Lost Villages of England, 1954; History on the Ground, 1957, 1971; (with J.K. St. Joseph) Medieval England: An Aerial Survey, 1958, 1979; Time and Place, 1962; New Towns of the Middle Ages, 1967, 1988; (ed. with G. Jones) Leeds and Its Region, 1967; Deserted Medieval Villages, 1971; (with H.P.R. Finberg) English Medieval Boroughs, 1973; (with B.J. Barber) The West Riding County Council 1889-1974, 1979; Walks round Red Brick, 1980; Time and Place: Collected Papers, 1985; East End, West End, 1988; (with J.G. Hurst) Wharram Percy: Deserted Medieval Village, 1990. Address: 4 Claremont Ave., Leeds 3, Yorks, England.