John Gurney is a Visiting Fellow in the School of Historical Studies, Newcastle University

• 1. Parish, community and social relations in Cobham2. The parish of Cobham and the Civil War 3. Gerrard Winstanley4. Winstanley: the early writings5. The Diggers on St George’s Hill 6. The Diggers and the local community 7. AftermathIndex

Gurney has written a remarkable book… comprehensively researched, it is a notable addition to a highly successful Manchester University Press series. No historian dealing with this period can afford to ignore it.'R. C. Richardson, Southern HistoryThis work attempts to place the Diggers in context on a number of different levels: locally, nationally, politically, and intellectually. The aim is to improve our comprehension of the Diggers in their time and place without having Winstanley dominate the account; this is a laudable change of focus, as a prolific radical theorist can skew the analysis.

John Gurney is a Visiting Fellow in the School of Historical Studies, Newcastle University

• 1. Parish, community and social relations in Cobham2. The parish of Cobham and the Civil War 3. Gerrard Winstanley4. Winstanley: the early writings5. The Diggers on St George’s Hill 6. The Diggers and the local community 7. AftermathIndex

Gurney has written a remarkable book… comprehensively researched, it is a notable addition to a highly successful Manchester University Press series. No historian dealing with this period can afford to ignore it.'R. C. Richardson, Southern HistoryThis work attempts to place the Diggers in context on a number of different levels: locally, nationally, politically, and intellectually. The aim is to improve our comprehension of the Diggers in their time and place without having Winstanley dominate the account; this is a laudable change of focus, as a prolific radical theorist can skew the analysis.

John Gurney is a Visiting Fellow in the School of Historical Studies, Newcastle University

• 1. Parish, community and social relations in Cobham2. The parish of Cobham and the Civil War 3. Gerrard Winstanley4. Winstanley: the early writings5. The Diggers on St George’s Hill 6. The Diggers and the local community 7. AftermathIndex

Gurney has written a remarkable book… comprehensively researched, it is a notable addition to a highly successful Manchester University Press series. No historian dealing with this period can afford to ignore it.'R. C. Richardson, Southern HistoryThis work attempts to place the Diggers in context on a number of different levels: locally, nationally, politically, and intellectually. The aim is to improve our comprehension of the Diggers in their time and place without having Winstanley dominate the account; this is a laudable change of focus, as a prolific radical theorist can skew the analysis.