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Johnston, D., 'A work in progress : Early developments at Welbeck Park by the 3rd Duke of Portland', in Gaunt, R. A. (editor), Church, land and people : Essays presented to John Beckett, Thoroton Society Records Series, 50, The Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire, 2020, 131-147.
(NOTES: Illustration. Bibliographical references. Describes the 3rd Duke of Portland's landscape improvements on the Welbeck estate in the 1760s. | PLACE: Welbeck | SUBJECT: Geography > Landscape design > Parkland | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in monograph in series | ID NUMBER: 12966)

Bennett-Samuels, M., 'The Third Duke of Newcastle and his forester's accounts, 1695-6', Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire : The Journal for Nottinghamshire History and Archaeology, 122, 2018, [145]-168.
(NOTES: Illustrations, maps, charts. Bibliographical references. Study of a daybook of timber deliveries, 1695-6. | PLACE: Sherwood Forest; Haughton; Welbeck; | SUBJECT: Economic history > Agriculture > Forestry | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | ID NUMBER: 12870)

Ilett, R., 'Ten guns a blasting: the Archduke Franz Ferdinand at Welbeck', The Nottinghamshire Historian, No. 102, Spring/Summer 2019, 15-16.
(NOTES: Illustrations. Bibliographical references. Visits by Archduke Franz Ferdinand to Welbeck Abbey in 1912 and 1913. | PLACE: Welbeck | SUBJECT: History and archaeology > Events > Royal visits | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | ID NUMBER: 12826)

Monks, G., 'William Gould, Land Agent and the Rural Community in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire 1783-1788', Family & Community History, 21(2), 2018, 67-81.
(NOTES: Bibliographical references. Article uses Gould's diary 'to explore how the land agent of a large estate which was entering a period of industrialisation interacted with both agricultural and industrial communities.' | PLACE: Welbeck | SUBJECT: Economic history > Land and property > Estate management > Land agents | ONLINE: DOI: 10.1080/14631180.2018.1495469 | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | ID NUMBER: 13245)

Monks, G., 'William Gould, land agent and the rural community in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire 1783-1788', Family & Community History, 21(2), 2018, 67-81.
(NOTES: Bibliographical references. Article uses William Gould's diaries 'to explore how the land agent of a large estate which was entering a period of industrialisation interacted with both agricultural and industrial communities.' | PLACE: Welbeck | SUBJECT: Economic history > Land and property > Estate management > Land agents | ONLINE: DOI: 10.1080/14631180.2018.1495469 | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | ID NUMBER: 13287)

Glanville, P., The Welbeck Kitchen 1695-1914: 12 historic recipes from Portland Collection archives, Welbeck: The Harley Gallery, 2017, 76 p.
(NOTES: Illustrations. Explores different aspects of dining with the Dukes of Portland - from food production to lavish balls and dining in the servants' halls. | PLACE: Welbeck | SUBJECT: Social history > Living conditions > Food and diet | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Monograph | ID NUMBER: 13146)

Hillman, J. and Cook, H., ''By floating and watering such land as lieth capable thereof': recovering meadow irrigation in Nottinghamshire', Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire : The Journal for Nottinghamshire History and Archaeology, 120, 2016, [75]-94.
(NOTES: Illustrations, maps. Bibliography. Discusses the formation, functions and decline of meadow irrigation in The Dukeries, placing it in historic and economic context. | PLACE: Welbeck; Thoresby; Worksop > Clumber; Carburton; Clipstone; Cuckney | SUBJECT: Historic environment > Monuments > Water supply and drainage > Water meadows | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | ID NUMBER: 12353)

Senior, W. (edited by Mastoris, S.), The Welbeck Atlas : William Senior's maps of the estates of William Cavendish, Earl of Newcastle 1629-1640, Thoroton Society Record Series, 47, Nottingham: The Thoroton Society, 2017, 238 p.
(NOTES: Illustrations, maps. Bibliography. Appendices, indexes. The Atlas contains maps surveyed between 1629 and 1640 for the Earl of Newcastle's properties in Nottinghamshire (19 maps), Derbyshire (27), Staffordshire (9), Northumberland (20), Gloucestershire (3) and Somerset (3). | PLACE: Welbeck; Carburton; Norton Cuckney; Warsop > Gleadthorpe; Worksop > Clumber; Edwinstowe; Sookholme; Sutton in Ashfield; Kirkby in Ashfield; Annesley > Annesley Woodhouse; Awsworth > Babbington; Cotham; Sibthorpe; Flawborough; Car Colston; Screveton; Kings Clipstone; Meering; Sutton on Trent; Nottingham; | SUBJECT: Geography > Maps; History and archaeology > Seventeenth century | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: 9780902719255 | PUBLICATION TYPE: Monograph in series | ID NUMBER: 12366)

Edwards, P., 'The decline of an aristocratic stud: The stud of Edward Lord Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, at Welbeck (Nottinghamshire), 1717-29', The Economic History Review, 69(3), 2016, 870-892.
(NOTES: Bibliographical references. Lord Harley's attempts to improve the declining stud at Welbeck resulted in failure and provided contemporaries and historians alike with an object lesson on how not to run a "top-end" stud.' | PLACE: Welbeck | SUBJECT: Economic history > Businesses and services > Stud | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | ID NUMBER: 13248)

Gaunt, R. A., 'Patrician landscapes and the picturesque in Nottinghamshire c.1750-c.1850', Rural History, 26 (2), 2016, 161-180.
(NOTES: Bibliographical references. | PLACE: The Dukeries; Worksop > Clumber; Perlethorpe cum Budby > Thoresby; Welbeck; Rufford | SUBJECT: Geography > Landscape design > Parkland | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | ID NUMBER: 12316)

Hall, M., Treasures of the Portland Collection, Welbeck: The Harley Gallery, 2016, 112 p.
(NOTES: Illustrations. Assembled by one family over four centuries, The Portland Collection at Welbeck Abbey in Nottinghamshire encompasses portraits, silver, jewellery, furniture, and tapestries of the highest quality, with one of the finest collections of portrait miniatures in private hands. | PLACE: Welbeck | SUBJECT: Culture and recreation > Fine art > General | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: 9780957661622 | PUBLICATION TYPE: Monograph | ID NUMBER: 13149)

Judd, L-A., 'The receipt book manuscripts of Henrietta Cavendish Holles Harley, Countess of Oxford (1694-1755)', Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire : The Journal for Nottinghamshire History and Archaeology, 119, 2015, [141]-167.
(NOTES: Illustration. Bibliographical references. Receipt books contained culinary recipes and prescriptive health advice. | PLACE: Welbeck | SUBJECT: Biography and family history > Biography; Social history > Living conditions > Food and diet | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | ID NUMBER: 12264)

Monks, G., 'The Duke of Portland and his Agent: The Education Act of 1870', Family & Community History, 19(2), 2016, 95-105.
(NOTES: Bibliographical references. Explores the ways in which the Duke of Portland's Welbeck Abbey estate in Nottinghamshire reacted to the caveats of The Education Act of 1870. | PLACE: Welbeck | SUBJECT: Economic history > Land and property > Estate management > Land agents; Local government and services > Education and schools > General | ONLINE: DOI: 10.1080/14631180.2016.1216347 | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | ID NUMBER: 13294)

Beckett, J., Welbeck Chapel, Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham and The University of Nottingham, 2014, 17 p.
(NOTES: Illustrations, maps. Bibliographical references. An entry on the Southwell and Nottingham Church History website providing a historical, architectural and archaeological description of the church or chapel. | PLACE: Welbeck | SUBJECT: Historic environment > Architecture and building > Ecclesiastical > Churches > Individual churches; Religion > Church of England > Individual Churches and Parishes | ONLINE: Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project website | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Monograph | ID NUMBER: 12630)

Adlam, D., Tunnel vision: the enigmatic 5th Duke of Portland, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire: The Harley Gallery, 2013, 40 p.
(NOTES: Illustrations. New edition of previously published 'Tunnel vision' (2003) and 'Miss Butler remembers' (2003) with new Epilogue. | PLACE: Welbeck | SUBJECT: Biography and family history > Biography > 5th Duke of Portland | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: 9780957661615 | PUBLICATION TYPE: Monograph | ID NUMBER: 12188)

Adlam, D., The great collector: Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Welbeck: The Harley Gallery, 2013, 52 p.
(NOTES: Illustrations. Explores the life of Edward Harley, Second Earl of Oxford in this essay in 'six acts', illustrated with full-colour images of objects from the historic Portland Collections of fine and decorative arts. | PLACE: Welbeck | SUBJECT: Biography and family history > Biography; Culture and recreation > Fine art > General | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: 9780957661608 | PUBLICATION TYPE: Monograph | ID NUMBER: 13147)

Leivers, C., 'Footman to Gentleman: in service with the Portlands', Nottinghamshire Family History Society Journal, 13(02), April 2010, 23-26.
(NOTES: William Leivers (c.1724-1801), entered into service at Welbeck Abbey in 1749. | PLACE: Welbeck | SUBJECT: Biography and family history > Biography | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: - | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | ID NUMBER: 11201)

Foulds, T., 'William and Margaret Cavendish exhibition in Antwerp' in Henstock, A. and Challis, K. (editors), 'Editors' notes', Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire, 110, 2006, 11.
(NOTES: William Cavendish, Marquis of Newcastle and his wife went into exile after the defeat of the Royalist forces at the Battle of Marston Moor in 1644. They moved to Antwerp in 1648 and the exhibition at the Rubenhuis Museum celebrated their time there. | PLACE: Welbeck | SUBJECT: Biography and family history > Family history > Individual families > Cavendish-Bentinck | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Contribution to article in serial | ID NUMBER: 13036)

Worsley, L., Cavalier: a tale of chivalry, passion and great houses, Faber, 2007, 332 p.
(NOTES: Life of William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle (1592-1676). Illustrations. Issued in 2008 in paperback as 'Cavalier: the story of a 17th-century playboy.' | PLACE: Welbeck | SUBJECT: Biography and family history > Biography > William Cavendish | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: 9780571227037 | PUBLICATION TYPE: Monograph | ID NUMBER: 10865)

Gould, W. (edited by Hanson, M.), Ducal estate management in Georgian Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire: the diary of William Gould, 1783-1788, Thoroton Society Record Series, 44, Nottingham: The Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire, 2006, 231 p.
(NOTES: Illustrations. | PLACE: Welbeck | SUBJECT: History and archaeology > Sources > Diaries and journals; History and archaeology > Eighteenth century | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: 9780902719200 | PUBLICATION TYPE: Monograph in series | ID NUMBER: 10532)

Stott, R., Duchess of curiosities: The life of Margaret, Duchess of Portland, Welbeck: Pineapple Press for the Harley Gallery, 2006, 48 p.
(NOTES: Illustrations. Margaret, Duchess of Portland was a woman of science before her time, one of the greatest collectors of the 18th century who assembled the world-famous Portland Museum; patron of Captain Cook and had a circle of friends and associates who included some of the most radical intellectual and creative thinkers of the time. | PLACE: Welbeck | SUBJECT: Biography and family history > Biography; Science > Scientific culture | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: | PUBLICATION TYPE: Monograph | ID NUMBER: 13148)

Worsley, L., 'The architectural patronage of William Cavendish, First Duke of Newcastle, 1593-1676', Transactions of the Ancient Monument Society, 50, 2006, 37-68.
(NOTES: Illustrations, plans. Bibliographical references. | PLACE: Welbeck; Nottingham | SUBJECT: Historic environment > Architecture and building > Secular > Country houses > Welbeck Abbey; | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: - | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | ID NUMBER: 10864)

Burke, V. E. and Coolahan, M-L., 'Chapter 5: The Literary Contexts of William Cavendish and his Family', in Bennett, M. (editor), Society, Religion, and Culture in Seventeenth Century Nottinghamshire, Lampeter, Wales: Edwin Mellen Press, 2005, 115-141.
(NOTES: The extensive literary interests and influence of William Cavendish, first Duke of Newcastle. | PLACE: Welbeck | SUBJECT: Biography and family history > Biography > William Cavendish | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: 9780773460454 | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in monograph | ID NUMBER: 11084)

Worsley, L., 'Female architectural patronage in the eighteenth century and the case of Henrietta Cavendish Holles Harley', Architectural History, 48, 2005, 139-162.
(NOTES: Includes photos, plans, diagrams, portraits. | PLACE: Welbeck | SUBJECT: Culture and recreation > Architecture and building > Architects > Other | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: 0066-622x | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | ID NUMBER: 10314)

Worsley, L., ''An Habitation not so Magnificent as Useful': life at Welbeck Abbey in the 17th Century', Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire, 107, 2003, 123-143.
(NOTES: Illustrations, plans. | PLACE: Welbeck | SUBJECT: Historic environment > Architecture and building > Secular > Country houses > Welbeck Abbey | ONLINE: - | ISBN/ISSN: 03099210 | PUBLICATION TYPE: Article in serial | ID NUMBER: 10056)


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