Part 1 The acquisition and management of estates: a country gentleman and his estates, 1720-1768 - Sir Mark Stuart Pleydell, Bart, of Coleshill, Berkshire, Janie Cottis; the purchase and management of Guy's Hospital estates, 1726-1806, B.E.S.Trueman; a progressive landlord - the Earl Spencer, 1782-1845, E.A.Wasson. Part 2 Corporate landowners and urban development: estate development in Bristol, Birmingham and Liverpool, 1660-1720, C.W.Chalklin; Liverpool Corporation as landowners and dock builders, 1709-1835, Jane Longmore; the development of the Crown and corporation estates at Reading, 1828-1860, S.T.Blake. Part 3 Landlords in industry and commerce: a Devon family and their estates - the Northcotes of Upton Pyne, 1660-1851, P.J.Keeley; aristocrats and entrepreneurs in the Shropshire mining industry, 1748-1803, J.R.Wordie.
