The King's England

Enchanted Land, the introductory volume in the series.

The Northamptonshire volume in the original cover style.

The King's England is a topographical and historical book series written and edited by Arthur Mee in 43 volumes. The first, introductory, volume was published in 1936; in 1989, The King's England Press was established to reprint the series.

It was said^{[by whom?]} that the series was a modern Domesday Book and that the compilers had travelled half-a-million miles in order to complete their task. The vast majority of the content is a description of churches and associated local worthies.

Original titles[]

The first title in the series was the introductory volume, Enchanted Land: Half-a-million miles in the King's England, published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1936.^[1] It was said that the series was a modern Domesday Book and that the compilers had travelled half-a-million miles in order to complete their task.

Revised titles[]

In 1970, the London volume was split into three. Bomb damage during the Second World War, the subsequent post-war reconstruction and alterations to local government boundaries in 1965 all made it difficult to treat London properly in one volume.^[2] The new volumes, which brought the total to 43, were:

• London North of the Thames except the City and Westminster (1972)
• London – The City and Westminster
• London South of the Thames

Reprints[]

In 1989, was established to reprint the series, "recognising the need for them, both as excellent guidebooks and now with the added dimension as historical documents in their own right."^[3]

References[]

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