Allan Marshall Brodie

Allan Marshall Brodie FSA is a British historian. His expertise includes medieval ecclesiastical architecture and the history of tourism in Britain. He studied for his MA at the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London in 1982, the subject of his dissertation being the chronology of the East End of Rochester Cathedral. Photographs contributed by Allan Brodie to the Courtauld's Conway Library archive are currently being digitised as part of the Courtauld Connects project.[1]

For other people named Allan Brodie, see Allan Brodie (disambiguation).

Allan Brodie works for Historic England, where he is a member of the research group.[2] He researches historical buildings including Roman forts, medieval churches, Georgian prisons and Art Deco airport terminals. Brodie's writing also covers topics related to seaside resorts and ports development, including the Georgian sex life of Scarborough,[3] Liverpool’s history of sea bathing and a typology of seaside resorts origins, and the phenomenon of Kent resort towns.[4]

Brodie co-edited the collection Travel and Tourism in Britain 1700-1914 with Susan Barton, which reveals 'a transition from travel as a "difficult, dangerous and expensive, but perhaps exotic" pastime to a somewhat more commonplace one'.[5]

Brodie co-authored the book Weston-super-Mare: The town and its seaside heritage (2019), with Johanna Roethe and Kate Hudson-McAulay. The book was launched at the Blakehay Theatre in 2019 in an event hosted by the chair of Historic England, Sir Laurie Magnus.[6][7]

His most recent book was Tourism and the Changing Face of the British Isles (2019).[8]

Career

Since 1999 Allan Brodie has served as a Senior Investigator at Historic England. Brodie co-authored the Historic England report Defending Scilly, The Defences of the Isles of Scilly and The Threat of Climate Change (2011).[9]

From January 1986 to March 1999 Brodie was Senior Architectural Investigator for the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England.

Professional recognition

Brodie was elected a Fellow the Society of Antiquaries of London on 7 July 2009.[10]

Publications

Books

Brodie, Allan. Tourism and the Changing Face of the British Isles. Swindon: English Heritage, 2019 ISBN 1848023588

Brodie, Allan & Whitfield, Mathew. Blackpool's Seaside Heritage. English Heritage, 2014 ISBN 1848021100 ISBN 978-1848021105

Brodie, Allan, Roethe Johanna, Hudson-McAulay Kate. Weston Super-Mare: The Town and its Seaside Heritage. Swindon: English Heritage, 2019 ISBN 1848024797 ISBN 978-1848024793

Brodie, Allan. The Seafront. Swindon: English Heritage, 2018 ISBN 1848023820 ISBN 978-1848023826

Brodie, Allan; Brodie, Mary. Law Courts and Courtrooms 1: The Buildings of the Criminal Law. London: Historic England, 2016 ISBN 1848023936

ISBN 978-1848023932

Brodie, Allan & Brodie, Mary. Law Courts and Courtrooms 2: Civil and Coroner’s Courts: Introductions to Heritage Assets. London: Historic England, 2016

Brodie, Allan & Whitfield, Matthew. Blackpool's Seaside Heritage. Swindon: English Heritage, 2014 ISBN 1848021100 ISBN 978-1848021105

Brodie, Allan & Higgott, Inner Bailey, Dover Castle, Kent : The Inner Bailey 1200-1800. Historic Buildings Report: Portsmouth. English Heritage, 2011 (free PDF)

Bowden, Mark & Brodie, Allan. Defending Scilly. Swindon: English Heritage, 2011 ISBN 1848020430 ISBN 978-1848020436

Brodie, Allan; Ellis Colin, Stuart, David & Winter, Gary. Weymouth’s Seaside Heritage, Swindon: English Heritage, 2008 ISBN 1848020082 ISBN 978-1848020085

Brodie, Allan & Winter Gary. England’s Seaside Resorts. Swindon : English Heritage 2007 ISBN 1905624654 ISBN 9781905624652

Barker, Nigel; Brodie, Allan; Dermott, Nick; Jessop, Lucy & Winter, Gary. Margate’s Seaside Heritage. Swindon: English Heritage, 2007 ISBN 1905624662 ISBN 978-1905624669

Brodie, Allan; Sargent, Andrew & Winter, Gary. Seaside Holidays in the Past: London : English Heritage, 2005. ASIN B01K0USWKO

Brodie, Allan; Croom, Jane & Davies, James O. English Prisons -an Architectural History, Swindon: English Heritage, 2002 ISBN 1873592531 ISBN 978-1873592533

Brodie, Allan; Croom, Jane & Davies, James O. Behind Bars: The Hidden Architecture of England's Prisons. Swindon: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, 27 Jan. 2000 ISBN 1873592396 ISBN 978-1873592397

Journals

Brodie, Allan.The Castle or the Green Field: Dilemmas and Solutions in English Prison Planning, 1780-1850. Prison service journal. 246, (2019): 4-9. [London, HMSO]

Brodie, Allan. A Brief History of Prison Closures 1777-2015. Prison service journal. 224, (2016): 48-54, [London, HMSO]

Brodie, Allan. Scotland and Tourism: The Long View, 1700-2015. Journal of tourism history, 9, no. 2-3, (2017): 287-289, [London, HMSO]

Brodie, Allan. The Garrison Defences on St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly in the 17th and 18th Centuries. English Heritage Historical Review, v7 n1 (201201): 36-65

Brodie, Allan. The Tudor Defences of Scilly. English Heritage Historical Review, v5 n1 (201011): 24-43

Brodie, Allan. Dai Luoghi di Cura ai "Campi di Vacanza" : l' esperienza della costa inglese, Architetture per le colonie di vacanza. Patrocinio Istituto per i Beni Artistici, Culturali e Naturali, Regione Emilia-Romagna ... A cura di Valter Balducci. 37-40, 2005

Brodie, Allan M. Malmesbury Abbey. Archaeological journal. The Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 145.1988, Suppl., 31-35

Brodie, Allan M., Rochester Cathedral : The Chronology of the East End. Dissertation: (MA) University of London (Courtauld Institute of Art) 1982

References
  1. http://blog.courtauld.ac.uk/digitalmedia/2020/06/30/who-made-the-conway-library/
  2. "Allan Brodie | Historic England - Academia.edu". historicengland.academia.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  3. Brodie, Allan. "Journal of Tourism History 'Scarborough in the 1730s – spa, sea and sex'". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. England, Words: Jack Watkins Photos: Historic. "New book looks back at Britain and Kent's seaside towns". Kent Life. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  5. Zepeda, Sofia (2016). "Susan Barton and Allan Brodie, eds. Travel and Tourism in Britain, 1700-1914 Volume 1: Travel and Destinations. London: Pickering & Chatto, 2014. 476 pp. ISBN: 9781848934122. $155.50". Itinerario. 40 (2): 332–334. doi:10.1017/S0165115316000498. ISSN 0165-1153.
  6. Young, Eleanor. "'Historical gems' of Weston explored in 'must-read' book". Weston Mercury. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  7. "Hundreds attend new book launch to celebrate Weston's history | North Somerset Council". www.n-somerset.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  8. "Tourism and the Changing Face of the British Isles | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  9. "Defending Scilly | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  10. "Mr Allan Brodie". Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
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