The Burgon Society Shop
To order any items in the Burgon Society Shop, just complete an Order Form and return it with your remittance to Ian Johnson, The Burgon Society, 9 Pymore Road, Bridport, Dorset. DT6 3XE. United Kingdom.
If you are making a payment to the Society from outside the UK, you can either: pay by banker's draft in UK pounds drawn on a corresponding UK bank; arrange for your bank to make a payment directly to our bank quoting IBAN GB37 MIDL 4001 2471 3762 33 and BIC MIDL GB2105N; or if you have a Paypal account, you can transfer your payment using our PayPal email address, iaj123@aol.com.
All prices include postage and packing.
Transactions of the Burgon Society Volume 8 (2008)
edited by Alex Kerr
Published in 2009 by the Burgon Society. Crown Quarto. 160 pages.
Members £10.00; Non-members £13.00
This issue includes articles on the academical dress of the University of Warwick; trends in the manufacture of gowns and hoods (with detailed descriptions and illustrations); the robes for the Master of Midwifery of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London; the origins of the University of Wales robes; the use of the academic hood in quire; notes and corrections to Hargreaves-Mawdsley's History of Academical Dress; and the personal reminiscences of a life-long student of academical dress.
Malachite and Silver: Academic Dress of the University of Stirling
by Colin Fleming
Published in 2009 by the Burgon Society. A5 Stapled.
Members £7.50; Non-members £10.00
This book, with full colour photographs of all degree and ceremonial robes, describes the academic dress of the University of Stirling and its history, as well as the graduation ceremonies and ceremonial symbols of the University.
Transactions of the Burgon Society Volume 7 (2007)
edited by Alex Kerr
Published in 2008 by the Burgon Society. Crown Quarto. 144 pages.
Members £9.00; Non-members £12.50
This issue includes articles on academical dress at the University of Toronto; the question of Lambeth degree holders and the University of London; Wills's Cigarette cards of university hoods and gowns; the robes of the medical Royal Colleges; and academic attire as a component of the livery of the Chapel Royal.
Key to the Identification of Academic Hoods of the British Isles
compiled by Nicholas Groves
Published in 2008 by the Burgon Society. A5 Stapled.
Members £8.00; Non-members £12.00
Based on the key in George Shaw's Academical Dress of British Universities published in 1966, this simple-to-use key enables any hood to be identified from its colour and shape. This revised third edition contains the more recent universities and degree-awarding bodies, as well as updates for the older ones.
Transactions of the Burgon Society Volume 6 (2006)
edited by Alex Kerr
Published in 2008 by the Burgon Society. Crown Quarto. 128 pages.
Members £7.50; Non-members £10.00
This issue includes articles on the Tudor Sumptuary Laws; green as the colour for doctor's robes; Masters of Grammar; the academical dress of the University of Stirling; and academic dress and nursing.
Transactions of the Burgon Society Volume 5 (2005)
edited by Alex Kerr
Published in 2006 by the Burgon Society. Crown Quarto. 128 pages.
Members £7.50; Non-members £10.00
This issue, which continues the series of Burgon Society Annuals under a new name, includes articles on the history of robes in Germany and France; the evolution of English academical dress from the Middle Ages to modern times; Lambeth academical dress; the original London University scheme; gold as the colour of science; and the use of the British Colour Council numbering system by British and Commonwealth universities.
Academic Dress in the University of Hertfordshire
by Bruce Christianson
Published in 2006 by the University of Hertfordshire. A4 Landscape Stapled. 28 pages.
Members £5.50; Non-members £7.50
This revised and expanded edition includes a full guide to the history and design of the University of Hertfordshire's academic robes, easy identification keys for the robes of graduates and of officers, and photographs of the University Awards Ceremonies held at St Alban's Abbey.
The Burgon Society Annual 2004
edited by Alex Kerr
Published in 2005 by the Burgon Society. A4 Bound. 64 pages.
Members £5.50; Non-members £7.50
The 2004 Annual contains articles on the evolution of undergraduate dress at Oxford and Cambridge, unrecorded engravings of Oxford dress, the change in colour of the Dublin hood, and a suggested scheme for a national system of academical dress; as well as accounts of last year's Congregation, Garden Party and the Study Day held at Trinity College, Oxford.
The Academical Dress of the University of East Anglia
by Nicholas Groves
Published in 2005 by the Burgon Society. A5 Stapled. Includes 16 pages of colour plates.
Members £7.50; Non-members £10.00
This book, with colour photographs of all degree and official robes, examines the rationale behind Cecil Beaton's designs, and charts developments in the scheme since 1963.
The Burgon Society Annual 2003
edited by Alex Kerr
Published in 2004 by the Burgon Society. A4 Stapled. 64 pages.
Members £5.50; Non-members £7.50
The 2003 Annual contains articles on the academical dress of the University of Westminster, the origins of the lay bachelor's hood and the evolution of hood patterns; as well as accounts of last year's Congregation and the Study Days held at Weybridge and Girton College, Cambridge.
Theological Colleges: Their Hoods and Histories
by Nicholas Groves
Published in 2004 by the Burgon Society. A5 Stapled. Includes 4 pages of colour plates.
Members £10.00; Non-members £13.50
This booklet covers all theological colleges, institutions and training courses in the British Isles, with brief notes on their histories, as well as full details of their academical dress, including obsolete and superseded robes. It also includes details of many long-closed colleges.
Academical Dress of Music Colleges and Societies of Musicians in the United Kingdom
by Nicholas Groves and John Kersey
Published in 2002 by the Burgon Society. A5 Stapled. Includes 4 pages of colour plates.
Members £6.00; Non-members £8.00
This booklet covers all music colleges and societies, with brief notes on their histories, as well as full details of their academical dress, including obsolete and superseded robes.
The Burgon Society Annual 2002
edited by Michael Powell
Published in 2002 by the Burgon Society. A4 Slide Bound. 38 pages.
Members £3.50; Non-members £4.75
The 2002 Annual contains articles on French academic dress, the evolution of the Oxford Simple Shape hood and the literate's hood; as well as accounts of this year's Congregation and visit to Ede and Ravenscroft at Waterbeach in Cambridgeshire.
The Burgon Society Annual 2001
edited by Michael Powell and Philip Goff
Published in 2001 by the Burgon Society. A4 Slide Bound. 36 pages.
Members £3.50; Non-members £4.75
The 2001 Annual contains articles on New Zealand academic dress, the origins and development of academic dress at Manchester; as well as a short history of the Burgon Society and an account of its first Congregation.
The Academical Robes of Saint David's College Lampeter (1822-1971)
by Nicholas Groves
Published in 2001 by the University of Wales Lampeter. A5 Stapled. 28 pages.
Members £3.50; Non-members £4.75
This book contains a history and description of the hoods and gowns in use at Saint David's College Lampeter from its foundation in 1822 until its incorporation into the University of Wales in 1971.
University of London Academic Dress
by Philip Goff
Published in 1999 by The University of London Press. A5 Bound. 56 pages.
Members £6.50; Non-members £8.75
This book contains a brief history of the origins and evolution of university costume, plus a guide to the gowns, hoods, caps and official dress of the University of London.
The Burgon Society Member's Tie
Available only from the Burgon Society.
Members £10.50; Non-members £14.00
Small crimson burgon shaped hoods between narrow triple stripes of silver, crimson and silver on a dark blue background.
The Burgon Society Scarf
Made by Ryder & Amies, Cambridge.
Members £20.00; Non-members £26.75
Two narrow crimson stripes each between two narrow silver stripes on a dark blue background.