Ann Hudson, MA PGCE
Location: CHICHESTER
Membership Grade: Fellow
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General Experience
I have been indexing since the 1980s and was shortlisted three times for the Wheatley Medal for indexing. I have a Cambridge honours degree in archaeology and art history. I have a reading knowledge of French and Italian, and also some German, Latin and Ancient Greek. I mainly index journals but am happy to consider book indexing commissions in my specialist subjects if the deadlines are not too tight.
Subjects
I have many years of experience in indexing archaeological monographs and periodicals. I am the regular indexer for the journals Vernacular Architecture, Journal of the British Archaeological Association and Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society.
The history of art and architecture was my final degree subject and I have indexed a wide range of books in this field, from monographs on Piero di Cosimo and Giovanni Bellini to studies of railway station and prison architecture. I am the regular indexer for the journals Vernacular Architecture and Journal of the British Archaeological Association.
I have much experience in indexing UK local history, with particular expertise on Sussex, London and Cambridgeshire.
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Other skills
Training In Indexing
I have taught indexing for many years, through workshops, 'live' and online, and tutorials, and I have run in-house training sessions on indexing for major publishing companies. I currently run a monthly Zoom discussion group for the Society of Indexers, 'Talking about the past', where we discuss a variety of topics connected with indexing history and archaeology.
Consultancy
I can offer consultancy to editors of historical records publications who are compiling their own indexes.
Recent indexes include
Ian Forrest and Christopher Whittick (ed.), The visitation of Hereford Diocese in 1397, Canterbury and York Society, 2021
Simon Keith, Surveying the Domesday Book, Windgather Press, 2022
Frank Kelsall and Timothy Walker, Nicholas Barbon: developing London, 1667-1698, London Topographical Society, 2022
Charlotte Ribeyrol, William Burges’s Great Bookcase and the Victorian colour revolution, Yale University Press, 2023
Jenny Linford, Repast: The Story of Food, Thames & Hudson/The British Museum, 2025
Clients Include
Yale University Press
Thames & Hudson
Vernacular Architecture Group
British Archaeological Association
Cambridge Antiquarian Society
Special Publication Type
Journal indexing forms a large part of my work, ranging from 1-volume to 25-volume indexes.
Tools
MACREX
