C J Baker, 2013, Pensnett – its name and origins, Staffordshire History Journal
C Baker, 2019, An ecclesiastical affair – scandal and libel in a Black Country parish, Part 1 – Pensnett in the Nineteenth Century, Blackcountryman, 52, 2
C Baker (2019) An ecclesiastical affair – scandal and libel in a Black Country parish, Part 2 – Charles Atherton, Curate and Vicar, Blackcountryman, 52, 3
C Baker (2020) An ecclesiastical affair – scandal and libel in a Black Country parish, Part 3 – The libel trial, Blackcountryman, 53,3
C Baker (2020) An ecclesiastical affair – scandal and libel in a Black Country parish, Part 4 – The aftermath, Blackcountryman, 53.4
C Baker (2022) “John Louis Petit and the Black Country”, Blackcountryman Summer 2022, 55.2. https://www.blackcountrysociety.com/post/john-louis-petit-and-the-black-country-by-chris-baker
C Baker (2022) “The Shut End Primitive Methodist Chapel” Blackcountryman, Autumn 2022, 55.3
C Baker (2023) “The Pensnett Canal and Pensnett Railway”, Blackcountryman, Winter 2023, 55.4
C Baker (2024) “The Black Country – from the stone age to Domesday. Part 1”, The Blackcountryman, Autumn 2024, 57.3
C Baker (2024) “The Black Country – from the stone age to Domesday. Part 2”, The Blackcountryman, Winter 2024, 57.4
C Baker (2024) “The Black Country – from the stone age to Domesday. Part 3”, The Blackcountryman, Spring 2025, 58.1
In blogs describing the following technical papers I have uploaded to the web site I have written as follows.
The papers ……. were originally intended to be sent to journals for publication – after five years of retirement I felt able once again to resume my career long warfare with journal editors and referees. However reading the journal author guides quickly made me change my mind, and I decided simply to mount the papers on this website. This has advantages in that doing so is good for my blood pressure and state of mind, and also allows for immediate dissemination of what has been written, but also disadvantages, in that the papers have not been tested by peer review and, as I am possibly the world’s worst proof reader, no doubt have significant numbers of typographical errors. Readers will come to their own views as to whether my approach has been the correct one.
C J Baker (2023) “The changing face of death”
C J Baker (2023) “The Fowler maps of Kingswinford parish of 1822 and 1840”
C J Baker (2025) “From refugees to riches – five generations of the Petit family” A paper that draws on the material in earlier blog posts, and which was written specifically for the Petit society web site.
Engineering, history and ecclesiology 