Research Reports
Find research reports on specific buildings or sites, our large-area aerial survey mapping programme, and commissioned research.
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Early Railways: Review and Summary of Recent Research
This study, commissioned by Historic England, reviews the current literature and summarises the wider state of understanding of early railways with a...
Report Number: 25/2017Research Report -
Stockton And Darlington Railway Carriage Works, Darlington: Historic Building Investigation and Assessment of Significance
The Stockton & Darlington Railway (S&DR) Carriage Works is a Grade II-listed building located on Hopetown Lane, Darlington. This historic building report...
Report Number: 18/2021Research Report -
Historic Railway Buildings and Structures: overview of development pressure and review of significance
The background to the report was a period of increased spending on railway infrastructure and thus greater pressure for change to historic railway buildings...
Report Number: 72/2016Research Report -
Stockton and Darlington Railway Locomotive-Coaling Stage, Shildon, Co. Durham: Historic Building Investigation and Assessment of Significance
This report describes and discusses the significance and place in railway history of the Shildon locomotive-coaling stage (aka 'Coal Drops'), built by...
Report Number: 75/2022Research Report -
Heritage Railways and Covid-19: Getting Back on Track
Heritage railways have experienced wide ranging challenges due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, some have demonstrated notable resilience in face of...
Report Number: 51/2021Research Report -
20th Century Air-Raid Precaution Railway Control Centres
This report was commissioned from leading members of the Airfield Research Group by English Heritage (now Historic England), in order to have a better...
Report Number: 101/2014Research Report -
SPECIAL SOIL REPORT ON THE MICRO- MORPHOLOGY OF "DARK EARTH" FROM GLOUCESTER, LONDON, AND NORWICH: AN ANALYSIS OF URBAN ANTHROPOGENIC DEPOSITS FROM THE LATE ROMAN TO EARLY MEDIEVAL PERIODS IN ENGLAND.
Report Number: 3633Research Report -
Stockton and Darlington Railway Heritage Action Zone – Aerial Investigation and Mapping
The Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) opened in 1825, establishing a legacy of rail transport that remains today. The railway was chosen as one of...
Report Number: 28/2019Research Report -
Rosedale Branch East Railway, North Yorkshire: Archaeological survey and investigation of a short section east of the Dale Head embankment
The Rosedale Branch East Railway opened in 1865 to serve the East Mines (ironstone) and roasting kilns of the Rosedale Mining Company at Low Baring; it...
Report Number: 62/2019Research Report -
The Stockton & Darlington Railway Goods Depot, Darlington: Historic Building Investigation and Assessment of Significance
This report examines the history, development, function and significance of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) Goods Depot at Darlington. It provides:...
Report Number: 19/2021Research Report -
West Dewsbury, Kirklees, West Yorkshire: Historic Area Assessment
This report details the findings of a Level 3 Historic Area Assessment, undertaken by LUC (https://landuse.co.uk/) on behalf of Historic England and Kirklees...
Report Number: 180/2020Research Report -
The Common Staithe, King’s Lynn, Norfolk: an Architectural and Archaeological Assessment
King's Lynn was for much of the medieval and early modern period one of the principal ports of England, and it retains an important stock of historic...
Report Number: 8/2018Research Report -
Ravenglass Roman Fort, Cumbria: Survey Report
In March 1998 the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME) carried out an archaeological survey and investigation of Ravenglass...
Report Number: 83/1998Research Report -
Bellmanpark Limekilns, Clitheroe, Lancashire: Assessment of Significance
Historic England (then English Heritage) designated the disused limekilns (centred at SD 7586 4342) at Bellmanpark Lime, Cement and Macadam Works, Clitheroe,...
Report Number: 20/2021Research Report -
WESTERN GOODS SHED (BARPART HOUSE) King's Cross, London
This report results from investigations undertaken from the London office of the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, under the framework...
Report Number: 89/1999Research Report -
A Causewayed Enclosure on Combe Hill, Eastbourne, East Sussex: An Earthwork Survey by The Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England - Enclosure and Industry in the Neolithic
In early March 1995 the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England surveyed the well-preserved earthworks of a causewayed enclosure on Combe...
Report Number: 71/1995Research Report -
The Parish of Stoke, Hoo Peninsula, Kent: Historic Area Assessment
The parish of Stoke lies on the south side of the Hoo Peninsula. Situated below a ridge of higher ground, its landscape is a mixture of farmland and saltings...
Report Number: 12/2014Research Report -
Combined Cycle Gas Turbine Power Stations: An Historical Overview
This report provides a brief overview of natural gas-fired Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power stations in England. The majority date from the early...
Report Number: 58/2021Research Report -
Kingsbury Hall, Kingsbury, Warwickshire, Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers
Prior to tree-ring analysis being undertaken on the roofs and ground and first-floor ceilings of the South, East, and West Range of this building, these...
Report Number: 53/2006Research Report -
Stonehenge World Heritage Site Landscape Project: Winterbourne Stoke Crossroads
To the north-west of the Winterbourne Stoke Crossroads (also known as the Longbarrow Crossroads but now a roundabout) is a large group of barrows, as...
Report Number: 107/2010Research Report
