Research Reports
Find research reports on specific buildings or sites, our large-area aerial survey mapping programme, and commissioned research.
Search Results
-
Canal and River Navigations National Overview: an appraisal of the heritage and archaeology of England’s present and former inland navigable waterways
The navigable inland waterways that are subject of this Overview constitute an immense heritage resource that has developed over many centuries. It is...
Report Number: 28/2017Research 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 -
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 -
Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire: Historic Area Assessment
As its name suggests, Sowerby Bridge, approximately 4.8km (2.3 miles) south-west of Halifax in the county of West Yorkshire, developed as a small hamlet...
Report Number: 23/2024Research Report -
SOIL REPORT ON THE 1988 EXCAVATIONS AT SLAUGHTERHOUSE LANE, NEWARK, NOTTS.
A layer of material beneath rampart construction deposits at Slaughterhouse Lane, Newark has been analysed to determine whether it was a buried soil or...
Report Number: 117/1989Research Report -
SECOND SOIL REPORT ON WEST HESLERTON, NEAR MALTON, NORTH YORKSHIRE; THE CEMETERY EXCAVATION, AREA 2BB.
This short interim report (main report in preparation) confines itself to the soils of area 2BB, and follows an extensive study of the soils at West Heslerton...
Report Number: 91/1991Research Report -
RNAD Broughton Moor, Broughton, Cumbria: Historic Building Report
Royal Naval Armament Depot / NATO Armament Depot (NAD) Broughton Moor was built in a number of phases between 1938-90. It is located between the towns...
Report Number: 144/1997Research Report -
Old Wardour Castle, Tisbury, Wiltshire: Report on Geophysical Survey, March 2024
A Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) survey was conducted within the grounds of Old Wardour Castle, Tisbury, Wiltshire, following a request from the English...
Report Number: 25/2024Research Report -
SOURCING A SILT LOAM FOUND AT THE THE TINTAGEL CHURCHYARD EXCAVATIONS 1991
Excavations at Tintagel churchyard in 1991 uncovered an unusual olive brown silty basal layer beneath the main mound (C). Since this layer was clearly...
Report Number: 59/1994Research 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 -
Force Crag Mine, Cumbria. Survey Report
In May and June 1999 English Heritage carried out an archaeological survey and investigation of the remains of Force Crag Mine in Cumbria. The site was...
Report Number: 76/1999Research Report -
SAXON & MEDIEVAL ANIMAL BONES FROM BURYSTEAD AND LANGHAM ROAD, NORTHANTS; 1984 - 1987 EXCAVATIONS
The animal bones from the Saxon - Medieval rural site of Burystead/ Langham Road consist mainly of castle, sheep, pig and horse. The faunal assemblage...
Report Number: 71/1992Research 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 -
Wandsworth Town Conservation Area, London Borough of Wandsworth: Historic Area Assessment
Wandsworth is today an inner suburb of south-west London on the south bank of the River Thames. It is an area characterised by a rich, diverse and dense...
Report Number: 97/2009Research 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 -
Little Furnace Wood, Mayfield, East Sussex: Archaeomagnetic And Radiocarbon Dating Of Contexts [3], [98], and [135]
Forty-seven samples of fired material were removed from Contexts [3], [98], and [135] for the purpose of archaeomagnetic analysis and dating. Specimens...
Report Number: 27/2008Research Report -
The Motor Car and the Country House: Historic Buildings Report
This report attempts to identify the ways in which the ownership and development of the motor car affected life in the English country house in the 20th...
Report Number: 94/2010Research Report -
Ashnott Lead Mine, Ribble Valley, Lancashire: An Archaeological Survey of the Landscape Evidence
Ashnott lead mine, located in southern part of the Forest of Bowland AONB, is of particular interest for its evidence of complex, successive phases of...
Report Number: 74/2014Research Report -
Old Oak: Outline Historic Area Assessment
This outline historic area assessment was commissioned by English Heritage’s National Planning and Conservation Department in response to the emerging...
Report Number: 8/2015Research Report -
Strategically Assessing the Historic Landscape’s Sensitivity and Capacity in Relation to Change: A Discussion Document to Inform Preparation of Advice
Historic England (HE) commissioned this review of approaches to modelling the sensitivity to or capacity for change of the historic landscape and seascape. The...
Report Number: 91/2022Research Report
