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U-8 Off South Varne Buoy, English Channel: Undesignated Site Assessment
This report covers the investigation of a wreck, which fitted the position in the English Channel, where a First World War German Submarine U-8 was lost....
Report Number: 97/2016Research Report -
The South East Northumberland Air Photo and Lidar Mapping Project
This project generated a detailed map and records of archaeological and historical features that are visible on aerial photographs and lidar imagery....
Report Number: 79/2022Research Report -
RAF Woolfox Lodge, Horn, Rutland
RAF Woolfox Lodge consists of a former Second World War airfield and a Bloodhound Mk I Surface to Air Guided Weapon (SAGW) station, one of eleven 'Stage...
Report Number: 134/1998Research Report -
Cannock Chase, Staffordshire: The Chase Through Time: Historic England Contribution
Between 2016 and 2018, The Chase Through Time project explored the rich history of Cannock Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). All across...
Report Number: 7/2018Research Report -
RAF Misson, Misson, Nottinghamshire
The site consists of a Bombing Range, Surface to Air Guided Weapon (SAGW) site and a Training Area. RAF Misson was originally established as a bombing...
Report Number: 159/1997Research Report -
Former RAF Upper Heyford, Cherwell, Oxfordshire: A reassessment of the flying field Conservation Area
RAF Upper Heyford was founded during the First World War and after a short period of abandonment was re-established during the 1920s under Trenchard’s...
Report Number: 74/2017Research Report -
Stonehenge World Heritage Site Landscape Project, Fargo South: Archaeological Survey Report
The area of Fargo Plantation to the south of the earthwork known as the Stonehenge Cursus was investigated as part of the Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project....
Report Number: 96/2010Research Report -
Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Phase 3
This report documents the final phase of survey, building on previous surveys carried out on Yorkshire and Lincolnshire's coastal historic environment....
Report Number: 99/2015Research Report -
Strategic Assessment of Submarines in English Waters
This report covers a Strategic Desk-based Assessment of Submarines in English Waters. The aim of the project was to inform a policy on future designation...
Report Number: 111/2014Research Report -
Horsea Island Second World War Landing Craft Slipways
The Horsea Island landing craft slipways are surviving remains of the infrastructure created to support D-Day on 6th June 1944, arguably the start of...
Report Number: 177/2020Research Report -
UC-6 Thames Estuary: Archaeological Report
This report covers an assessment of the wreck site reported as being the German minelayer UC-21 or possibly UC-6 located in the Thames Estuary, off the...
Report Number: 124/2015Research Report -
UB-31 Folkestone, Kent: Archaeological Report
This report covers an Undesignated Site Assessment of the possible wreck site of UB-31, lost off Folkestone on 2nd May 1918. The work was carried out...
Report Number: 113/2014Research Report -
HMS D5 off Lowestoft, Suffolk : Archaeological Services in Relation to Marine Protection, Undesignated Site Assessment
Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Historic England to undertake an Undesignated Site Assessment of the wreck site of HMS D5, lost off Lowestoft on...
Report Number: 96/2016Research Report -
Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland. Archaeological, Architectural and Historical Investigations
In 2003-5, English Heritage undertook investigations into Dunstanburgh Castle, which was begun in 1313 by earl Thomas of Lancaster. Field survey, covering...
Report Number: 26/2006Research Report -
Admiralty Experiment Works, Haslar Road, Gosport, Hampshire
The Admiralty Experiment Works (AEW) at Gosport, Hampshire is a site of unrivalled longevity and significance in the field of British naval research and...
Report Number: 11/2016Research Report -
Hooton Park Aerodrome, Chester West and Chester: An Assessment of the General Service Sheds and Associated Buildings
The General Service (GS) sheds, or hangars, and associated technical buildings at Hooton Park, situated on the northern outskirts of Ellesmere Port and...
Report Number: 76/2014Research Report -
Compton Chamberlayne, Wiltshire: Rediscovering Australia - Surveying the 'Lost' Chalk Map
This report describes the research undertaken by Historic England to help our understanding of the ‘lost’ chalk map of Australia at Compton Chamberlayne,...
Report Number: 80/2018Research Report -
Walmgate Stray, York: an Archaeological Survey: Survey Report
In April and May 2004, English Heritage undertook an archaeological investigation and analytical field survey of Walmgate Stray on the outskirts of York....
Report Number: 92/2004Research Report -
‘The Time Ball, The Guildhall, Kingston-upon-Hull: History, Context and Significance
Since 1915, a time ball has surmounted the clock tower of Hull’s Guildhall, a Grade-II*-listed building (National Heritage List for England 1279708)....
Report Number: 16/2017Research Report -
Countering the ‘deadliest of foes’: public houses of the Central Control Board and the State Management Scheme, 1916-73
At the height of the war in 1916, the excessive consumption of alcohol amongst workers was considered to be having a debilitating effect on the war effort,...
Report Number: 89/2018Research Report