Wharram Percy Digital Archive
Stuart Wrathmell, 2012. (updated 2022) https://doi.org/10.5284/1000415. How to cite using this DOI
Data copyright © Wharram Research Project, English Heritage unless otherwise stated
This work is licensed under the ADS Terms of Use and Access.
Primary contact
Dr
Stuart
Wrathmell
Divisional Manager, Heritage
West Yorkshire Archive Service
PO Box 5
Nepshaw Lane South
Morley
LS27 0QP
England
Resource identifiers
- ADS Collection: 1031
- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1000415
- How to cite using this DOI
Overview
The Wharram Percy Archive comprises the digital versions of Volumes X, XII, and XIII, which are available from the 'Downloads' section along with Site Reports, Supplementary Data and Reports which include material not included in the published volume, the 'Finds Catalogues' section includes an overview of the finds data, along with the catalogues which can be filtered by find type.
Site Reports
Most excavated sites have been reported in the published volumes (Volumes I-XII). The excavations of the 'Plateau sites', though partly summarised in Volume XIII are essentially unpublished; the excavation reports, site illustrations and a selection of site photographs have therefore been included in the ADS archive and are reported site by site. The artefacts from these excavations have been included in the amalgamated finds catalogues, listed as finds from Volume XIII. They include a short excavation report, along with site plans and photographs.
Volume XIII Supplementary Data and Reports
A number of reports and illustrations commissioned for Wharram XIII were not, ultimately, published in the printed volume, or at least were not published as fully as the authors had originally intended. These figures, tables and texts were omitted because of the need to keep the printed volume to about 400 pages; the omissions are indicated at appropriate points in the volume. They have therefore been included in the ADS archive to ensure that they are, nevertheless, publicly accessible.
The Finds catalogues
Finds data primarily from the latest published volumes, Volumes X-XIII, have been included in the ADS archive, but some more complete, village wide catalogues, (pottery, animal bone, human remains, clay pipes and coins) have also been included. Catalogues from these published sites and volumes have been amalgamated into 1 catalogue for each artefact type. Each finds catalogue includes an introductory section detailing data within the catalogue, along with database metadata and associated data tables.
All other finds data, including the retained artefacts, are held with the main archive, at the English Heritage store at Helmsley.
Other Archives
The main archive for the Wharram Percy Research Project is held at:
Helmsley Archaeology Store
Old Station Yard
Station Road
Helmsley
North Yorkshire
YO62 5BZ
01439 770008
This archive contains:
- - the primary and secondary paper archive, including all site field records, maps, reports, photographs, documents and correspondence.
- - all retained environmental material; for details of retention policies, see the finds introductory overview.
Ownership:
Lord Middleton and the Birdsall Estates Co Ltd. Site in Guardianship.
Copyright:
Wharram Research Project and English Heritage.
The Publications
Excavation work carried out between 1950 and 1990, and post-excavation/publication work running from the 1970s until 2011, have resulted in a series of 13 published volumes:
Wharram: A Study of Settlement on the Yorkshire Wolds
General Editor: S. Wrathmell
- Vol. I* Domestic Settlement I: Areas 10 and 6 (1979) Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph 8
- Vol. II Wharram Percy: The Memorial Stones of the Churchyard (1983) York University Archaeological Publications 1
- Vol. III** Wharram Percy: The Church of St Martin (1987) Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph 11
- Vol. IV Two Roman Villas at Wharram le Street (1986) York University Archaeological Publications 2
- Vol. V An Archaeological Survey of the Parish of Wharram Percy, East Yorkshire. 1. The Evolution of the Roman Landscape (1987) British Archaeological Reports, British Series 172
- Vol. VI* Domestic Settlement 2: Medieval Peasant Farmsteads (1989) York University Archaeological Publications 8
- Vol. VII Two Anglo-Saxon Buildings and Associated Finds (1992) York University Archaeological Publications 9
- Vol. VIII* The South Manor Area (2000) York University Archaeological Publications 10
- Vol. IX* The North Manor Area and North-west Enclosure (2004) York University Archaeological Publications 11
- Vol. X* Water Resources and their Management (2005) York University Archaeological Publications 12
- Vol. XI* The Churchyard (2007) York University Archaeological Publications 13
- Vol. XII* The Post-medieval Farm and Vicarage Sites (2010) York University Archaeological Publications 14
- Vol. XIII* A History of Wharram Percy and its Neighbours (2012) York University Archaeological Publications 15
* These volumes are available from Oxbow Books, 10 Hythe Bridge Street, Oxford, OX1 2EW (http://www.oxbowbooks.com/)
** These volumes are available from Customer Sales and Services, Maney Publishing, Suite 1C, Joseph's Well, Hanover Walk, Leeds LS3 1AB (http://www.maney.co.uk/)
