Series: Historic England Research Reports

Analysis undertaken on samples from 3 and 11-13 Cornmarket resulted in the successful dating of 16 timbers. The front and rear range roofs of 3 Cornmarket are likely to be contemporary, with the timber utilised within them being felled in the ranges AD 1605- 30 and AD 1606-30, respectively. The rear range roof also contains a timber, presumably reused or possibly stockpiled, felled in AD 1587. The crown post from the roof of 11-13 Cornmarket was felled in c AD 1590 with two other timbers, both with a terminus post quem for felling of AD 1556, likely to be coeval with this late sixteenth century felling date. The remaining dated timber from 11-13 Cornmarket has a terminus post quem for felling of AD 1480 and could thus represent either an earlier felling phase or could be a heavily trimmed inner-section of a much longer-lived tree.

The report was commissioned by Historic England as part of its Heart of Nottingham Heritage Action Zone project, undertaken in partnership with Nottingham City Council. It is intended to increase levels of understanding about the development, architecture, character, use and significance of the buildings in the block bounded by Carrington Street, Canal Street, Greyfriar Gate and Collin Street, to provide information contributing to the consideration of them for statutory and local listing, to contribute towards an improvement in their appearance and to increase public awareness of their importance.

This illustrated report describes the archaeological results and methods of the air photo and lidar mapping and interpretation undertaken for the East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme (6634). The project was funded by the Historic England Heritage Commissions Programme (HCP) and carried out by Cain Hegarty, Stephanie Knight and Richard Sims on behalf of Devon County Council Historic Environment Team. Mapping took place between August 2014 and November 2015 with the report completed in early 2016. The project used Historic England National Mapping Programme methods and standards. This report includes an overview of the sources of aerial imagery and the methods used to create maps and records of the archaeological monuments. There is an overview of the archaeological results which highlights some of the discoveries and analysis arising from this work.The report includes recommendations for further work.

Haven Mill is a 19th-century flour mill situated in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire. The building is Grade II listed. The structure was erected as a warehouse between 1815 and 1821 and was owned by William Marshall and Sons. The building was then enlarged and converted for use as a steam mill between 1821 and the 1840s. Between 1848 and 1879 a detached two-storey range was added to the west of the site and between 1879 and 1887 the mill was enlarged again. The building remained in use as a mill and warehouse until the mid-20th century and in 1978 it was converted to a public house and shops to the ground floor, restaurant to the first floor and a decade later, a nightclub to the second floor. The ground-floor shop units are currently occupied, but the rest of the structure is no longer in use. The two-storey range to the west of the mill is currently empty, but may soon be developed to form part of the offices of an architecture firm. This report has been undertaken as part of the Grimsby Heritage Action Zone Project (HAZ) and to provide an understanding of the evolution of the structure, providing a chronological interpretation of the building's development to its current form.

Post-war coal or oil-fired electricity generating power stations, with their massive cooling towers are becoming increasingly rare as they come to the end of their service lives. This report puts them into their historical, technological and engineering context. Jonathan Clarke carried out this research over the course of 2013. The work was originally commissioned by English Heritage - now Historic England - as scoping work for the National Heritage Protection Plan's Responsive Designation activity. Where the report refers to the work of English Heritage, these functions are now carried out by Historic England.

Samples were taken from ten oak timbers in the Little Chishill windmill of which six were dated. A reused diagonal front brace gave a likely felling date range of AD 1696-1728, making it much earlier than the other dated timbers. The remaining five dated timbers formed a coherent group of which one, with complete sapwood, was derived from a tree felled in the winter of AD 1817/18. It is therefore suggested that the major part of the buck seen today was constructed in AD 1818 or within a few years after this date, which is in accordance with a published note that the mill may have been rebuilt in AD 1819.

This survey involved the interpretation, transcription and recording of all significant archaeological features seen on aerial photographs at and in the immediate environs of the 'henge enclosure' known as Mount Pleasant on the outskirts of Dorchester, Dorset. The survey followed observation of previously unrecognised features visible on photographs taken in 2003, as part of English Heritage's annual aerial reconnaissance programme. Assessment of historic photographs in the National Monuments Record (now English Heritage Archive) collection at Swindon demonstrated that many of these 'new' features had been photographed before, but that despite the significance of the site, and the amount of work undertaken in the vicinity over the years, no systematic analysis of the aerial photographic evidence had ever been undertaken. Among the key features discussed are additional entrances into the henge enclosure, evidence for external ditches, enlarged or heightened banks, and a possible approach linking the enclosure to the River Frome, along with a number of previously unrecognised ring ditches outside the enclosure.

Analysis was undertaken on samples from timbers of the roof and wall framing, believed to be associated with the primary construction phase, and also from timbers associated with the later alterations in relation to the doorways, resulting in the construction of three site sequences. Site sequence NRTNSQ01 contains 13 samples from the primary structure and spans the period AD 1384-1481. One of these timbers, a wall plate, was felled in c AD 1489, with the other dated timbers having felling dates ranges of between AD 1469-94 (earliest) and AD 1488-1513 (latest). It is thought likely that all of these primary timbers were felled in, or around, c AD 1489, with construction following shortly after. Site sequence NRTNSQ02 contains seven samples associated with later alterations and spans the period AD 1519-1626. Doorway 1 contains two timbers which were felled in AD 1626, Doorway 2 contains two timbers felled in AD 1625-50, a single timber from Doorway 3 was felled in AD 1627-52, whilst two timbers from Doorway 4 were felled in AD 1613-38. These dates suggest the four doorways were all altered or inserted in the first half of the seventeenth century, possibly all in the AD 1620s. The third site sequence, NTRDSQ03 is undated.

This survey involved the interpretation, transcription and recording of archaeological features seen on aerial photographs in the immediate vicinity of the Stoke Down Neolithic flint mines near Chichester, West Sussex. The main stimulus was the discovery during the annual English Heritage reconnaissance programme of new cropmark detail, including an extension to the area of mining itself as well as the recognition of some nearby ring ditches. The opportunity was also taken to examine the history of investigation at the flint mines. This represents a considerable updating of the survey undertaken for the 1999 RCHME publication The Neolithic Flint Mines of England.

Stewartby Brickworks, Bedfordshire, closed in May 2008. At one time this was not just the largest brickworks in Bedfordshire, nor even just the largest within the extensive Fletton-making industry that spread from Hunts to Bucks between the 1880s and the late 20th century. Stewartby could also claim to be the largest brickworks - in terms of output - in the world. Beside the brickworks, the company (until 1984, the London Brick Company) built a model village for its workforce. Begun in 1926, this was laid out on 'Garden City' principles. Successive groups of overseas workers arrived to work in the local brick industry and settled in the village and surrounding area with their families. In this way, Stewartby is a reminder of how Bedfordshire acquired its rich multi-cultural society. The Fletton industry is of particular significance, as huge numbers of mid-20th century buildings, the length and breadth of the country, are constructed of this type of brick, whether plain or decorative. One of the best known facing bricks is the Rustic Fletton, invented at Stewartby in 1923. With the closure of Stewartby, only two of the 50 principal Fletton brickworks remain in production (see Table 1). At its peak, Stewartby had numerous Hoffman kilns, with a total of 32 chimneys which were visible for miles in all directions. Although greatly reduced in number, the surviving chimneys are a dramatic and iconic feature in the local landscape, and are known not only to local people but to those who pass through the county.