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Ruth Beckley
Cheshire West and Chester Council
18001 01606 867 670
HQ, Nicholas Street
Chester
Cheshire
CH1 2NP
UK
enquiries@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
2014-11-28T00:00:00
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BNG
UAD Industrial Polygons
Urban CharacterisationHUCArchaeological Characterisation
2013-03-01
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EPSG
The Chester Urban Characterisation is part of a national programme developed and funded by English Heritage and encompasses the civil parishes of Chester Non parish, Chester Castle and Great Boughton.
This characterization of the city of Chester is based primarily on archaeological evidence, rather than on the relatively recent historic urban development. The industrial period is systematically assessed and compared to 19th century Ordnance Survey maps to assess change and time depth.
Human activity and social organisation have an impact on the landscape which is often visible today. Historic Landscape Characterisation involves the examination of the modern landscape, in order to infer the historic processes that have formed that landscape as it is seen today. This characterization of the city of Chester is based primarily on archaeological evidence, rather than on the relatively recent historic development that tend to define Historic Landscape Characterization (HLC) or Extensive Urban Survey (EUS) projects, however there is some consideration of documentary and cartographic sources for the later period mapping. The collated data is held in a database, which can be analysed to produce broad or detailed historic landscape classifications, answer specific questions or map change and whose results can be displayed through a Geographic Information System to produce map based interpretative models.
Characterisation aims to improve our understanding and appreciation of the urban landscape; by interpreting how past communities have contributed to its form and appearance. It creates an important body of knowledge and a tool to help make informed decisions on conservation and development proposals from a strategic level.
Attribute - Description
HLCUID - HLC Unique Identifier
BroadTypeDec - name of dataset
BroadTypeCode - code for dataset
HLCTypeDesc - name of archaeological character type
HLCTypeCode - code for archaeological character type
Name - Name of character zone
Summary - brief text on definition of character type
xgEdited - Date/Editor of Last CHER Edit
Shape_Length - Perimeter of the polygon in Meters
Shape_Area - Area of polygon in Square Meters
Cheshire Historic Environment Record, Archaeology Planning Advisory Service
18001 01606 867 670
HQ, Nicholas Street
Chester
Cheshire
CH1 2NP
United Kingdom
enquiries@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
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OGC Web Map Service
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OGC Web Feature Service
http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/ArcGIS/services/CWAC/public_wms/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS
Cheshire West and Chester Council Web Map Service
http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/ArcGIS/services/CWAC/public_wfs/MapServer/WFSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WFS
Cheshire West and Chester Council Web Feature Service
UK GEMINI Standard version 2.0
2013-11-01
Conforms to GEMINI2 2.0 draft schematron
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March-June 2013: Data created in ArcGIS geodatabase attached to Exegesis HBSMR Database.
October 2013: Minor changes to attribute structure: Summary field changed from text field to memo.