37 case studies were found
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England's Past for Everyone - Cornwall Religious Sites
England’s Past for Everyone (EPE) is a Heritage Lottery funded project run by the Victoria County History (VCH). They run fifteen local history projects in ten counties across the country. The religious sites project in Cornwall is a study of the religious history of Cornwall up to the mid-sixteenth century.
EDUCATION AND OUTREACH; SOCIAL INCLUSION AND ACCESS; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH & ARCHIVES
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Former Great Western Railway Works & Village
Swindon’s historic railway Works and Village is increasingly recognised as an exemplar for the regeneration of heritage industrial buildings. Only fourteen years ago the buildings in Swindon’s 19th-century Railway Works lay empty and derelict. Today they form the UK’s, and perhaps Europe’s, main railway-engineering heritage showpiece.
Regeneration; Education and Outreach; Sustainability
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Somerset County Council HER
A project to make available online Somerset County Council's 'Historic Environment Record' A comprehensive list of 21,000 records concerning all known archaeological sites in the county and also including Scheduled Monuments, Listed Buildings, Registered Battlefields and Registered Parks and Gardens.
Education and Outreach; Social Inclusion and Access; Research and Archives
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Royal William Yard
Royal William Yard: working closely with English Heritage and Plymouth City Council, developers achieved a combination of high quality design in an historic setting with good commercial returns.
Design in context, Re-use, Sustainability
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St Margaret's Almshouses
St Margaret's Almshouses, Taunton- successful reuse of Grade II* listed building ensures its survival in a way that is sustainable and excavation provides an opportunity for education and outreach.
Education and Outreach, Re-use, Research & Archives
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HMS Colossus
The extent and extraordinary preservation of the HMS Colossus is under threat of erosion caused by a reduction of sand levels over the site since 2001. A Stabilisation Trial has been established to ascertain whether it is possible to protect the timber which is currently exposed and to prevent buried timber from becoming exposed.
Assessment and Characterisation
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Nine Maidens Stone Circle
The Nine Maidens Stone Circle have suffered from severe erosion in the past, however work to restore and repair this stone circle was undertaken in June 2004 and has had an amazing effect in restoring the overall appearance of the monument.
Preservation and Maintenance, Repair, Reconstruction & Restoration
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Cornwall Monument Management Scheme
Established in 1994, the Cornwall Monument Managment Scheme has allowed essential conservation works to be carried out on scheduled monuments at risk throughout Cornwall.
Funding , Management Plans, Preservation and Maintenance
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Picture House
Picture House, Exeter- enhancing a varied historic context through confident modern design.
Design in context, Re-use, Social Inclusion & Access
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Tewkesbury Market Town HERS
Tewkesbury- realising the potential to attract visitors in a medieval abbey town through the aid of the Conservation Area Partnership scheme (CAPS) and Heritage Economic Regeneration Scheme (HERS).
Funding, Regeneration, Repair, Reconstruction & Restoration
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Clayhanger Roman Fort
Clayhanger Roman Fort- protection of the historic environment in a rural farming environment through agri-environmental schemes.
Management Plans, Preservation and Maintenance ,Sustainability
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Braunton Great Field
Braunton Great Field- protecting and managing a medieval open field through a Countryside Stewardship Scheme Special project.
Funding, Management Plans, Preservation and Maintenance
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Langport Market Town
Langport- tackling decline by encouraging new businesses in a small rural Somerset market town through the aid of the Heritage Economic Regeneration Scheme (HERS)
Grants, Regeneration, Repair, Reconstruction & Restoration
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Avebury and Stonehenge World Heritage Site Special Project
The Stonehenge and Avebury grass restoration program is a new initiative for the World Heritage Site. Funded by a special Countryside Stewardship Scheme from DEFRA, it is aimed at stopping plough damage on archaeological remains and enhancing the setting of Stonehenge.
Grants, Management Plans, Repair, Reconstruction & Restoration
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Bideford Historic Port
Bideford historic port-restoring the shops and boosting the local economy through the aid of the Heritage Economic Regeneration Scheme (HERS).
Funding, Regeneration, Repair, Reconstruction & Restoration
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Bestwall Quarry
Bestwall Quarry- site of a major Anglo-Saxon industry is recognised by radiocarbon dating, which was otherwise archaeologically invisible due to lack of artefacts.
Research & Archives, Social Inclusion & Access, Sustainability
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Somerset Peatlands Project, Harters Hill Pile Alignment
Somerset Peatlands Project: Tree-ring dating helps determine the significance of a Monument at Risk through desiccation and peat wastage and thus inform the development of a management strategy for Harter's Hill Pile Alignment.
Disaster Management, Management Plans, Sustainability