Land at Blackhill Lane Pulloxhill Bedfordshire Heritage Statement
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LAND AT BLACKHILL LANE PULLOXHILL BEDFORDSHIRE HERITAGE STATEMENT LAND AT BLACKHILL LANE PULLOXHILL BEDFORDSHIREDocument 2004/47 Project HFC 1002 HERITAGE STATEMENT Project: B H3213 HER search no: 201718/122 Document: 2017/138 Version 1.0 Compiled by Checked by Approved by Wiebke Starke Jo Barker Drew Shotliff 23rd August 2017 Produced for: J & J Design Copyright Albion Archaeology 2017, all rights reserved Albion Archaeology Contents List of Figures ..................................................................................................................................... 4 List of Plates ........................................................................................................................................ 4 Preface ................................................................................................................................................. 5 Version History ................................................................................................................................... 5 The Structure of this Document ........................................................................................................ 5 Key Terms ........................................................................................................................................... 6 Non-technical Summary .................................................................................................................... 7 1. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................... 9 1.1 Planning Background ............................................................................................................... 9 1.2 Site Location and Description .................................................................................................. 9 2. OBJECTIVES OF THE HERITAGE ASSESSMENT.............................. 10 2.1 National Policy Framework ................................................................................................... 10 2.2 Central Bedfordshire Council Planning Policy .................................................................... 10 2.3 Research Frameworks ............................................................................................................ 11 2.4 Method Statement ................................................................................................................... 11 3. KNOWN ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL ASSETS ............... 14 3.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 14 3.2 Designated Heritage Assets .................................................................................................... 14 3.3 Undesignated Archaeological and Historical Heritage Assets ............................................ 15 3.4 Cartographic Evidence ........................................................................................................... 17 3.5 Modern Site Conditions (Plates 1–6) ..................................................................................... 19 3.6 Assessment of Archaeological Potential and Significance ................................................... 19 4. IMPACT ASSESSMENT ........................................................................ 23 4.1 The Proposed Development ................................................................................................... 23 4.2 Direct Impacts on Archaeological Assets .............................................................................. 23 4.3 Direct Impacts on the Setting of Heritage Assets ................................................................. 23 4.4 Confidence Rating for the Current Study ............................................................................ 24 Land at Blackhill Lane, Pulloxhill, Bedfordshire: 3 Heritage Statement Albion Archaeology 5. BIBLIOGRAPHY .................................................................................... 25 6. APPENDICES ........................................................................................ 26 6.1 Appendix 1: Designated Heritage Assets within 500m of the PDA .................................... 26 6.2 Appendix 2: Undesignated Heritage Assets within 500m of the PDA ................................ 27 6.3 Appendix 3: Events within 500m of the PDA ....................................................................... 28 6.4 Appendix 4: Documentary Sources ....................................................................................... 29 6.5 Appendix 5: Significance and Impact Criteria ..................................................................... 29 List of Figures Figure 1: Site location Figure 2: Heritage assets within 500m of the proposed development area Figure 3: Jefferys’ map of Bedfordshire 1765 Figure 4: Bryant’s map of Bedfordshire 1826 Figure 5: Pre-1826 estate map Figure 6: Parish enclosure map 1826 Figure 7: Amended parish enclosure map 1856 Figure 8: First edition 6-inch OS map 1886 Figure 9: Second edition 6-inch OS map 1901 Figure 10: Third edition 6-inch OS map 1944 Figure 11: 6-inch OS map 1950 Figure 12: 1:10,000 OS contour map 1978 List of Plates Plate 1: View of the PDA looking north-west Plate 2: View of the PDA looking south-west Plate 3: View of the PDA looking towards the south-eastern boundary Plate 4: View of the PDA from the south-eastern corner, looking north-west Plate 5: View of the PDA looking south-east from the north-western boundary Plate 6: View of the PDA looking towards site entrance and north-eastern boundary Plate 7: General view from south-east corner of the PDA across the valley Plate 8: View from PDA looking towards Pulloxhill village and the church The figures and plates are bound at the back of the report. Land at Blackhill Lane, Pulloxhill, Bedfordshire: 4 Heritage Statement Albion Archaeology Preface All statements and opinions in this document are offered in good faith. This document has been prepared for the titled project or named part thereof and was prepared solely for the benefit of the client. This document should not be relied upon or used for any other project without an independent check being carried out as to its suitability and the prior written authority of Albion Archaeology (a trading unit of Central Bedfordshire Council). Albion Archaeology accepts no responsibility or liability for the consequences of this document being used for any other purpose than the purposes for which it was commissioned. Any person/party relying on the document for such other purposes agrees and will, by such use or reliance, be taken to confirm their agreement to indemnify Albion Archaeology for all loss or damage resulting therefrom. Albion Archaeology accepts no responsibility or liability for this document to any party other than the persons/party by whom it was commissioned. This document is limited by the current state of knowledge. This document was researched and written by Wiebke Starke (Project Supervisor) and approved by Drew Shotliff (Operations Manager). The figures were prepared by Joan Lightning (CAD Technician). All Albion projects are under the overall management of Drew Shotliff (Operations Manager). Albion Archaeology is grateful to Mr John Shepard of J & J Design for commissioning the project. We would also like to acknowledge the assistance of the Sam Mellonie of the Central Bedfordshire and Luton Historic Environment Record and the staff of the Bedfordshire Archives and Records Service. Albion Archaeology St Mary’s Church St Mary’s Street Bedford MK42 0AS : 0300 300 8141 e-mail: [email protected] Version History Version Issue date Reason for re-issue 1.0 23/08/2017 n/a The Structure of this Document After the introductory Section 1, the objectives of the heritage statement are discussed against the background of national and regional policy and research frameworks in Section 2. Section 3 contains the heritage assessment. This gives a summary of the known information on all historical, archaeological and architectural heritage assets within the PDA and assesses their significance. The impact of the development on known and potential heritage assets and likely mitigation strategies are discussed in Section 4. Section 5 is the bibliography and Section 6 contains the appendices. Land at Blackhill Lane, Pulloxhill, Bedfordshire: 5 Heritage Statement Albion Archaeology Key Terms Throughout this report the following abbreviations are used: Albion Albion Archaeology BARS Bedfordshire Archives and Record Service CIfA Chartered Institute for Archaeologists DBD Designation BeDfordshire DCMS Department for Culture, Media and Sport EBD Event BeDfordshire HE Historic England HER Central Bedfordshire and Luton Historic Environment Record LPA Local Planning Authority NHLE National Heritage List for England OD Ordnance Datum OS Ordnance Survey PDA Proposed development area Land at Blackhill Lane, Pulloxhill, Bedfordshire: 6 Heritage Statement Albion Archaeology Non-technical Summary J & J Design are gathering baseline information in support of an assessment of the suitability of land at Blackhill Lane, Pulloxhill (ref. ALP061) as an achievable area for development within the CBC Local Plan. Based on the size of the site (0.8ha), 15 to 19/20 dwellings are proposed. The character and nature of the development will be decided in the future. Albion Archaeology has been commissioned to prepare this archaeological heritage statement