Extensive Urban Survey - Cheshire

The Historic Environment Team of Cheshire County Council, in partnership with English Heritage, carried out a survey of the archaeological potential and historic development of 37 historic towns of Cheshire, Halton and Warrington. The survey was divided into three phases - data gathering, assessment and strategy. During data gathering a wide range of sources was examined, collated and entered on to the Cheshire Historic Environment Record Database. This data was assessed and used to write a component based summary of the history and archaeology of each town. Finally a strategy for the protection of the historic features of each town was devised, identifying, where possible, an Area of Archaeological Potential based on the assessment. The strategy reports are intended to act as Supplementary Planning Document to the archaeological policies in the Local Development Framework. They include a defined Area of Archaeological Potential consisting of one or more Archaeological Character Zones. The archive consists of 73 reports divided into three sections: District Introductions; Assessment Reports and Strategy Reports.

柴郡议会（Cheshire County Council）历史环境团队联合英国历史古迹委员会（English Heritage），对柴郡、哈尔顿（Halton）与沃灵顿（Warrington）所辖的37座历史城镇开展了考古潜力与历史发展状况调查。本次调查分为三个阶段：数据采集、评估与策略制定。数据采集阶段，团队对多类资料进行核查、整理，并将其录入柴郡历史环境记录数据库（Cheshire Historic Environment Record Database）。对采集到的所有数据开展评估后，团队以模块化形式为每座城镇撰写了历史与考古概况。最终，团队为各城镇的历史遗存保护制定了专项策略，并基于本次评估结果，在可行范围内划定了考古潜力区（Area of Archaeological Potential）。本系列策略报告可作为地方发展框架（Local Development Framework）中考古政策的补充规划文件（Supplementary Planning Document），其中包含经明确划定的考古潜力区，该区域由一个或多个考古特征区（Archaeological Character Zones）组成。本次归档材料共计73份报告，分为三个部分：地区概况介绍、评估报告与策略报告。