England's Historic Parklands (Undesignated)

This is a spatial dataset that defines the non-designated geographic extent and location of Historic Parklands in England, as depicted in the OS Historic Maps (2nd Edition and Hills Edition). Regularly updated aerial imagery has been used to ensure high spatial accuracy. The mapping scale is 1:1,000. This dataset, alongside the designated landscapes within the Historic England Registered Parks and Gardens layers, and HER searches can provide a comprehensive understanding of the maximum historic extent of Parklands. Historic parklands are uniquely placed to deliver integrated multi-objective benefits for the historic and natural environments. They are a finite and non-renewable resource, and they remain working landscapes. Through active management, their countless interests can be secured to great public benefit. This dataset was developed using multiple reference layers, each contributing unique value. The layers are listed below in order of precedence for decision-making: * Aerial Photography of Great Britain – High-resolution imagery used for precise boundary verification of historic parklands. * OS 2nd Edition Historic Map (1888–1913) – Detailed topographic maps capturing landscape changes during the late Victorian and Edwardian periods, with a - particular focus on Parks and Ornamental Grounds. * OS Hills Edition Historic Map (1885–1903) – One-inch-to-the-mile maps with shaded relief, providing insights into terrain and historical land use, with a specific emphasis on Parks and Ornamental Grounds. * HE Registered Parks and Gardens (RPG) – Contains designated historic parkland names and boundaries. * NE Wood Pasture and Parkland – Represents vegetation structure rather than historic features, used selectively when other sources are unavailable, although it has limited relevance for defining parkland boundaries. * NE Ancient Woodland – Depicts ancient woodlands but has limited relevance for defining parkland boundaries. * NE Historic Parkland – A pre-existing dataset with low spatial accuracy and no metadata, serving as a reference layer for areas requiring review (targeting only). Attribution ──────────────┬────────────────────┬───────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Column Heading│Full Name │Format │Description ──────────────┼────────────────────┼───────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Name │Parkland Name │Character (254)│Name of Parkland ──────────────┼────────────────────┼───────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Part_N │Part Number │Character (5) │Part number in case the parkland is formed by several polygon ──────────────┼────────────────────┼───────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Comment │Comment │Character (254)│Open text field to record any unusual or specific cases ──────────────┼────────────────────┼───────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── HER_Name │HER Name │Character (55) │Name for each of the 83 Historic Environment Records geographic areas in England. ──────────────┼────────────────────┼───────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── HE_Region │HE Region │Character (25) │Name for each of 6 Historic England Regions ──────────────┼────────────────────┼───────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Area_m2 │Area m2 │Double │The size of the parkland features square meters or hectares. ──────────────┼────────────────────┼───────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Length_m │Length m (perimeter)│Double │The perimeter length of the parkland feature. ──────────────┼────────────────────┼───────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Creator │Creator │Character (25) │The contractor, team or person who created the dataset entry. ──────────────┼────────────────────┼───────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── C_Date │Creation Date │Date │The date when the dataset entry was created. ──────────────┼────────────────────┼───────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Editor │Editor │Character (25) │The contractor, team or person who last edited the dataset entry. ──────────────┼────────────────────┼───────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── E_Date │Edition Date │Date │The date of the last edit. ──────────────┴────────────────────┴───────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Full metadata can be viewed on [environment.data.gov.uk]