Midlands Heartland Heathland - Historic Heathland
This dataset shows areas within the Midlands Heartland Heathland corridor, which are known to have historically been heathland or unenclosed commons. Attribution statement: © Crown Copyright and database rights (2021). Ordnance Survey 100022021; © Wolverhampton City Council; © Birmingham City Council; cit: 1775 Map of the County of Stafford - W. Yates
dataset
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name: Historic_Heathland.lyr
description: Historic_Heathland.lyr download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: Historic_Heathland_Attribute_Metadata.pdf
description: Historic_Heathland_Attribute_Metadata.pdf download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: Historic_Heathland_Spatial_Metadata.pdf
description: Historic_Heathland_Spatial_Metadata.pdf download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: MidlandsHeathlandsHeartlandsHistoricHeathland-FGDB.zip
description: MidlandsHeathlandsHeartlandsHistoricHeathland-FGDB.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: MidlandsHeathlandsHeartlandsHistoricHeathland-GeoJSON.zip
description: MidlandsHeathlandsHeartlandsHistoricHeathland-GeoJSON.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: MidlandsHeathlandsHeartlandsHistoricHeathland-GML.zip
description: MidlandsHeathlandsHeartlandsHistoricHeathland-GML.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: MidlandsHeathlandsHeartlandsHistoricHeathland-KML.zip
description: MidlandsHeathlandsHeartlandsHistoricHeathland-KML.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: MidlandsHeathlandsHeartlandsHistoricHeathland-MID_MIF.zip
description: MidlandsHeathlandsHeartlandsHistoricHeathland-MID_MIF.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: MidlandsHeathlandsHeartlandsHistoricHeathland-SHP.zip
description: MidlandsHeathlandsHeartlandsHistoricHeathland-SHP.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: MidlandsHeathlandsHeartlandsHistoricHeathland-TAB.zip
description: MidlandsHeathlandsHeartlandsHistoricHeathland-TAB.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: ArcGIS Open Dataset record page
description: ArcGIS Open Dataset record page
https://environment.data.gov.uk/spatialdata/midlands-heathlands-heartlands-historic-heathland/wms
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name: MidlandsHeathlandsHeartlands_HistoricHeathland_WMS
description: Midlands Heathlands Heartlands - Historic Heathland WMS
https://environment.data.gov.uk/spatialdata/midlands-heathlands-heartlands-historic-heathland/wfs
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name: MidlandsHeathlandsHeartlands_HistoricHeathland_WFS
description: Midlands Heathlands Heartlands - Historic Heathland WFS
https://environment.data.gov.uk/explore/219f232f-218d-461b-a79f-918307b6964e?download=true
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name: MidlandsHeathlandsHeartlands_HistoricHeathland_Download
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name: MidlandsHeathlandsHeartlands_HistoricHeathland_ESRiRESTMapServerEndpoint
description: Midlands Heathlands Heartlands - Historic Heathland ESRi REST Map Server Endpoint
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http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
environment
environment
Habitats and biotopes
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2008-06-01
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2.072
55.816
49.943
1999-01-01
2099-12-31
creation
2021-06-11
publication
2022-09-27
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A number of information sources and data layers were used to produce this layer. Two historic information references were used as follows: Yates' 1775 Map of the County of Stafford and Historic Landscape Characterisation (HLC) Data [Wolverhampton City Council (2010) Black Country Historic Landscape Characterisation [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1000030 and Adrian Axinte (2017) Birmingham Historic Landscape Characterisation (HLC) [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1043264)]. An indication as to areas which might be suitable for heathland creation can be provided by looking at the known former extent of the habitat in the corridor. Prior to the enclosure of the commons there was thought to be a series of heaths and commons linking Cannock Chase to Sutton Park. Areas of historic heathland were primarily mapped using OS Mastermap and OS 1:50,000 maps with reference to Yates’ (1775) map of the County of Stafford (Yates 1775 Map of the County of Stafford) as a source, which depicts the unenclosed commons stretching all the way from Cannock Chase through to Sutton Park. Interpretation was necessary to map these onto current Ordnance Survey data. To complement this, within Birmingham and the Black Country, Historic Landscape Characterisation data sources were used to help provide information on additional historic heathland areas. For a full description of the methodology see the following report: Midlands Heathland Heartland Lowland: Heathland Nature Recovery Opportunity Mapping. Datasets Used: OS MasterMap HLC data - Wolverhampton CC HLC data - Birmingham CC 1775 Map of the County of Stafford - W. Yates 1:50000 scale colour raster (OS)
Proprietary format | ESRI File based Geodatabase (GDB)
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There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
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