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Historic Landscape Characterisation

Publisher
Cheshire East Council
Updated
27 February 2026
Topic
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Licence
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Summary

The Cheshire Historic Landscape Characterisation project recorded the visible evidence of human history, which forms the modern landscape. This has been achieved by identifying landscape attributes from a range of historical maps. These attributes are categorised into a series of Groups, Types and Sub-types and their extent mapped and analysed using a Geographic Information System. This work enabled the historic character of any given area to be presented cartographically together with the historic processes which formed it. Copies of the project reports are available via the Cheshire Archaeology web site: http://www.cheshirearchaeology.org.uk/?page_id=175.

Data links

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Historic Landscape Characterisation (WFS) 27/2/2026
Historic Landscape Characterisation (WMS) 27/2/2026

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
27 February 2026
Harvest GUID
1695_CE
Extent (Latitude)
53.6108401590° to 52.7549965310°
Extent (Longitude)
-3.2148742648° to -1.8690490695°
Spatial reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
Dataset reference date (publication)
2018-03-01
Frequency of update
as needed
Access constraints
Ordnance Survey Derived Data
Responsible party
Cheshire East Council (pointOfContact)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng