Caring for Our Built Heritage : Conservation in Practice: a Review of Conservation Schemes Carried Out by County Councils and National Park Authorities in England and Wales in Association with District Councils and Other Agencies

Conservation is now a major part of planners', surveyors' and architects' work load. This review of recent conservation schemes carried out by the County Councils in England and Wales will provide a unique and indispensable reference book for professionals in the construction industry embarking on 'heritage' work. Using detailed and highly-illustrated case studies, the book documents over 100 schemes from industrial archaeology to historic parks. Interest in sites of antiquity can be traced back at least 450 years, for it is recorded that John Leland was appointed Antiquary to Henry VIII in 1533 with a commission to search the length and breadth of England and Wales for surviving antiquities and monuments of all types. Edited By Tony Haskell. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 374-375) And Indexes.