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Historic Environment Desk Based Assessment:
A50 Growth Scheme, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire
Project A
March 2014
Report No. 14/55
Author: Charlotte Walker
Illustrator: Charlotte Walker
_________________________________________________________________________________
 MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology) 2014
MOLA
Project Manager: Adam Yates
Bolton House
Site Code:
Wootton Hall Park
NGR: SK 0760 3492
Northampton
NN4 8BN 01604 700 493
www.mola.org.uk
[email protected]
Historic Environment Desk Based Assessment:
A50 Growth Scheme, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire
Project A
March 2014
Report No. 14/55
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Author: Charlotte Walker
Illustrator: Charlotte Walker
 MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology) 2014
MOLA
Bolton House
Wootton Hall Park
Northampton
NN4 8BN
01604 700 493
www.mola.org.uk
[email protected]
MOLA Northampton is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales
with company registration number 8727508 and charity registration number 1155198.
Registered office: Mortimer Wheeler House, 46 Eagle Wharf Road, London N1 7ED.
A50 GROWTH SCHEME, PROJECT A
STAFF
Project Manager
Text and research
Walkover survey
Adam Yates BA MIfA
Charlotte Walker BSc AIfA
Carol Simmonds BA AIfA, Garreth Davey BA
and Charlotte Walker
Illustrations
MOLA
Charlotte Walker
Report 14/55
OASIS REPORT FORM
PROJECT DETAILS
Project title
Short description
Project type
Previous work
Future work
Monument type
and period
Significant finds
Archaeological desk-based heritage assessment of land at the western end
of the proposed A50 Growth Scheme, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire
There is a single nationally designated heritage asset within the site; a
grade II listed milepost. A further grade II listed milepost lies 300m to the
south-east of the site. Although no features dating to the prehistoric period
have been identified on the Historic Environment Record within the site, it is
considered that, in light of recent finds at Uttoxeter Quarry, there is a
moderate potential for prehistoric finds or features within the study area.
There is little evidence for Iron Age or Roman activity in the area and it is
considered that there is a low potential for features of this period. In the
medieval period the site lay in the open fields of Uttoxeter, testified by the
remains of ridge and furrow that still survive. The post-medieval economy of
the area was dominated by dairy farming and many of the fields that still
survive date from this period. Part of the Uttoxeter Canal was aligned
through the site, only a small length survives.
Heritage Asset Assessment
None
Unknown
None
None
PROJECT LOCATION
County
Site address
Easting and northing
Area
Height OD
Staffordshire
A50 north of Uttoxeter
SK 07603 34921
56.3ha
86-93m aOD
PROJECT CREATORS
Organisation
Project brief originator
Project Design originator
Director/Supervisor
Project Manager
Sponsor or funding body
MOLA
SCC 2014
Charlotte Walker
Adam Yates
Staffordshire County Council
PROJECT DATE
Start date
End date
ARCHIVES
2/14
3/14
Location
(Accession no.)
Content (eg pottery, animal bone etc)
Physical
Paper
MOLA
Map extracts
Digital
MOLA
Mapinfo Plans, Word Report
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Journal/monograph, published or forthcoming, or unpublished client report
(NA report)
Title
Historic environment desk-based heritage assessment of land at the
western end of the proposed A50 Growth Scheme, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire
14/55
Charlotte Walker
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2/14
Serial title & volume
Author(s)
Page numbers
Date
MOLA
Report 14/55
Contents
1
2
3
4
INTRODUCTION
1.1
Background
1.2
Policy background
1.3
Topography, location and geology
1.4
Sources consulted
1.5
Significance criteria
HERITAGE ASSET ASSESSMENT
2.1
Previous archaeological investigation
2.2
Summary and significance of heritage assets
2.3
Cartographic evidence
2.4
Aerial photographic evidence
2.5
Historic landscape characterisation
2.6
Walkover survey
IMPACT ASSESSMENT
3.1
The proposed development
3.2
Potential impacts on the cultural heritage resource
3.3
Future mitigation strategy
CONCLUSIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDICES
APPENDIX 1: GAZETTEER OF HISTORIC ASSETS WITHIN THE PROPOSED
DEVELOPMENT AREA
APPENDIX 2: HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT RECORD DATA
Tables
Table 1: Criteria for Assessing the Sensitivity (value) of Cultural Heritage
Resources
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Report 14/55
Figures
Front cover: Ridge and furrow at Parks Farm, looking south-east
Fig 1: Site location
Fig 2: Plot/field reference numbers
Fig 3: Historic Environment Record (HER) data
Fig 4: Yates’ Map of Staffordshire
Fig 5: Uttoxeter Tithe map, 1839
Fig 6: Uttoxeter Tithe map, 1839 (copy made in the 1920s)
Fig 7: First Edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1882
Fig 8: Second Edition Ordnance Survey map, 1901
Fig 9: Second Edition Ordnance Survey map, 1901 (6”)
Fig 10: Third Edition Ordnance Survey map, 1924
Fig 11: Third Edition Ordnance Survey map, 1924 (6”)
Fig 12: Ordnance Survey map, 1938
Fig 13: Ordnance Survey map, 1981
Fig 14: Aerial photograph of the western part of the site
Fig 15: Aerial photograph of the eastern part of the site
Fig 16: Historic Landscape Characterisation
Assessment (HEA) data
Fig 17: Extant historic assets within the site
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HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT DESK BASED ASSESSMENT
A50 GROWTH SCHEME, UTTOXETER, PROJECT A
Abstract
Historic environment desk-based assessment was undertaken of land at the western end
of the proposed A50 Growth Scheme, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire. There is a single
nationally designated heritage asset, a grade II listed milepost on the A522, in the northeastern part of the site. A further listed milepost to the south-west is the only other
designated asset within 1km of the site.
Recent archaeological investigation at Uttoxeter Quarry to the north-east of the site has
revealed extensive evidence pertaining to the prehistoric utilisation of the landscape from
the Neolithic to Bronze Age periods, including evidence for funerary monuments, field
systems and a spread of burnt flint associated with a trough. It is considered that there is
a moderate potential for prehistoric features within the study area, particularly on the
lighter gravel soils close to the River Tean.
There is very little evidence for the Iron Age and Roman utilisation of the landscape with
only sporadic finds of material. There are no positively identified features in the vicinity
and it is considered that there is a low potential for features of this date.
During the medieval period, the study area lay in the hinterland of the market town of
Uttoxeter. Much of the study area was likely to have been part of the parish’s open field
system and there are small areas of surviving ridge and furrow earthworks that represent
the remnants of this method of agriculture. Close to the River Tean, much of the land
was likely to have been meadow/pasture. There is a high potential for medieval features,
in particular those relating to medieval agricultural methods.
During the post-medieval period, Uttoxeter became renowned for its dairying economy.
Large areas of land were enclosed during the late medieval/post-medieval period, with
much of the land subsequently used for pasture. Enclosure of the open fields was often
piecemeal, undertaken by private agreement between landowners, although part of the
study area, around Parks Farm, was planned enclosure undertaken in the 18th/19th
centuries. Many of the field boundaries in this area probably date to this period.
The Uttoxeter Canal was finished in 1811 but had closed by the middle of the 19th
century, since it was failing to make enough profit. A short length of the canal survives as
a shallow earthwork in the study area, although much of it was covered when the A50
was constructed in the late 20th century.
The surviving historic landscape of the study area is dominated by remnants of the
medieval and post-medieval systems of agriculture, as well as industrial remains such as
the Uttoxeter Canal.
It is considered that further evaluation will be required in order to ascertain the
presence/absence of below-ground archaeological remains particularly close to the river,
where prehistoric features in particular may be present. The greatest impact on the
historic landscape of the area will be in the vicinity of Parks Farm and the surrounding
field systems.
Northamptonshire Archaeology
Report 13/188
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INTRODUCTION
1.1
Background
MOLA was commissioned by Staffordshire County Council to conduct an Historic
Environment Desk-Based Assessment (HEDBA) of land for the proposed A50 Growth
Scheme, Uttoxeter (NGR 07603 34921; Fig 1). The assessment included a walkover
survey to inspect known sites as well as identifying additional remains. The project will
involve highway improvements to a 4km stretch of the A50 north of Uttoxeter between
Blythe Bridge (Tean Roundabout) and the Doveridge Bypass.
The proposed projects around Uttoxeter include the construction of two new grade
separated junctions on the A50 at the A522 Uttoxeter Road (Project A) and the A518
Dove Way (Project B). These schemes are to be implemented as separate
developments. This report considers the proposed development of the A50 and A522
junctions (Project A). This HEBDA was undertaken according to the specification
prepared by Staffordshire County Council (SCC 2014).
The present report has considered the evidence of Staffordshire Historic Environment
Record, Staffordshire Record Office, the William Salt Library and that of relevant
published and archived documentary and cartographic sources. Internet sources
consulted included the Archaeology Data Service (ads.ahds.ac.uk) and the National
Heritage List (English-heritage.org.uk) to check designated heritage assets.
The aim of the assessment was to collate information about the known or potential
archaeological resource within the area of the scheme (including its presence or
absence, character and extent, date, integrity, state of preservation, significance and
relative quality) in accordance with paragraph 128 of the National Planning Policy
Framework (DCLG 2012). The work has been undertaken in accordance with Standard
and guidance for archaeological desk-based assessment (IfA 2011) and to fulfil the
requirements of the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) 2007, Volume 11,
Section 3, Part 2.
1.2
Policy background
National policy
The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) provides national guidance on the
preservation, management and investigation of the parts of the historic environment that
are historically, archaeologically, architecturally or artistically significant and are known
as heritage assets. The NPPF replaced PPS5 in March 2012, which in turn replaced
Planning Policy Guidance 15 and 16 (PPG 15 and 16) in March 2010.
The framework covers those heritage assets that possess a level of interest sufficient to
justify designation as well as those that are not designated but which are of heritage
interest and are thus a material planning consideration. Where nationally important
archaeological remains are affected by development then there should be a presumption
in favour for their conservation.
Paragraph 128 states that Local Planning Authorities should require an applicant to
describe the significance of any heritage assets affected, including any contribution
made by their setting. The level of detail should be proportionate to the asset’s
importance and no more than is sufficient to understand the potential impact of the
proposal on their significance.
Paragraph 129 states that Local planning authorities should identify and assess the
particular significance of any heritage asset that may be affected by a proposal
(including by development affecting the setting of a heritage asset) taking account of the
available evidence and any necessary expertise.
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East Staffordshire Borough Council Local Plan (Adopted 2006)
From a local perspective the site falls within the area of East Staffordshire Borough
Council (ESBC). The council’s adopted local plan, part of the development plan covering
East Staffordshire, and the basis for determining all planning applications received by
the authority, was adopted on 20 July 2006. When adopted, the plan was ‘saved’ for
three years under the transitional arrangements set out in the Planning and Compulsory
Purchase Act 2004.
Since this time a number of saved policies have been retained under agreement with the
Secretary of State. These policies, alongside NPPF are used to determine planning
applications submitted. However, in relation to Archaeology and other Heritage issues,
no policies from this document have been saved.
1.3
Topography, location and geology
The proposed development area lies immediately to the north-west of Uttoxeter and
includes a 2km stretch of the A50 between Uttoxeter Mill to the east and the JCB factory
to the west and 1.2km of the A522 (Figs 1 and 2). Much of the northern boundary of the
area follows the River Tean, while the southern boundary comprises 20th-century
suburbs of Uttoxeter to the east and farmland and industrial units to the west. The area
is fairly level at between c 93m aOD at the western end and 86m aOD at the east.
The bedrock geology of the area is part of the Mercian Mudstone Group, while the
superficial geology of the area comprises alluvial deposits close to the River Tean, with
Glaciofluvial deposits of sand and gravel to the south.
A site walkover survey was undertaken over two separate days in February; the weather
on both days was fine but showery. The walkover surveys were undertaken in order to
assess the condition of known historic assets, but also sought to identify previously
unrecorded historic assets. For the purposes of the survey each field or plot was
assigned a number for ease of reference (Fig 2). The results of the walkover are
presented in Appendix 1 as a gazetteer.
1.4
Sources consulted
The Staffordshire Historic Environment Record (HER) was consulted for documented
sites and monuments within the proposed development area. A search area of 1km
radius surrounding the study area was applied for HER records and designated heritage
assets. A visit to the Staffordshire Record Office and William Salt Library was
undertaken in order to check historic maps of the area, as well as any other pertinent
documents and local history books. Uttoxeter was one of the towns studied as part of
Staffordshire’s Extensive Urban Survey (SCC 2011a); however, much of the current
study area lies outside of the area assessed for the EUS.
Historic Environment Assessments (HEAs) have also been carried out for the
hinterlands of a number of towns in East Staffordshire including Uttoxeter (SCC 2013).
The HEAs provide comments solely on the impact of potential development on the
historic environment. Much of the study area lies within two of the Historic Environment
Character Zones (HECZs) defined in the report: UTHECZ1 and UTHECZ6 (Fig 16).
Online sources and books held within MOLA’s library were also consulted in order to
check for further information.
The English Heritage National Heritage List was consulted in order to identify designated
heritage assets within the study area. The English Heritage document The Setting of
Heritage Assets (EH 2011) provides a basis upon which the assessment of impact upon
the setting of heritage assets can be evaluated.
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Regional guidance consulted for the report included:
Watt, S, (ed), The Archaeology of the West Midlands: A Framework for Research,
University of Birmingham
1.5
Significance Criteria
The categories used to assign a value to cultural heritage assets are drawn from those
outlined in the Cultural Heritage chapter of the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges
(DMRB 2007; vol 11, section 3).
Paragraph 132 of the National Planning Policy Framework recognises that those
heritage assets with the highest level of significance comprise scheduled monuments,
registered battlefields, grade I and II* listed buildings, grade I and II* registered parks
and gardens and World Heritage Sites. In paragraph 139 it states that non-designated
heritage assets that are demonstrably of equivalent significance to scheduled
monuments, be considered subject to the same policies.
Table 1: Criteria for Assessing the Sensitivity (value) of Cultural Heritage Resources
2
Level of Sensitivity
Definition
Very High
Sites of international importance: World Heritage Sites,
other historic sites, buildings or landscapes of international
importance whether designated or not
High
Sites of national importance including those that are
designated as scheduled monuments or those that are
considered to be suitable for scheduling, grade I and grade
II* listed buildings, registered battlefields, grade I and II*
registered parks and gardens, sites that have the potential
to significantly contribute to national research objectives
Medium
Sites of regional importance may include grade II listed
buildings, grade II registered parks and gardens,
conservation areas and those sites which are considered to
be significant regional examples with well-preserved
evidence of occupation, industry etc, sites that have the
potential to contribute to regional research objectives
Low
Sites which are of less-defined extent, nature and date or
which are in a poor or fragmentary state, but which are
considered to be significant examples in a local context;
important hedgerows; locally listed buildings;
Negligible
Sites with little or no surviving archaeological remains,
buildings of no architectural or historical note
Unknown
The value of the site is unknown
HERITAGE ASSET ASSESSMENT
A single designated heritage asset falls within the proposed development area, that of a
grade II listed milepost located on the A522 opposite the JCB factory (HER 51381; Fig 3;
SK 07089 35315). It is an early 19th-century milepost of painted cast iron erected by the
Uttoxeter to Blythe Marsh Turnpike Trust. It was cast in Burton upon Trent in 1828. It
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reads: right face: UTTOXETER 2 MILES; left face: NEWCASTLE 16 MILES; head:
UTTOXETER PARISH; back plate: LONDON 141 LIVERPOOL 70.
A second milepost, lies c 300m to the south-east of the study area. The list description
reads: 1756 Mile Post (1 mile from Uttoxeter) Early 19th century. Painted cast iron.
Semi-circular back plate lettered "London 140: Liverpool 71", and on the splayed sides,
"Newcastle 17 miles: Uttoxeter 1 mile". (HER 09016; Fig 3; SK 08437 34413).
There are no World Heritage Sites, Scheduled Monuments, Registered Parks & Gardens
or Registered Battlefields in the study area.
2.1
Previous archaeological investigation
There has been limited archaeological investigation within the proposed development
area, although significant archaeological investigation has been undertaken at Uttoxeter
Quarry 500m to the east.
A desk-based assessment has recently been undertaken as part of an Environmental
Impact Assessment (EIA) on land west of Uttoxeter for an outline planning permission for
residential and employment use development (Waterman 2013). Part of the site falls
within the current study area, encompassing Parks Farm and surrounding fields.
The proposed development would destroy the medieval ridge and furrow areas within
the site, as well as of the post-medieval and industrial evidence of field enclosure.
However, the proposed development would adopt existing post-medieval historic
hedgerows into the final design as possible.
It would also involve the demolition of the Parks Farm complex. A strategy to mitigate the
impact of the development on the historic environment assets identified was proposed
within the report.
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20136
20136
00624
00624
03649
03649
53938
53938
02172
02172
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60829
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03650
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03648
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00626
00626
00626
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11307
11260
11260
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02172
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08871
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02571
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00627
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55423
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02036
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55797
11308
11308
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55353
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55424
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20218
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50359
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55425
55426
55426
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61026
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55446
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54532
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56490
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51381
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55354
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55355
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02170
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01572
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02035
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55448
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This map contains Staffordshire Historic Environment
Record data © Staffordshire County Council
Scale 1:15,000 (A3)
Site location
HER data
Historic Environment Record (HER) data Fig 3
2.2
Summary and significance of heritage assets
Prehistoric
Palaeolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Historic
Roman
Anglo-Saxon/early medieval
Medieval
Post-medieval
Modern
450,000 BC-10,000 BC
10,000 BC- 4,000 BC
4,000 BC- 2,500 BC
2,500 BC- 600 BC
800 BC- 42 AD
43 AD- 409 AD
409 AD- 1066 AD
1066 AD- 1485 AD
1485 AD- 1800 AD
1800 AD- Present
Earlier prehistoric
Until recently there has been no evidence on the HER for Palaeolithic, Mesolithic or
Neolithic activity in the study area and only limited evidence for Bronze Age activity.
There is extensive evidence of the utilisation of the lighter soils of the river valleys in the
surrounding region, particularly of the Trent valley. However, the generally pastoral
economy of the Tean valley has meant that the primary method by which these sites are
usually recognised, through cropmarks, is not generally viable.
However, some 900m to the east of the study area, recent archaeological investigations
at Uttoxeter Quarry found extensive evidence of prehistoric activity (Richmond 2012).
The earliest features were a small number of shallow pits containing middle Neolithic
pottery. Joining sherds of pottery from different pits suggested that they were deposited
at the same time and that they were ‘intentional’ deposits rather than just waste and that
the area perhaps had a ceremonial rather than domestic function.
During the early Bronze Age a series of circular/sub-circular ditched enclosures were
created. Inside one seven urned and one un-urned cremations had been placed and
inside another was a single un-urned cremation. The remaining two did not contain any
features, but were only partially excavated. There were also three isolated urned
cremations. It was considered likely that the activity extended beyond the site.
Subsequent activity dated to the late Bronze Age and included a spread of burnt flint
overlying a trough-like feature. An interrupted field system was also dated to this period.
Other features in the vicinity tentatively ascribed a Bronze Age date include a circular
enclosure set within a rectangular enclosure (HER 03650) c 900m to the north of the site
at Stramshall . It has been suggested that the circular feature is the remains of a Bronze
Age round barrow. However, it has also been interpreted as a former windmill. St
Michaels Church at Stramshall is also said to have been set upon a round barrow (HER
00626).
An incomplete cast copper alloy blade, dating to the middle Bronze Age, has been found
recently on land at Parks Farm (HER 61026). However, the find may be the result of a
casual loss rather than being indicative of anything more significant. A palstave, also of
middle to late Bronze Age date, was found to the south of Uttoxeter (HER 40216).
Further afield, a late Bronze Age barrow lies 3.5km to the south-east of the site at Toot
Hill (Scheduled Monument 1008710). Limited antiquarian investigation recovered
prehistoric and Roman pottery, indicating that it was re-used during the Roman period.
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The setting of the proposed development area, adjacent to the Tean River, means that
there is a moderate potential for evidence of prehistoric activity. Any such activity is likely
to be concentrated on the lighter soils closer to the river.
Late prehistoric/Roman
There remains a low level of known Iron Age or Roman activity in the vicinity. At the
village of Rocester, located 5km to the north, was a Roman fort with associated vicus
which lay on a Roman road connecting Chesterton to the west and
Derventio/Littlechester to the east. A trackway at Crakemarsh has been identified as
Roman and a few sherds of pottery have been found in this village. A Roman coin was
said by Redfearn (1886) to have been found on Uttoxeter Heath in the late 19th century
(HER 02035). Redfearn also ascribed Roman dates to a number of objects that appear
actually to have been medieval.
The investigations at Uttoxeter Quarry found a single sherd of Samian Ware from an
otherwise undated pond feature (Richmond 2012).
The potential for Roman finds or features is considered to be low.
Anglo-Saxon/medieval
There is little evidence of Saxon settlement or other any other contemporary activity in
the vicinity, in common with much of the county. Part of a possible eaves-drip gully with
a projected diameter of c 15m was found during the Uttoxeter Quarry investigations and
contained handmade pottery that appeared to date to the Anglo-Saxon period.
Both Uttoxeter and Stamshall are recorded in the Domesday Book suggesting that some
degree of organised settlement had been laid out prior to the conquest.
Uttoxeter
The origin of the name appears to be derived from the personal name Wittuc/Wuttuc and
the second element is probably derived from the Old English word for heather or in this
case heath.
The King holds UTTOXETER. Earl Aelfgar held it. There is half a hide. There is land for
ten ploughs. In demesne are two [ploughs], with one slave; 24 villeins and 11 bordars
with 11 ploughs. There are 16 acres of meadow, [and] woodland two leagues long and
as many broad. In the reign of King Edward it was worth £7; now £8.
The settlement appears to have been moderately sized at this date, although it is not
known whether it was yet functioning as a town (SCC 2011). Uttoxeter was granted to
the Earls of Derby at some point soon after Domesday and it is thought that they created
a planned settlement during the 13th century which included a church, market place and
the laying out of burgage plots along the major roads. By 1251, the Earl of Derby had
obtained a charter for a weekly market and a yearly fair. A year later Uttoxeter had been
granted a borough charter (SCC 2011a).
A water mill mentioned in the 14th century at Uttoxeter Pool may have been located on
the site of the present mill immediately to the east of the site (HER 02308). The mill is
likely to have been of some importance to the economy of the town.
Although it is thought that the major economy of the area was dairy farming, as it
remained throughout the post-medieval and later periods, the extent of surviving ridge
and furrow earthworks scattered throughout the surrounding area also attest to the
importance of arable farming during this period. Within the site there is evidence that
much of the area was cultivated, with larger areas of ridge and furrow surviving around
Parks Farm. Towards the River Tean, it is likely that much of the land was permanent
pasture.
Several areas of ridge and furrow identified on the HER have been destroyed either by
ploughing or development. These include an area in Field 12 (HER 55447), east of
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Parks Farm, an area in Fields 5 and 6 (HER 55426) and possibly an area between the
A522 and A50 (HER 55448). However, the current survey has identified that an area of
ridge and furrow identified by the HER in Field 16 appears to extend into Fields 15, 19
and 20 also. There is also a block around Park’s Farm at the western end of the area
(Fields 10 and 11).
Stramshall
Both Plot and Redfearn suggest that a Benedictine House was formed at Stramshall by
St Modwena when she came over from Ireland at the beginning of the 9th century (HER
00626). This was later said to have been transferred to Polesworth. However, this
legend appears to be based on a misreading of a legend of St Edith of Polesworth (VCH
2003).
At Domesday, the settlement was known as stagrigsholle, perhaps meaning ‘Stronglic’s
hill’, and was held by Alric, a freeman at this date.
There are two carucates and one virgate of land. There are two villeins and five bordars
with one plough, and two acres of meadow. [There is] woodland 40 perches long and as
much broad. It is worth 5s.
It is considered that there is a low potential for remains dating to the period prior to the
Norman Conquest in 1066. The study area appears to have been located some distance
from any nucleated settlement during the medieval period and it is considered that there
is a low potential for any medieval remains to be present. However, there is surviving
landscape evidence across the study area for medieval agricultural practises largely
comprising earthwork remains of ridge and furrow. These are considered to be of low
sensitivity.
Post-medieval/modern
By the beginning of the post-medieval period the countryside around Uttoxeter was
already known for its dairy-based economy with John Leland writing in the 1540s that the
inhabitants are graziers, because there are marvellous pasture grounds there beside the
Dove. Archaeological evidence for the importance of this industry is evident in the large
areas adjacent to the rivers that appear to have been used as water meadows,
particularly around Willows Farm to the north-east of the town. However, no surviving
evidence of water meadows has been identified within the current site.
During this period land across Staffordshire was being enclosed in a piecemeal fashion
though informal agreements with landowners. The chief products of the town were butter
and cheese, and during the 18th century Uttoxeter was the chief market for earthenware
butter pots made at Burslem 20 miles away. The pots were filled with butter at Uttoxeter
and transported onwards to London (Weatherill 1971).
A bill was placed before parliament in 1797 by the Trent and Mersey Canal Company to
extend the Caldon Canal from Froghall to Uttoxeter in an attempt to thwart rival plans by
the Commercial Canal Company (HER 01226). The canal was finally started in 1807 and
finished in 1811. On the opening of the canal a newspaper report commented on the
beautiful cast iron aqueduct over the River Tean (Staffordshire Advertiser 14th
September 1811). However, there was little other industry beyond Froghall and the
canal was finally closed in 1849. Much of the canal was quickly filled in and only short
sections can now be found south of Froghall. The Tean Aqueduct appears to have been
dismantled in the early 20th century; certainly it is no longer depicted on maps of 1924
and later. Much of the former canal route within the site was overlaid by the route of the
A50 in the 20th century and the only area where any remains are visible within the site is
in Field 21.
An Act of Parliament formed the North Staffordshire Railway in 1846 (HER 50750). The
double-track Churnet Valley line was opened in 1849 and ran from North Rode, near
Macclesfield, to Uttoxeter. It was laid parallel to the Caldon Canal until Froghall and
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thereafter laid over the former course of the Uttoxeter Canal, although north of Uttoxeter
the railway did not follow the curving course the canal had taken across the Tean Valley
through the site. The railway fell victim to the Beeching Report of 1963; by 1965 all
passenger services had been withdrawn. Limited freight traffic continued until 1988.
The A522, formerly New Road, had been laid out by 1763, providing a straight road out
of Uttoxeter and bypassing Stramshall. It was later maintained by the Uttoxeter to Blythe
Marsh Turnpike Trust, but anecdotal information indicates that it was originally
constructed under the auspices of Josiah Wedgewood in order to have a good road to
bring his butter pots to Uttoxeter market (Foley 2012). Mileposts are still located within
(HER 51381) and just to the south-east of the site (HER 09016).
The fields around Park’s Farm were created during planned enclosure. Parks Farm was
probably built during the same period in order to farm the newly created field system and
was originally a ‘regular courtyard’ farm type, but has been added to significantly during
the 20th century. A close known as The Parkes is recorded as early as 1629 and
appears to have been part of the Mynors Estate from this date until the beginning of the
20th century (SRO: D786/13). There were a number of fields with the Park element on
the mid-19th century tithe map to the south of the site. The origin of the name has not
been identified; no evidence was found for a deer park in the vicinity.
Joseph Cyril Bamford, founded JC Bamford Excavators (JCB) in Uttoxeter in 1945. The
first vehicle was constructed from war surplus in a rented garage. The company's
headquarters is in Rocester north of Uttoxeter but a factory built in 2008 lies on the
western edge of the study area. The Bamford family lived at The Parks in the early 20th
century.
Map evidence suggests that Park Hill Farm, north-east of The Parks, was constructed in
the early 20th century. It was demolished in the 1980s to make way for the A50.
The historic landscape of the study area is dominated by post-medieval and modern
agricultural and industrial features. Parks Farm and its immediate field system are an
example of 18th/19th-century planned enclosure and associated farmstead, although
both the farm and the surrounding fields have been significantly altered during the 20th
century. There is a short length of the infilled Uttoxeter Canal in Field 21. No remains of
the cast iron aqueduct that crossed the River Tean were identified. Much of the
remainder that lies within the area has been overlaid by the A50.
It is considered that there is a high potential for post-medieval/modern features, although
these are likely to be of low/local significance.
2.3
Cartographic evidence
Although there is a detailed 17th-century map of Uttoxeter and its immediate
surroundings, the earliest map to show any detail of the proposed development area is
Yates’ Map of Staffordshire which was printed in 1798.
Yates Map of Staffordshire, 1798 (Fig 4)
The route of the canal is shown curving westwards through the proposed development
area, although at this date it hadn’t yet even been started. There are three major routes
leading out of Uttoxeter; although New Road had been laid out by 1763 it isn’t shown.
Immediately to the west of the canal Tinshill Park is marked in the approximate location
of Parks Farm or The Parks. No documentary evidence has been found for this place.
Further east, a waterwheel symbol on the River Tean marks the location of Uttoxeter
Mill. South of the canal, the area is marked as Uttoxeter Heath.
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Uttoxeter Tithe Map, 1839 (Fig 5)
This is the first detailed map of the area. It shows the turnpike road constructed in the
18th century; a toll gate is shown on the southern edge of the study area. Both The
Parks and Parks Cottage have been constructed by this date, although they are
dispersed elements within the wider agricultural landscape.
All land at the western end of the study area belonged to John Minors, who lived at
Parks Cottage, which appears to have been rather more substantial in nature than a
cottage with a range of buildings, probably including stables and barns, as well as a
pleasure garden. Parks Farm and land were tenanted by Ellen Limer. None of the field
names appear to be of any antiquity and probably originated during enclosure in the
18th/19th centuries, although many indicate the importance of the pastoral economy of
the area. Calf Croft, as the name suggests was probably where calves were kept, was
located next to the farmstead to aid monitoring.
Plot
number
Name
Type
Size
630
Parks Farmhouse
outbuildings yards and
garden
-
-1 22
631
Calf Croft
pasture
-3 7
629
Croft
pasture
2 3 20
628
Part of Clover Piece
arable
1 1 18
627
Part of Moor Meadow
pasture
1- 18
626
Middle Moors
pasture
4 - 16
624
Part of Far Moors
meadow
4 - 11
625
Near Meadows
pasture
2 1 27
632
House Meadows
pasture
5 - 36
633
Long Close
pasture
1 3 38
622
Little Meadow
pasture
9 3 25
623
Broad Close
pasture
9 3 25
621
House Meadows
meadow
4 2 18
635
Little Meadows
pasture
1 2 27
634
Little Long Close
pasture
1 2 25
620
Parks Cottage, buildings,
yards, garden, pleasure
ground and plantation
ARP
-3 5
The derivation of Pum Lewis is unknown; it is not mentioned in Horovitz (2003).
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Plot
number
Name
Type
664
Part of Tean Meadow
663
Remainder
Meadow
637
Aqueduct Land
Pasture
638
Aqueduct Land
Pasture
640
Little Barn Piece
Pasture
641
Little Pum Lewis
Pasture
Size
ARP
of
Meadow
Tean
5 3 38
Meadow
Uttoxeter Tithe Map, 1839 (parts in Checkley, Stramshall etc) (Fig 6)
This map depicts the north-eastern part of the site. Detached portions of Checkley parish
are highlighted in green. A building is shown where View Farm now stands within a
detached portion of Checkley parish. The canal, completed in 1811, is shown crossing
the River Tean. A parallel brook to the west appears to have been diverted during its
construction. Plot 389, located immediately to the north of Parks Farm, is shown
containing a pond, suggesting that gravel extraction had taken place.
The Ley elements of the field names may originate from the Old English læs, meaning
meadow or pasture. The origin of Smiths’s Lea, the small farmstead at the west, lying
within one of the portions of Checkley parish, may be similar.
Plot
number
Name
Type
Size
392
Little Rawser
391
Garden
421
Meadows
Pasture
433
422
Part of Russell Meadows
Meadow
5 1 39
474
Aqueduct land
Pasture
1 3 31
475
Wheat Ley
Meadow
5 2 11
476
Ley Meadow
Meadow
7 - 10
ARP
Pasture
3 3 30
27
First Edition Ordnance Survey map, 1882 (Fig 7)
There is little change by the end of the 19th century. The former toll gate on New Road
was called The Parks by this date, although there appears to have been some confusion
with names. The farmstead at the north-west corner of the study area is named as
Smith’s Lea. The gravel pits north of Parks Farm have been extended.
Second Edition Ordnance Survey map, 1901 (Figs 8 and 9)
By the beginning of the 20th century, The Parks and Parks Cottage had swapped names
and the gravel pit to the north of Parks Farm had grown larger. The remains of the canal
are shown as an earthwork rather than as an extant feature. The aqueduct is marked as
a footbridge. At the south-eastern corner of the study New Farm has been constructed.
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Third Edition Ordnance Survey map, 1924 (Figs 10 and 11)
By this date, parts of the old canal are no longer shown. A range of buildings labelled
Park Hill have been built over the remains opposite Parks Cottage.
Ordnance Survey map, 1938 (6”) (Fig 12)
By 1938, there had been significant residential development to the east of the site and
the Uttoxeter bypass, later becoming part of the A50, had been laid out to the north of
the town. The road overlay part of the former canal and joined the A522 south of Parks
Cottage.
Ordnance Survey, 1981 (Fig 13)
Although this map only shows part of the site, there has been significant boundary loss
between 1924 and 1981. Further boundary loss has occurred since this period. A
depression and pond are still marked to the north of Parks Farm where the gravel pits
were located. There is now no evidence of the pits.
Ordnance Survey map, 1987 (not illustrated)
By 1987, the A50 had been built and the road layout was much as it is at present. Park
Hill, the range of buildings first depicted in 1924, were demolished to make way for the
road. By the early 1980s the
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Yates’ map of Staffordshire, 1775 Fig 4
Approximate
site location
Uttoxeter Tithe Map, 1839 Fig 5
Courtesy of Staffordshire Record Office
Uttoxeter Tithe Map, 1839 (copy made in the 1920s) Fig 6
Courtesy of Staffordshire Record Office
Approximate
site location
First Edition Ordnance Survey map, 1882 Fig 7
Approximate
site location
Second Edition Ordnance Survey map, 1901 Fig 8
Approximate
site location
Second Edition Ordnance Survey map, 1901 (6”) Fig 9
Third Edition Ordnance Survey map, 1924 Fig 10
Approximate
site location
Third Edition Ordnance Survey map, 1924 (6”) Fig 11
Ordnance Survey map, 1938 (6”) Fig 12
Approximate
site location
Ordnance Survey map, 1981 Fig 13
2.4
Aerial photographic evidence
Aerial photograph of the western part of the site Fig 14
(© Infoterra and Bluesky)
Earthwork ridge and furrow is visible across the area, in particular around Parks Farm
and to the north of the River Tean (outside the current study area). The large JCB
factory with areas of landscaping are visible between the A50 and A522 to the west (Fig
14). The former route of the Uttoxeter canal is marked by the parallel hedgerows
immediately to the north of the A50. North of the River Tean are curving earthworks
likely to be palaeochannels (Fig 15).
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Aerial photograph (2003) showing ridge and furrow and palaeochannels Fig 15
(© Infoterra and Bluesky)
2.5
Historic landscape
Historic landscape characterisation
There are no designated historic landscapes in the vicinity of the proposed development.
Staffordshire County Council has undertaken a historic landscape characterisation
(SCC2011b). The study area lies within a number of different field types.
18th/19th-century planned enclosure
These fields are associated with Parks Farm to the west of the site. Parks Farm was
probably built at around the same time as these field systems were created. They
appear to have been created by surveyors during the 18th and 19th centuries forming a
landscape of fields with very straight boundaries. Surviving ridge and furrow earthworks
across the area suggest that, prior to enclosure, this area was part of the arable open
fields of the parish. The survival of the ridge and furrow indicates that the fields have not
been ploughed since this period and have served as pasture.
The HLC states that these field systems are fairly common across Staffordshire, but
much of the county had already been enclosed prior to this date and they therefore
relate to a relatively small area.
These field systems often have landscape relations with other important landscape
elements such as model farms and designed parklands.
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UTCHECZ
UTCHECZ 11
Site location
Post 1880s settlement
UTCHECZ
UTCHECZ 66
Reorganised piecemeal enclosure
Piecemeal enclosure
18th/19th century planned enclosure
Industrial and extractive
Miscellaneous floodplain fields
0
250m
Early small rectilinear fields
This map contains Staffordshire Historic Environment
Record data © Staffordshire County Council
Scale 1:5,000 (A3)
Other parkland
Historic Landscape Characterisation (HLC) and Historic Environment Assessment (HEA) data Fig 16
Early small rectilinear fields
A small area of the far western end of the study is part of this HLC type. These fields are
likely to have post-medieval origins.
Miscellaneous floodplain fields
Much of the study area north of the A50 has been classified as this HLC type. These
fields have varying dates of origin, although many are thought to be of post-medieval
date. While some have been extensively drained from the 17th century onwards, others
have been utilised as water meadows. The fields in the study area were not identified as
former water meadows in the Water meadows Survey (Breeze et al 2008), although
large areas were identified at Willows Farm to the east (HER 54139) and at Stramshall
to the west. The boundaries of these fields are largely dictated by the course of the River
Tean to the north and the A50 to the south. Prior to the construction of the A50, the
southern boundary of many of these fields was the Uttoxeter Canal, finished in 1811.
There has been some boundary loss since the mid-19th century creating fewer, larger
fields. The presence of ridge and furrow across parts of the area indicate that some of it
was part of the medieval arable open field system.
Industrial and extractive
The majority of land within this type originated in the modern period. The JCB site at the
western end of the study area was built in 2008. Prior to being developed the land was
part of the block of 18th/19th century planned enclosure associated with Parks Farm to
the south.
Other parkland
This HLC type normally includes golf courses and sports grounds. In this case the area
includes the former Parks Cottage and grounds. In the mid-19th century the tithe
apportionment indicates that as well as having a garden and plantation, the property had
‘pleasure grounds’.
Post 1880s settlement
The southern part of the study area falls within this HLC type. The area was developed
gradually in the later 20th century. Prior to development, the western half of the area was
made up of fields that had been created during planned enclosure. The eastern half
being made up of fields created during the piecemeal enclosure of the open fields.
Piecemeal enclosure had begun by the 16th century in Staffordshire and the last fields
were enclosed during the 18th century. The field boundaries often followed the
earthworks of the former medieval strip fields.
Much of this part of the study area lies within Historic Urban Character Area (HUCA) 12
within the Uttoxeter EUS (SCC 2011a). The area has low potential for archaeological
deposits overall, although the EUS recommends that further research may increase our
understanding of this potential and that archaeological evaluation and/or mitigation may
be required.
Historic environment character assessment
A historic environment character assessment has recently been undertaken of the
hinterlands of a number of settlements within East Staffordshire including Uttoxeter. The
survey incorporated evidence a number of datasets including the HER, HLC, EUS and
Historic Farmsteads Survey (SCC 2013). The study area encompasses two Historic
Environment Character Zones (UTHECZ1 and UTHECZ6).
UTHECZ1 was considered to have high historical and aesthetic value due to the wellpreserved field patterns with associated ridge and furrow, as well as the canal
earthworks. The evidential value was considered to be medium due to the potential for
prehistoric remains surviving beneath the alluvium. Communal value was also
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considered to be medium due to the good access to the area via public rights of way.
Recommendations for UTHECZ1 include conservation and maintenance/enhancement
of the historic landscape fabric, as well archaeological evaluation and/or mitigation in
order to record and advance understanding of their significance.
UTHECZ6 was considered to have high historical and aesthetic value due to the wellpreserved field systems with associated ridge and furrow as well as the dispersed
settlement pattern which included a number of farmsteads. There was considered to be
low evidential value as the potential for below-ground remains is currently poorly
understood. The communal value was considered to be medium as there is public
access.
2.6
Walkover survey
The walkover survey examined nine known sites within the proposed development area
and identified three previously unknown ones. A further possible site was also identified
from aerial photography in Field 26. A detailed gazetteer is included as an appendix.
3
IMPACT ASSESSMENT
3.1
The proposed development
The proposed road development within the proposed Project A development area
currently involves the creation of a new junction with the A522. The new junction will be
grade separated with new overbridges, sliproads and roundabouts. The scoping report
(SCC 2014) for the project details the areas that may be subject to a direct impact by the
road scheme:
North of the A50, the site comprises existing A522 highway land together with small
areas of agricultural fields required for slip road embankments. South of the A50 small
areas of agricultural fields are required for slip road embankments together with the
southern roundabout to an over-bridge. The Project also includes a link road connection
from this southern roundabout through agricultural fields and then passing through the
grounds of The Parks restaurant to connect with the A522 (New Road) south of the A50.
The application boundary also includes the existing slip roads and associated
roundabout south of the A50.....
The scheme comprises the closure of two existing slip roads on the A50 that currently
link to the A522, with their replacement by a grade separated junction approximately in
the same location as the existing slip roads of the northern side of the A50. The new
junction comprises exit and sentry slip roads leading upwards to roundabouts either side
of the A50, linked together by an over-bridge.
The southern roundabout of the new junction is connected by a single carriageway link
road that passes south to a roundabout which will provide access to proposed residential
and business park development and then passes east to connect with the A522.
The section of the existing A522 between the new junction and this link road connection
will be closed to traffic with the existing over-bridge removed. The existing roundabout
on the A522 New Road that accommodates the westbound traffic on the A50 will also be
closed and removed.
The A50 within the application site will be the subject of widening to accommodate the
slip roads for the new junction. Landscaping including replacement tree planting will be
provided. It should be noted that the A50 is in a cutting as it passes east of the A522 and
is below the level of residential properties south of New Road.
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View
View Farm
Farm
Mile
Mile post
post
14
14
13
99
10
10
Canal
Canal
Parks
Parks Farm
Farm
12
12
21
21
22
22
26
26
28
28
11
11
The
The Parks
Parks
0
250m
Scale 1:7,500 (A3)
Historic hedgerows
Surviving ridge and furrow
Extant Historic assets within the site Fig 17
Detailed plans of the link road have not yet been finalised, however, any removal of
topsoil and/or subsoil deposits both along the proposed road route and in areas of
associated works, such as compounds and haul roads, have the potential to destroy
archaeological remains.
3.2
Potential impacts on the cultural heritage resource
There is a single designated heritage asset within the study area; that of a grade II listed
milepost located on the A522. The milepost is considered to be of medium sensitivity.
Current plans indicate that there will be no direct impact on the milepost. There will be
no direct impacts on any other designated heritage asset during the development
scheme. The original setting of the milepost has been altered due to the construction of
the JCB factory behind it and the slight deviation of the original route of the A522 to
cross the A50. It is considered that there will be at most a minor impact on the setting of
the milepost due to the construction of the proposed roundabouts, which will further alter
the original route of the toll road with which the milepost is associated.
There is a single other designated heritage asset in the vicinity of the study area, also a
grade II listed milepost which is situated to the south-east on the A522. It is considered
that there will be no impact upon the setting of this asset.
Below-ground historic assets
There are currently no known buried archaeological remains within the study area,
although this is in large part because it is made of pasture fields in which cropmarks are
rarely observed and due to the lack of previous archaeological investigation.
The recent archaeological investigations at Uttoxeter Quarry to the east have revealed
evidence for the prehistoric utilisation of the surrounding landscape. Parts of the current
site lie in a similar location in the respect of the River Tean and it is considered that there
is a moderate potential for similar remains dating to the prehistoric period, in particular
the Bronze Age.
The precise level of significance of any such remains cannot be fully determined on the
basis of current evidence, but, given the nature of surrounding sites, they are likely to be
of at most regional interest and have the potential to address regional research
objectives. It is considered that without mitigation there could a major impact on any
such remains depending on their location within the site. The presence of such features
should be ascertained by appropriate evaluation methods (see section 3.3 below). Any
subsequent mitigation strategy would depend on the extent and level of significance of
the archaeological resource.
Historic landscape
The current proposals for this project involve blocks of land to the north and south of the
A50.
There are a number of blocks of ridge and furrow within the study area, which indicates
that, prior to enclosure, much of the area was farmed as arable land. Furthermore, its
survival is indicative of the fact that much of the land has not been ploughed since
enclosure, allowing the earthworks to survive. The current survey has identified that an
area of ridge and furrow located in Field 16 by the HER, appears to also extend into
Fields 15, 19 and 20 (HER 55425; Fig 17). Small areas of ridge and furrow may also
survive at the southern edge of Fields 26 and 28. These areas of ridge and furrow would
not be directly impacted by current plans. There would be at most a slight impact to the
setting of these features and the legibility of the surrounding landscape.
There is also a block around Park’s Farm at the western end of the area (HER 55446;
Fields 10 and 11). There are a number of hedgerows defining field boundaries present
on the mid-19th century tithe maps, particularly in the area around Parks Farm which
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was part of the 18th/19th century planned enclosure (Fig 17). There has been some
boundary loss and alteration since the earliest detailed map of the area in the mid-19th
century. Some of the hedgerows have not been maintained and the boundaries are now
demarcated by intermittent lines of grown-out trees or larger bushes. However, these
hedgerows may be deemed important under Hedgerow Regulations (1997). North of the
A50 there has been extensive boundary modification, particularly during the latter part of
the 20th century and few historic hedgerows remain.
The main area of development is located south of the A50 in the vicinity of Parks Farm.
The landscape of this area was considered to have a high aesthetic and historic value
due to the well-preserved field systems and associated dispersed farmsteads in the
recent Historic Environment Assessment (HEA 2013). The road scheme would have a
direct impact on the ridge and furrow identified in Fields 10 and 11, as well as loss of
18th/19th century-field boundaries created during enclosure. The sensitivity of the ridge
and furrow and field boundaries are considered to be of low/local importance. The
development would destroy a significant amount of this block of ridge and furrow and
reduce the legibility of any remaining earthworks. Furthermore, much of this area is part
of a larger outline planning application which would have a further impact on the remains
(Waterman 2013; P/2013/00882). The scheme should seek to reduce damage to these
assets and to retain field boundaries, where possible.
The impact on Parks Farm has not been considered as part of this assessment, since its
demolition is proposed as part of another scheme (Waterman 2013; P/2013/00882).
To the north, part of the development is located close to Park View, a house identified on
the mid-19th century Tithe Map. It is considered that the house is of low/local sensitivity.
Although there would be no direct impact to the house itself, the south-western part of
the historic plot in which it stands would be significantly reduced and the house would be
located immediately adjacent to the roundabout and sliproad. It is considered that there
would be a moderate impact on the setting of this property.
The Parks, currently in use as a restaurant, is not listed but is of local importance and
had been built by the mid-19th century. It was home to the Bamford family during the
early part of the 20th century. A slip road leading to the A522 is planned to pass in front
of the building through the grounds. The slip road would cut through areas that are
currently covered by tarmac and used for parking rather than areas of surviving garden
that survive in the southern part of the plot.
Although the restaurant is located adjacent to the current A50, it is both set back and
screened by an embankment and trees. The new slip road would be the main route into
Uttoxeter from the A50 and A522 and introduce considerable amounts of traffic with
associated dust and noise into the immediate vicinity of The Parks and it is considered
that there would be a moderate impact on the setting of The Parks. The potential for
mitigating this impact through design could be considered.
Current plans indicate that the remains of the Uttoxeter Canal will not be directly
impacted by the road scheme. The closure of the A522 overbridge and part of the road
may provide a minor beneficial impact to the setting of the canal remains due to a
reduction in traffic noise. The possible feature in Field 26 would also not be affected by
the current proposals.
It is considered that there is likely to be low/limited potential for the survival of any
archaeological remains in certain plots due to recent disturbance (Plot 5, 24, 25 and 27).
Construction of the link road and its associated works is expected to have a high
probability of encountering archaeological remains within the easement. Current
evidence suggests this is particularly likely to be remains of the medieval open field
system and subsequent post-medieval agricultural remains.
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3.3
Future mitigation strategy
A programme of archaeological evaluation should be undertaken in order to ascertain
the extent of any below-ground archaeological remains in the areas of the site that will
be directly affected by the proposed scheme. Any such remains are considered likely to
pre-date the medieval period and comprise features that are cut into the natural geology,
such as ditches, pits etc.
Features of this type are readily identified via geophysical survey. With this type of site,
cut features on clay or gravel soils, magnetometer survey has been proved to provide
reliable results. However, magnetometer survey over areas where there is known to be a
significant alluvial deposit will not be reliable in identifying underlying features.
Features identified during the geophysical survey could then be targeted during a trial
trench evaluation in order to assess their condition, significance and date.
The development will subsequently require a detailed mitigation strategy to be
formulated in discussion with Staffordshire County Council’s Historic Environment Team.
The mitigation strategy will be incorporated into the pre-construction and construction
phases of the proposed development and will be formulated to be accommodated within
the set development parameters. The strategy will seek to avoid or reduce to an
acceptable level any significant adverse effects the proposed development will have
upon the archaeological resource through a programme of targeted, phased
archaeological investigation, recording, analysis and publication undertaken either prior
to or during groundworks associated with the proposed development.
The subsequent mitigation strategy could also seek to reduce the impact on landscape
elements, such as ridge and furrow, by undertaking earthwork surveys prior to
development. The surveys could be used to generate plans of the surviving earthworks.
The milepost located on the A522 is a grade II listed building and therefore should be
suitably protected at all stages of the road development.
4
CONCLUSIONS
The current assessment has collated readily available information from a number of
sources including Staffordshire Historic Environment Record, Staffordshire Record
Office and relevant topographical and historical land-use information in order to assess
the likely archaeological potential and heritage significance of the study area at the
proposed A50 Growth Scheme Project A, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire.
The proposed road scheme would involve the creation of a grade separated junction off
the A50 onto the A522, with the closure of current slip roads.
Designated Heritage Assets
There is one designated heritage asset within the study area, an early 19th century
milepost. Current plans suggest that there will be no direct impact on the milepost. The
original setting of the milepost has been altered and it is considered that the proposed
works will not significantly increase that impact. Within the 1km search area there is one
further listed building, also a milepost, located on the A522 south-east of the site (HER
09016). It is considered that there will be no impact to this asset, but that suitable
measures to ensure its protection should be put in place during the road development.
Below-ground archaeology
It is considered that there is a moderate potential for prehistoric remains within the site,
particularly those dating to the Bronze Age. Archaeological evaluation of those areas
that will experience a direct impact by the road scheme should be undertaken. This
could include geophysical survey and/or trial trench excavation.
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Historic landscape
There are a number of landscape elements that would be directly affected by the new
road scheme. These are principally located around Parks Farm and include areas of
ridge and furrow, remnants of the medieval open field system of agriculture, and postmedieval field systems dating to the 18th or 19th centuries. Some of the field boundaries
identified meet several of the criteria necessary to be designated as Important, under
Hedgerow Regulations. The road scheme would have a direct impact on the historic
landscape by destroying both areas of ridge and furrow and some of the field
boundaries.
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APPENDIX 1: GAZETTEER OF HISTORIC ASSETS WITHIN THE PROPOSED
DEVELOPMENT AREA
Field/plot number: 5 on A522
NGR:SK 0708 3531
Feature type: Milepost
HER number: 51381
Description: Milepost outside the JCB World Parts Centre. Grade II listed.
The HER has it located c200m north-west of its actual location. It comprises a
metal triangular frame set in a triangular concrete base. The post is painted white
and black and the lettering is cast in relief and painted black.
It reads:LONDON / 141 / LIVERPOOL / 70
UTTOXETER PARISH
NEWCASTLE 16 MILES
UTTOXETER / 2 / MILES
Photograph
The milepost HER51381, looking south-west
Assessment of condition:
Excellent condition, clearly maintained.
MOLA
Report 14/55
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Field/plot number: 5
NGR:SK 0727 3506
Feature type: Ridge and furrow
HER number: 55426
Description: Ridge and furrow earthworks recorded on the HER.
Photograph
View of Plot 5 showing that the ridge and furrow has been destroyed by modern
intervention, looking south-west
Destroyed, particularly in plot 5 which has been used a storage area for demolition
rubble.
MOLA
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NGR:SK 0735 3507
HER number: 55425
Description:
More extensive remnants of ridge and furrow than the HER suggests. Situated
across plots 15, 16, 19 and 20. Aligned north-west to south-east. The integrity of
open field landscape has been affected by post-enclosure field boundaries.
Photograph
The ridge and furrow in plot 16, looking north-east
Upstanding remains which are clearly defined. Fields are currently pasture.
MOLA
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Field/plot number: 21 and 25
NGR:SK 0770 3482 and 0780 3467
Feature type: Uttoxeter branch of
the Caldon Canal
HER number: 02171
Description: Legible remains of the former canal, delineated by parallel
hedgerows in Field 21. An iron aqueduct carried the canal over the River Tean at
the northern boundary of the site in Field 21, but no remains were observed
Photograph
View of the site of the aqueduct, looking north
No visible remains but the site of the aqueduct has been left as marginal land
(scrub and bushes). There appears to be a raised earthwork at its southern end
but this may be the result of modern dumping.
MOLA
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NGR:0728 3520
Feature type: Farm buildings
HER number: -
Description: View Farm, known as Smith’s Lea on First Edition Ordnance Survey
map
Photograph
View Farm, looking east
Building survives. Not accessed as private property.
MOLA
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NGR:0715 3489
Feature type: Farm buildings
HER number: 56490
Description: Parks Farm. Probably laid out in a single phase during the 18th or
19th century in a regular courtyard plan. The farmhouse is three-storey and
rendered. Added to considerably during the 20th century
Photograph
Assessment of condition: The legibility of the original farmstead has been
diminished by subsequent development, particularly during the 20th century.
However, it remains of low/local significance, especially in association with its
surrounding field systems
MOLA
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Field/plot number: 10 and 11
NGR: SK 0715 3472
HER number: 55446
Description: Ridge and furrow earthworks aligned north-east to south-west.
Survive up to c 0.50m in places. Legible remains of the medieval/post-medieval
open field system of agriculture. Extend over the entirety of fields 10 and 11
Photograph
Assessment of condition: The upstanding ridge and furrow earthworks are in
good condition. Possible evidence of a number of ‘heads’ at the eastern end of the
earthworks in Field 10- small heaps at the ends formed when the ploughed was
lifted out to turn. Also associated with a number of hedged field boundaries that
were probably created during enclosure in the 18th/19th centuries
MOLA
Report 14/55
Page 44 of 52
Field/plot number: 6, 7, 8, 10,11,
12
NGR: SK 0715 3472
Feature type: Field boundaries
HER number: -
Description: Field boundaries, created during the 18th/19th centuries as part of
the planned enclosure of this area; overlying the earlier ridge and furrow, which
are remnants of the open field system. Some of the hedges are patchy with mature
trees. In Field 11, there are two former boundaries now marked only by occasional
mature trees
Photograph
Former field boundary in Field 11, aligned north-east to south-west, parallel to the
ridge and furrow
Assessment of condition: There has been some boundary loss and alteration
and some of the hedges are now patchy, but the field boundaries in this area have
retained the overall character of the field system created during enclosure in the
18th/19th centuries
MOLA
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NGR: SK 0738 3477
HER number: 55447
Description: Ridge and furrow earthworks aligned north-east to south-west.
Legible remains of the medieval/post-medieval open field system of agriculture.
Extended over the entirety of field 12, contiguous with those in Field 11,
suggesting that they were part of the same furlong
Photograph
Assessment of condition: Destroyed
MOLA
Report 14/55
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NGR: SK 0752 3472
Feature type: Historic building
HER number: 56489
Description: The Parks, known as Park’s Cottage on First Edition Ordnance
Survey map. Half-timbered structure in 19th century Tudor revival style
Photograph
Assessment of condition: The Parks, formerly Parks Cottage, is now a
restaurant.
MOLA
Report 14/55
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NGR: SK 0780 3457
HER number: 55448
Description: Ridge and furrow and possible canal earthworks. Currently covered
by dense overgrowth. The earthworks may have been damaged or destroyed by
the construction of Park Hill in the early 20th century and by the subsequent
construction of the A50
Photograph
Assessment of condition: Unknown, possibly destroyed during the construction
of Park Hill and the A50. The southern area of ridge and furrow on the HER has
now been built over
MOLA
Report 14/55
Page 48 of 52
NGR: 0725 3524
Feature type: Earthwork boundary?
HER number: -
Description:
Linear earthwork change in slope which is clearly defined. It is aligned north-west
to south-east. An upstanding but ‘dead’ tree and the remains of a tree stump are
on its line. It perhaps denotes a former field boundary, although nothing shown on
tithe or later maps
Photograph
General view of plot 13 with earthwork and tree line boundary in the distance,
looking north
Clearly defined
MOLA
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NGR: 0813 3471
Feature type: Semi-circular
earthwork and possible rectilinear
earthwork adjacent to the river
HER number: -
Description:
Semi-circular earthwork; the southern half possibly truncated by the A50. Possibly
the remains of a ditched feature. Adjacent to the river a possible sub-rectangular
bank. Small area of ridge and furrow earthworks adjacent to the A50
Photograph
Photograph showing the earthworks in Field 26
Clearly defined
MOLA
Report 14/55
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APPENDIX 2: HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT RECORD (HER) DATA
HER no
00626
11308
NGR: SK
0793 3586
0704 3572
00627
0739 3561
08871
0707 3578
02164
0880 3455
11260
01572
11307
0628 3592
0784 3562
0697 3580
50359
0836 3507
02162
02174
00626
14315
02170
54532
02161
56488
56489
20218
02308
0895 3412
0859 3521
0793 3586
0863 3370
0840 3554
0854 3482
0833 3407
0901 3482
0749 3472
0941 3509
0864 3479
02172
0689 3578
55445
0620 3464
55446
0723 3474
55447
55448
0737 3480
0780 3457
Name
St Michael's Church
Bridge, Mill Farm, Stramshall
Medieval Field System, Hill House,
Stramshall
Springfields, Stramshall
Canal Basin and Wharf, Caldon Canal,
Uttoxeter
Beamhurst Bridge, Beamhurst Lane, Leigh
Ridge and Furrow, Stramshall
Stramshall Mill, Uttoxeter
Spath Cottage / Spath Cottage Farm, Spath,
Uttoxeter
The Wharf, Uttoxeter
Toll House, Spath, Uttoxeter
St Michael's Church
Oldfields Cricket Pavilion, Uttoxeter
Canal Wharf, Caldon Canal, Uttoxeter
Site of mill pond, Uttoxeter Mill
Brickworks, Holly Road, Uttoxeter
Ridge and Furrow, North of Uttoxeter
The Parks, north west of Uttoxeter
Ridge and Furrow, North of Uttoxeter
Uttoxeter Mill
Mill Pond and Tail Race, Stramshall Mill,
Uttoxeter
Ridge and Furrow, North-East of Banktop
Farm, Uttoxeter
Ridge and Furrow, Parks Farm, North-East
of Uttoxeter
Ridge and furrow, north east of Uttoxeter
Ridge and furrow, north east of Uttoxeter
55450
0941 3442
Ridge and Furrow, north west of Uttoxeter
55452
55032
55033
0808 3353
0787 3379
0809 3378
55034
0806 3377
55035
0805 3369
02163
0890 3449
54527
0903 3412
55355
0613 3505
55424
53938
55425
0796 3520
0647 3642
0737 3503
55426
0722 3504
Ridge and Furrow, West of Uttoxeter
Eversley, Stone Road, Uttoxeter
Hawthornden Manor, Stone Road, Uttoxeter
Site of Landscape Park, Hawthornden
Manor, Uttoxeter
Former Gate Lodge, Hawthornden Manor,
Uttoxeter
Limekilns, Park Avenue, Uttoxeter
Site of Lime Kilns, East of Park Street,
Uttoxeter
Ridge and Furrow, South of Deggs Leasow,
Uttoxeter
Ridge and furrow, south of Stramshall
Water Meadow, Beamhurst Lane, Uttoxeter
Ridge and furrow, south of Stramshall
Ridge and Furrow, South of Stramshall,
Uttoxeter
MOLA
Report 14/55
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HER no
55354
NGR: SK
0623 3534
55353
0663 3548
54329
0840 3409
20134
55423
55449
56490
55797
60829
60692
02168
0825 3547
0841 3564
0918 3451
0714 3488
0932 3535
06 35
08 34
0773 3463
02172
00689
03649
02571
51381
02035
02036
40216
09016
02166
20136
01424
61026
00624
03648
03650
01226
55797
50750
MOLA
0689 3578
085 336
0798 3605
081 362
0708 3531
08 34
080 358
08 33
0845 3440
08600 34310
0724 3633
0929 3422
07 34
06283 35924
0801 3599
0826 3581
0636 4091
0932 3535
0089 4875
Name
Ridge and Furrow, Deggs Leasow, Uttoxeter
Ridge and Furrow, Pigeonhay Lane,
Uttoxeter
Site of Uttoxeter Union Workhouse, Holly
Road, Uttoxeter
Ridge and Furrow, Stramshall, Uttoxeter
Ridge and furrow east of Stramshall
Ridge and Furrow, north west of Uttoxeter
Parks' Farm, south of A50, Uttoxeter
Field Boundary Ditches, Uttoxeter Quarry
Roman Coin Findspot, Uttoxeter Rural
Jug Handle Sherd, Uttoxeter
Site of Toll House, The Parks, Uttoxeter
Mill Pond and Tail Race, Stramshall Mill,
Uttoxeter
Iron Working Site, Newlands Farm, Uttoxeter
Enclosure, Stramshall
Stramshill / Stagrigsholle (Settlement)
Milepost, Outside JCB World Parts Centre,
Uttoxeter
Coin Findspot, Uttoxeter Heath
Pottery Finds, Stramshall
Palstave Findspot, Uttoxeter
Milepost, New Road, Uttoxeter
Brick Kiln, New Road, Uttoxeter
Ridge and Furrow, Stramshallfield, Uttoxeter
Rural
Pennycroft Well, East of The Wharf,
Uttoxeter
Blade Findspot, Uttoxeter
Beamhurst Bridge, Checkley
Enclosure, Stramshall
Circular Feature and Enclosure, Stramshall
Caldon Canal (Uttoxeter Branch)
Field Boundary Ditches, Uttoxeter Quarry
North Staffordshire Railway Churnet Valley
Branch (Churnet Valley Railway)
Report 14/55
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