The ‘Register’ of Historic Battlefields, established in 1995, offers protection to the sites of English battles, as well as promoting a better understanding of their historical significance. These landscapes are of vital importance, as they provide archaeological and topographical evidence of major turning points in England’s history.
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This is a form of ‘temporary’ listing. Local authorities have the power to serve a BPN on the owner of a building which is not listed, but which is of special architectural/historical interest and in danger of being demolished or altered. A BPN lasts for a period of six months and in effect makes an unlisted building subject to the same rules as if it were listed. This allows time for a formal assessment to be carried out.
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A COI is a legal guarantee which prevents a building from being listed during a specified five year period. The issue of a certificate also prevents the local authority from serving a Building Preservation Notice (see above) on the respective property during this period.
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When a building is recognised as being of special architectural or historic interest it is added to the statutory ‘List’. This is compiled by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on advice from Historic England.
Buildings on the List are given one of three grades which denote their level of importance, Grade I being the highest and Grade II the lowest:
• Grade I (one) of exceptional interest
• Grade II* (two star) particularly important
• Grade II (two) of special interest
Structures that might not be classified as ‘buildings’ such as railings, gate piers, walls, war memorials, gravestones, post boxes and telephone boxes can all be Listed Buildings.
Related to Listed Buildings are Certificates of Immunity (COI) and Building Preservation Notices (BPN).

The 'Register’ of Historic Parks and Gardens was established in 1983, with the emphasis placed on protecting 'designed' landscapes rather than those with botanical importance.
The Register safeguards a broad range of planned open spaces, including public parks, cemeteries, the grounds of private houses, and town squares. Like Listed Buildings, Parks and Gardens are assigned one of three grades to indicate their significance.

The Government has the power to safeguard the site of any shipwreck in English territorial waters. Historic England manages the licensing scheme that enables access to the wreck sites. It is a criminal offence to interfere with a protected wreck without a licence. Wreck sites are identified as being likely to contain the remains of a vessel, or its contents, which are of historical, artistic or archaeological importance.

The Register of Historic Landscapes in Wales.

It is a non-statutory, advisory register. Its primary aim is to provide information and raise awareness of an initial selection of the most important and significant historic landscape areas in Wales in order to aid their protection and conservation. This information is intended to help owners, Government, statutory bodies, Local Authorities, developers and all those who are involved with land management and protection to make better-informed decisions about areas on the Register.

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Historic buildings and archaeological sites of national importance are given legal protection by being placed on a ‘Schedule’ of monuments. Historic England identifies and advises on these monuments, which are placed on the Schedule by the DCMS.
Examples of Scheduled Monuments are Roman remains, burial mounds, castles, bridges, earthworks, the remains of deserted villages, and industrial sites. Scheduled Monuments can not include ecclesiastical or residential buildings (except for associated caretaker’s dwellings), and unlike Listed Buildings they are not assigned grades.

World Heritage Sites are part of the World Heritage Convention, established in 1972 by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation). They are landscapes, cities, monuments or buildings of exceptional natural or cultural value.
The World Heritage List includes the Great Wall of China, the Pyramids, the Great Barrier Reef and the City of Venice. Sites in England include Stonehenge and Avebury, Canterbury Cathedral, the Tower of London, Hadrian’s Wall and the whole of the City of Bath.
Please note: this dataset represents Historic England’s interpretation of the UNESCO World Heritage Site boundaries for sites wholly in or crossing into England.

Sites removed from the National Heritage List for England because they no longer met any of the above criteria.
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