Further Information

Historic Parks and Gardens in Wales

Cof Cymru — Cadw’s online record of the national historic assets of Wales includes listed buildings, scheduled monuments, protected wrecks, World Heritage Sites and registered historic landscapes, parks and gardens. www.cadw.gov.wales/advice‑support/cof‑cymru

The following published registers provide additional information on each registered historic park and garden in Wales.

Cadw/ICOMOS, Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales, Part 1: Parks and Gardens — Gwent. (Cardiff, 1994).

Cadw/ICOMOS, Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales, Part 1: Parks and Gardens — Clwyd (Cardiff, 1995).

Cadw/ICOMOS, Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales, Part 1: Parks and Gardens — Conwy, Gwynedd & the Isle of Anglesey (Cardiff, 1998).

Cadw/ICOMOS, Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales, Part 1: Parks and Gardens — Powys (Cardiff, 1999).

Cadw/ICOMOS, Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales, Part 1: Parks and Gardens — Glamorgan (Cardiff, 2000).

Cadw/ICOMOS, Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales, Part 1: Parks and Gardens — Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion & Pembrokeshire (Cardiff, 2002).

Cadw/ICOMOS, Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales, Part 1: Parks and Gardens — Additional and Revised Entries (Cardiff, 2007).

Online Sources of Information

The following sources can be used to find information about registered and unregistered historic parks and gardens in Wales.

Archives Wales — an online catalogue that allows you to search information about more than 7,000 collections of historical records in the holdings of 21 archives in Wales with a single search. www.archiveswales.org.uk

Archwilio — provides online public access to the historic environment records for each local authority area in Wales. Archwilio is maintained and supported by the Welsh archaeological trusts. www.archwilio.org.uk

Coflein — the online catalogue for the National Monuments Record of Wales, the national collection of information about the historic environment of Wales. www.coflein.gov.uk/

Cynefin — an online resource to research Welsh tithe maps and their indexes. www.places.library.wales/home

Historic Wales — an online gateway to national and regional historic environment. records. www.historic‑wales‑rcahmw.hub.arcgis.com/

LANDMAP — the online landscape baseline resource maintained by Natural Resources Wales. LANDMAP datasets are also published for download for use in a geographical information system (GIS) on www.lle.gov.wales/Catalogue?lang=en&text=landmap

Natural Resources Wales (2016) LANDMAP Methodology: Guidance for Wales. Historic Landscape

Natural Resources Wales (2016) LANDMAP Methodology: Guidance for Wales. Cultural Landscape

List of Historic Place Names of Wales — records the various forms and spellings used for the names of topographical features, communities, thoroughfares, structures and other aspects of the landscape recorded in sources that predate the First World War.

Home ‑ Historic Place Names www.rcahmw.gov.uk

Parks & Gardens UK — Parks & Gardens UK is an online resource for historic parks and gardens providing information on UK parks, gardens and designed landscapes and all activities concerned with their promotion, conservation and management. www.parksandgardens.org/

The National Library of Wales — online access to a range of collections including maps, pictures and photographs. www.llgc.org.uk/

Planning Policy Wales (Edition 11), Chapter 6: The Historic Environment www.gov.wales/topics/planning/policy/ppw/?lang=en

Technical Advice Note 12: Design www.gov.wales/topics/planning/policy/tans/?lang=en

Technical Advice Note 24: The Historic Environment www.gov.wales/topics/planning/policy/tans/?lang=en

Best-practice Guidance

Conservation Principles for the Sustainable Management of the Historic Environment in Wales, Cadw, Welsh Assembly Government, Cardiff, 2011 www.cadw.gov.wales/advice‑support/historic‑assets/ conservation‑principles

Heritage Impact Assessment in Wales, Welsh Government, Cadw, 2017 www.cadw.gov.wales/advice‑support/placemaking/ heritage‑impact‑assessment

Managing Change to Listed Buildings in Wales, Welsh Government, Cadw, 2017 www.cadw.gov.wales/advice‑support/historic‑assets/ listed‑buildings/managing‑change‑to‑listed‑buildings

Setting of Historic Assets in Wales, Welsh Government, Cadw, 2017 www.cadw.gov.wales/advice‑support/placemaking/ heritage‑impact‑assessment

Additional Reading

Ancient Tree Guide No.1: Trees and Farming, Woodland Trust, 2005 www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/publications/2005/01/ ancient‑tree‑guide‑1/

Ancient Tree Guide No.2: Trees in Historic Parks and Landscape Gardens, Woodland Trust, 2008 www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/publications/2008/12/ ancient‑tree‑guide‑2/

Ancient Tree Guide No.4: What are Ancient, Veteran and Other Trees of Special Interest? Woodland Trust, 2008 www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/publications/2008/11/what‑ are‑ancient‑veteran‑and‑trees‑of‑special‑interest/ Ancient Tree Guide No. 5: Trees and Climate Change, Woodland Trust, 2008 www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/publications/2008/12/ ancient‑tree‑guide‑5/

Climate Change and the Historic Environment of Wales www.cadw.gov.wales/advice‑support/climate‑change

Forests and Historic Environment, UK Forestry Standard Guidelines, Forestry Commission, 2017 www.gov.uk/government/publications/the‑uk‑forestry‑ standard

Forests and Landscape, UK Forestry Standard Guidelines, Forestry Commission, 2017 www.gov.uk/government/publications/the‑uk‑forestry‑ standard

Moats, Ponds and Ornamental lakes in the Historic Environment, English Heritage, 2011 www.historicengland.org.uk/images‑books/publications/ moats‑ponds‑ornamental‑lakes‑historic‑environ/

D. Lambert, P. Goodchild and J. Roberts, Parks and Gardens: A Researcher’s Guide to Sources for Designed Landscapes, Landscape Design Trust, 2006

Register of Landscapes of Outstanding Historic Interest in Wales, Cadw, Countryside Council for Wales and ICOMOS, 1998

Register of Landscapes of Special Historic Interest in Wales, Cadw, Countryside Council for Wales and ICOMOS, 2001

Elisabeth Whittle, The Historic Gardens of Wales, Cadw: Welsh Historic Monuments/HMSO, 1992

J. Watkins and T. Wright (eds), The Management and Maintenance of Historic Parks, Gardens and Landscapes: The English Heritage Handbook, 2007

Veteran Trees, a Guide to Good Management, Natural England, 2011 www.publications.naturalengland.org.uk/ publication/75035