External resources.
Below we have prepared a number of useful external website which can be of aid.
Sources of Historic Environment Record information.
For Norfolk - click here.
For Suffolk - click here.
For Colchester City Council Area- click here.
For Lincolnshire- click here.
For Cambridge, Essex- click here. These HER are only available through the national heritage gateway.
These free to use online Historic Environment Record (HER) allow public access to a redacted version of the full HER held by the councils, while the access to the data is end user licenced not for use for planning, viewing these public portals can help with initial understanding of the potential risks to a site.
Historic England - National Heritage List for England (NHLE)
The only athoritve list for designated heritage assets within England is the NHLE - click here.
Sources of Mapping & Aerial Photographs
Free sources of mapping & Aerial Photographs:
National Library of Scotland - click here. A free to use online archive of many years of publication of the Ordnance Survey mapping at various scales for the UK, and is licence for reuse under a Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY Licence.
Faden's Map of Norfolk 1797 digitally redrawn by Andrew Macnair - click here.
Historic Maps of Norfolk - click here. A number of mapping resources which cover the county of Norfolk, including 1946 and 1980's aerial photograph.
Google earth pro software - click here. A link to download Google Earth pro to access a range of satellite images which can be used for identification of archaeological sites.
John Chapman & Peter André map of Essex 1777 - click here.
Historic England Aerial Photo Explorer - click here. A online archive of 400,000 aerial photograph of England
Pay for mapping service:
The Genealogist - click here. A pay for subscription service which includes Tithe Mapping maps.
Sources of information.
Historic England Advice and Grant main page - click here. The initial web page to access many of the publications and guides issued by Historic England.
National Planning Policy Guidance 2024- click here. Chapter 16 Conserving and enhancing the historic environment pages 59-62 paragraphs 202 to 221.
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities planning guidance on Heritage- click here.Central government guidance for planning matters relating to Heritage.
Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979- click here.
Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Areas) Act 1990- click here.
Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013- click here.
If you wish to seek further professional help please just contact East Anglian Heritage, click here for our contact page.
Compiled by Karl Hanson MA BA(hons) ACIfA Director of East Anglian Heritage
September 2025
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Local Record Archives
For Norfolk County Council Record Office - click here.
For Suffolk County Council Archives - click here.
For Essex County Council Record Office- click here.
For Cambridgeshire County Council Archives- click here.
For Lincolnshire County Council Archives- click here.
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