| janner | 18 Mar 2014 8:19 a.m. PST |
1460, Northampton … a key battle of the Wars of the Roses. The battle took place south of the Nene in the vicinity of Delapre Abbey and within view of the Eleanor Cross. Amidst debate about the exact location, and sporadic plans for development, sympathetic and destructive, Northampton Borough Council have put their policies out to public consultation and there is a questionnaire online to endorse a plan to protect the battlefield. northampton.gov.uk/info/200207/building-conservation-and-trees/1952/site-of-the-battle-of-northampton-1460-conservation-management-plan(scroll down to start survey now link) Please take the time to fill out the survey – every response stacks up to show people care about this. Hopefully you will also want to include in your comments that the site is a registered battlefield and any archaeology done should not be used as an excuse for development. Closing date is 27th March so don't delay and you can take part even if you are not a UK-resident :D |
| Great War Ace | 18 Mar 2014 9:21 a.m. PST |
Two in one day, must be important…. |
| Yesthatphil | 18 Mar 2014 9:33 a.m. PST |
Some duplication does occur on TMP … apologies Phil |
| Great War Ace | 18 Mar 2014 9:37 a.m. PST |
Yours was first, but not on top anymore. No apology required. I've been going through the survey. Much/most of it cannot be commented on by an outsider who has not been there first. Ignorance, while making comments, suggestions or recommendations, might not be viewed as helpful…. |
| janner | 18 Mar 2014 9:43 a.m. PST |
Apologies, my draft was in the Ancients section, as that often seems to cover everything up to pre-modern, and I then cross posted. I should have checked in Medieval and Renaissance as well. But, yes, it is important. |
| Yesthatphil | 18 Mar 2014 10:26 a.m. PST |
No problems, anyone … Great War Ace – thanks for looking. You may be right, although on a number of the items it is possible just to accept the implications of the existing policy … and even if you do not add any particular comments, I think just completing the survey will show interest (and interest is likely as important as input). However, I do respect your point of view. Phil |
| bruntonboy | 19 Mar 2014 3:08 a.m. PST |
Done. Although the survey abruptly ends with no request for contact details or anything. |
| janner | 20 Mar 2014 2:52 a.m. PST |
True, I was also hoping for an additional comments section. |
| Atheling | 20 Mar 2014 6:31 a.m. PST |
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| Lewisgunner | 22 Mar 2014 8:48 a.m. PST |
I too filled it in. Once these sites are built upon they lose a lot of the emotional linkage with the past event. |
Trebian  | 11 May 2014 4:12 a.m. PST |
Some of you may be interested in where the battle to save the battlefield has got to: link Luckily for "us" we have Glenn Foard on our side, who is about as important and influential as a battlefield archaeologist gets in the UK. Alas those who want to build on the site have the commemoration of a local footballer who died tragically young on theirs. |
| MajorB | 11 May 2014 1:35 p.m. PST |
If artillery was used then there should be metal remains of the canon balls Well, I know they were very religious in the 15th century, but I didn't know it affected the cannon balls …  |
ponders nirvana.