England's History Under Threat by Vandalism and Neglect

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English Heritage, which compiled the register of more than 6,000 threatened sites, yesterday called on Britons to wake up to the damage being done.


One in five scheduled monuments, registered battlefields and protected wreck sites are in danger, while one in 30 Grade 1 listed buildings are being neglected.

Lord Lockhart, chairman of English Heritage, said: 'Everybody must live near, walk past or know of a heritage treasure at risk near them.

The register includes Victorian schools and town halls, derelict railway stations, unstable remains of abbeys, eroded iron age forts and overgrown country parks.


Other at-risk sites include crumbling Second World War pillboxes, neglected 1960s tower blocks and battle sites threatened by housing.

Many of the threatened sites are known only to locals. But others - such as the Eleanor cross outside London's Charing Cross station and the Civil War site of the Battle of Newbury in Berkshire - are world-famous. Some sites are threatened by ploughing and erosion.


Others are at risk because of neglectful owners, poor developments and lack of maintenance.

The report assessed England's 30,000 Grade 1 and Grade 2 listed buildings, all 20,000 of the most important archaeological sites and monuments, all 1,500 registered historic parks and gardens, 43 battlefields and 45 wrecks.


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