This template is used to provide a link to Historic England research records available on the Heritage Gateway website (https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/). This replaced the PastScape website at the end of 2020.
The information, historically known as the National Monument Record (NMR), contains approximately 400,000 records on the natural historic environment database, including archaeological, architectural and maritime sites.
Usage
Required parameter
- num: The monument number from the database. Alias: mnumber
To obtain the value for this parameter:
- Search for and open the required record on the Heritage Gateway site, for example "East Farleigh Bridge", at the Heritage Gateway search page (Note:A filter is available to only display research records in the Resources tab of the More Detailed Search)
- The monument number is located in the "Hob Uid:" field which in this example is 415833. Should this value be unavailable the "uid=" part of the URL can also be used. The URL for East Farleigh Bridge is:
https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=cbe67e14-c76b-4c25-8e57-5c48163454ba&resourceID=19191
Optional parameters
- desc: The name of the database entry. If this parameter is not used default text "Monument No." will be displayed instead. Alias: mname
- date: The date provided by Historic England. Can be a full or partial date.
- year: The year provided by Historic England. Use of
|date=is recommended; see Template:Cite web/doc#Date for proper usage. - orig-year: The date information was first provided by Historic England. Only appears if
|date=or|year=is also used. - access-date: The date information was retrieved from the database. Alias: accessdate
- separator: (deprecated)
Defaults to a period (Use mode.); if the parameter is present, but blank, no separator punctuation will be used; do not use an asterisk (*), colon (:) or hash (#) as they will be interpreted as wikimarkup. Used in conjunction with the postscript parameter it can provide consistency with Citation style 2, as produced by{{Citation}}. - mode: Defaults to
|mode=cs1; set to|mode=cs2to provide consistency with Citation style 2, as produced by{{Citation}}. - postscript: Controls the closing punctuation for the citation. Defaults to a period (
.); for no terminating punctuation set to|postscript=none, however using|mode=cs2does this automatically. - fewer-links: Use
|fewer-links=yesto remove repeated links where the template is used more than once in an article. - ref: Defaults to author (Historic England) and the National Monument Record Number, but can be reset to any value.
Examples
{{Historic England research records |num=415833}} gives:
Historic England. "Monument No. 415833". Research records (formerly PastScape).
{{Historic England research records |num=415833 |desc=East Farleigh Bridge}} gives:
Historic England. "East Farleigh Bridge (415833)". Research records (formerly PastScape).
{{Historic England research records |num=415833 |desc=East Farleigh Bridge |access-date=27 June 2024}} gives:
Historic England. "East Farleigh Bridge (415833)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 27 June 2024.
{{Historic England research records |num=415833 |desc=East Farleigh Bridge |access-date=27 June 2024 |mode=cs2}} gives:
Historic England, "East Farleigh Bridge (415833)", Research records (formerly PastScape), retrieved 27 June 2024
{{Historic England research records |num=1012426 |desc=Wades Causeway |access-date=27 June 2024 |fewer-links=yes}} gives:
Historic England. "Wades Causeway (1012426)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 27 June 2024.
If a short citation is required and one of the {{harv}} templates or {{sfn}} is used then {{harv|Historic England|National Monument Record Number}} will link the short reference to the long one. For example, {{harv|Historic England|1012426}} produces (Historic England & 1012426) that links to the "Wades Causway" example above. This is different from the standard use of the {{harv}} that links using the parameters "author" and "date" or "year".
Template data
TemplateData for Historic England research records
Provides an external link to an entry on Historic England's National Monument Record PastScape database
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| num | num mnumber | the National Monument Record number from the database | String | required |
| desc | desc mname | Additional text description such as the name of the building or site. Useful if there are several listed objects in an article. If this parameter is not used default text 'Monument No.' will be displayed instead.
| String | suggested |
| date | date | The date provided by Historic England. Can be a full or partial date. | String | optional |
| year | year | The year provided by Historic England. Use of date parameter is recommended. | String | optional |
| orig-year | orig-year | The date information was first provided by Historic England. Only appears if date or year parameter is also used. | String | optional |
| access-date | access-date accessdate | The date a Wikipedia editor retrieved information from the Historic England PastScape database.
| String | suggested |
| mode | mode | Defaults to 'cs1'; set to 'cs2' to provide consistency with Citation style 2, as produced by {{Citation}}
| String | optional |
| postscript | postscript | Controls the closing punctuation for the citation. Defaults to a period (.); for no terminating punctuation set to none, however using mode=cs2 does this automatically.
| String | optional |
| fewer-links | fewer-links | Set to 'yes' to remove repeated links where the template is used more than once in an article.
| String | optional |
| ref | ref | Defaults to author and the Historic England List Number, but can be set to any value. | String | optional |
| separator | separator | Separator in reference. Deprecated use 'mode'. | String | deprecated |
Tracking categories
- Category:Historic England citations needing attention (0)
- This tracks pages which have an empty
|num=or|mnumber=field.
- This tracks pages which have an empty
See also
- {{National Heritage List for England}} — provides a link to the Historic England, National Heritage List for England database
- {{Canmore}} — provides a link to the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, Canmore database