Description

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Wolverhampton City Council to look at a study area, which includes the neighbourhoods of All Saints, Blakenhall and Parkfields, has been identified as one of the most deprived neighbourhoods in the country, and as such, is eligible for New Deal for Communities (NDC) funding.

The All Saints and Blakenhall Community Development Partnership (ABCD) was set up in 2001 to manage the regeneration of the area using the NDC funding, in order to provide improved services and a better environment within which to live and work.

In order that the protection and enhancement of those aspects of the built environment which are considered to be of particular architectural, historic or townscape value is fully considered in the preparation of future development proposals for the area, the City Council have commissioned this study to provide an up-to-date assessment of the built and landscape heritage of the study area, in the form of a Detailed Historic Landscape Characterisation (DHLC).