Historical constraints on slope movement age: A case study at Broadway, United Kingdom

Geographical Journal

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 139-155

  Whitworth, Malcolm ^a   Murphy, William ^a   Giles, David ^a   Petley, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Cotswolds; Dating; Landslides; Ridge and furrow; UK

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LANDSLIDE; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SLOPE STABILITY;

BROADWAY; ENGLAND(WORCESTERSHIRE); UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033936940     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2000.tb00014.x     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Ballantyne, C.K. and Harris, C. 1994 The periglaciation of Great Britain. Cambridge: C.U.P.
2. Bromhead, E. 1986 The stability of slopes. Guildford: Surrey University Press.
3. Chandler, R.J. 1970 The degradation of Lias Clay slopes in an area of the East Midlands. Q. J. Engng Geol. 2: 161-81.
4. Dalwood, H. 1996 Archaeological assessment of Broadway, Hereford and Worcester. The Central Marches Historic Towns Survey. Worcestershire County Council Archaeological Section Report 302. Worcester: Worcestershire County Council.
5. Denness, B. 1972 The reservoir principle of mass movement. Inst. Geol. Sci. Report 72/7.
6. Dikau, R., Brunsden, D., Schrott, L. and Ibsen, M.L. (eds) 1997 Landslide recognition. Identification, movement and consequences. Chichester: John Wiley.
7. Ehlers, J. 1983 Glacial deposits in north-west Europe. Rotterdam: A.A. Balkema.
8. _, 1990 Reconstructing the dynamics of the north-west European Pleistocene ice sheets. Quat. Sci. Rev. 9: 71-83.
9. Finberg, H.P.R. 1971 The early Charters of the West Midlands. Leicester: Leicester University Press.
10. Flageollet, J.C. (ed.) 1993 Temporal occurrence and forecasting of landslides in the European Community. EPOCH (European Community Programme). 3 volumes, Contract number 90 0025. Brussels: European Commission.
11. Fookes, P.G. 1991 Quaternary engineering geology. In Forster, A., Culshaw, M.G., Cripps, J.C., Little, I.A., Moon, C.F. (eds) Quaternary engineering geology. Geol. Soc. Engng Group Spec. Publ. 7: 73-98.
12. Forster, A. and Culshaw, M.G. 1994 Slope instability for geotechnical and slope data for planning purposes. Proc. Seventh Int. Congr., Engineering geology and natural hazards. Vol. 3. Lisbon Portugal: International Association of Engineering Geology: 1771-5.
13. Green, G.W. 1992 British regional geology: Bristol and Gloucester region. Third edition. London: HMSO.
14. Grundy, G.B. 1931 Saxon Charters of Worcestershire. Birmingham: Birmingham Archaeological Society.
15. Hall, D. 1981 The origins of open field agriculture: the archaeological fieldwork evidence. In Rowley, T. (ed.) The origins of open field agriculture. London: Croom Helm London: 22-38.
16. Hooke, D. 1979 Anglo-Saxon landscapes of the West Midlands. J. Engl. Place-Name Soc. 11: 3-23.
17. _, 1981 Open field agriculture: the evidence from pre-Conquest Charters of the West Midlands. In Rowley, T. (ed.) The origins of open field agriculture. London: Croom Helm: 39-63.
18. _, 1981a Anglo-Saxon landscapes of the West Midlands: the Charter evidence. BAR British Series 95. Oxford: British Archaeological Reports.
19. _, 1985 The Anglo-Saxon landscape: the kingdom of Hwicce. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
20. _, 1990 Studies in Anglo-Saxon history: Worcestershire Anglo-Saxon Charter bounds. London: The Boydell Press.
21. Hutchinson, J.M. 1991 Periglacial and slope processes. In Forster, A., Culshaw, M.G., Cripps, J.C., Little, J.A., Moon, C.F. (eds) Quaternary engineering geology. Geol. Soc. Engng Group Spec. Publ. 7: 283-331.
22. _, 1992 Engineering in relict periglacial and extraglacial area in Britain: applications of Quaternary research. Quat. Proc. 2: 49-65.
23. Jackson, R. 1992 Assessment on the proposed route of the Broadway bypass. Worcestershire County Council Archaeological Section Internal Report 108. Worcester: Worcestershire County Council.
24. Mott MacDonald Ltd, 1992 Broadway bypass geotechnical investigation report. Birmingham: Mott MacDonald Ltd.
25. Parks, C.D. 1991 A review of the possible mechanisms of cambering and valley bulging. In Forster, A., Culshaw, M. G., Cripps, J.C., Little, J.A., Moon, C.F. (eds) Quaternary engineering geology. Geol. Soc. Engng Group Spec. Publ. 7: 373-80.
26. Phillips, A.D.M. 1989 The underdraining of farmland in England during the nineteenth century. Cambridge: C.U.P.
27. Pradel, D. and Paad, G. 1993 Effect of permeability on surficial stability of homogenous slopes. J. Geotech. Engng 119: 315-32.
28. Rackham, O. 1986 The history of the countryside. London: J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd.
29. Roberts, B.K. 1973 Field systems of the West Midlands. In Baker, A.R.H. and Butlin, R.A. (eds) Studies of field systems in the British Isles. Cambridge: C.U.P.: 188-231.
30. Skempton, A.W. and Weeks, A.G. 1976 The Quaternary history of the Lower Greensand escarpment and Weald Clay vale near Sevenoaks Kent. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. London A283: 493-526.
31. Spink, T. 1991 Periglacial discontinuities in Eocene Clays near Denham, Buckinghamshire. In Forster, A., Culshaw, M.G., Cripps, J.C., Little, J.A. and Moon, C.F. (eds) Quaternary engineering geology. Geol. Soc. Engng Group Spec. Publ. 7: 389-96.
32. Turner, M. 1980 English Parliamentary Enclosure: studies in historical geography and economic history. Folkestone: Dawson and Sons Ltd.
33. Watson, I. 1984 Hydrogeologic control and statistical prediction of active mass movement. Bull. Ass. Engng Geol. 21: 479-94.
34. Weeks, A.G. 1969 The stability of natural slopes in southeast England as affected by periglacial activity. Q. J. Engng Geol. 2: 49-61.
35. Willis-Bund, J.W. 1971 The Victoria history of the County of Worcester. Vol. 4. London: University of London Institute of Historical Research.
36. Yelling, J.A. 1977 Common field and enclosure in England 1450-1850. London: Macmillan Press Ltd.