Template:Historic England research records/doc

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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 (.); 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}}. Use mode
mode: Defaults to |mode=cs1; set to |mode=cs2 to 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=cs2 does this automatically.
fewer-links: Use |fewer-links=yes to 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=23 December 2024}} gives:

Historic England. "East Farleigh Bridge (415833)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 23 December 2024.

{{Historic England research records |num=415833 |desc=East Farleigh Bridge |access-date=23 December 2024 |mode=cs2}} gives:

Historic England, "East Farleigh Bridge (415833)", Research records (formerly PastScape), retrieved 23 December 2024

{{Historic England research records |num=1012426 |desc=Wades Causeway |access-date=23 December 2024 |fewer-links=yes}} gives:

Historic England. "Wades Causeway (1012426)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 23 December 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

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Historic England research records in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Historic England research records

Provides an external link to an entry on Historic England's National Monument Record PastScape database

Template parameters
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. Default Monument No.	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. Auto value `{{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}`	String	suggested
mode	`mode`	Defaults to 'cs1'; set to 'cs2' to provide consistency with Citation style 2, as produced by {{Citation}} Default cs1	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. Default .	String	optional
fewer-links	`fewer-links`	Set to 'yes' to remove repeated links where the template is used more than once in an article. Default yes	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.