City of caves - regenerating the heart of Nottingham through 'hidden heritage'

洞穴之城——通过“隐藏遗产”重建诺丁汉市中心

• 批准号: AH/W008653/1
• 负责人: Christopher King
• 金额: $ 14.09万
• 依托单位: University of Nottingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FW008653%2F1
• 关键词: City; caves; regenerating; heart; Nottingham

Nottingham is one of England's major historic urban centres, but relatively little is known about its history and archaeology and many of its most important heritage assets are hidden, subterranean and unrecognised - including significant archaeological excavations telling the story of the city's Anglo-Saxon, Viking and medieval origins. It also has a unique legacy of over 870 extant or recorded sandstone caves, which are a vital part of the city's constantly evolving built heritage and are still used for a variety of commercial, community and private functions. Several groups of caves are open to the public but much remains unknown about their history and archaeology and this inhibits their development as a visitor and heritage resource.Nottingham's 'hidden heritage' is exemplified by the Broad Marsh, a dynamic waterfront area once at the heart of the medieval townscape but controversially swept away in the 1970s for the construction of the Broadmarsh shopping centre, burying a dense cluster of medieval streets and cave networks, some of which survive and are open to the public (managed by the National Justice Museum), others of which were lost or are currently inaccessible. A major redevelopment of the city's southern quarter, including refurbishment of the Broadmarsh shopping centre, was abruptly halted by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and precipitated the key leaseholder and site developer - Intu Properties - to collapse into administration (June 2020) and forced the surrender of their lease back to the City Council. Broadmarsh is a half-demolished wasteland blighting the city centre, but from this unexpected failure arises a unique challenge and opportunity for the City Council to redevelop c.12.5 acres of brownfield land at the centre of the historic core. The City Council have the freedom to shape a new city offering of leisure, commercial, retail and cultural experiences and maximise a rare opportunity to completely transform the city's sense of place. Broadmarsh is the first shopping centre to disappear in the UK but is unlikely to be the last, and this redevelopment will be an exemplar for other cities negotiating the shift from retail to experience as the driver of the 21st-century urban economy. A Broad Marsh Advisory Board with a place-making agenda has been established to support this opportunity, chaired by Greg Nugent, former Director of Brand, Marketing and Culture for the London Olympics and Paralympics in 2012.The City Council published its 15-year Heritage Strategy in 2015 setting out an ambition for heritage-led regeneration to attract substantial inward investment into the city's open spaces, historic buildings and local communities. In implementing this strategy the latest and most ambitious project has been the successful transformation of Nottingham Castle (re-opened June 2021) catalysed by a major Heritage Lottery grant, underpinned by research mobilisation from the University of Nottingham. The public consultation on the future of the Broadmarsh site identified heritage as a key priority. This project is therefore designed to respond to this unique opportunity to put Arts and Humanities research at the heart of the redevelopment programme and to mobilise academic research and expertise to inform a high-quality heritage and place-making agenda in the site's cultural and visitor experience offer. The project will bring together academics across multiple disciplines and key external stakeholders to map existing knowledge of archaeological and historical resources for the Broad Marsh area and its associated caves, liaise with local communities about their memories and involvement in the Broad Marsh excavations, and use this knowledge to develop research-informed interpretive narratives that bring to the surface the historical, cultural and economic potential of 'hidden heritage' to engage citizens and visitors with an exciting and dynamic experience of Nottingham as an historic place.

诺丁汉是英格兰主要的历史城市中心之一，但人们对其历史和考古学知之甚少，其许多最重要的遗产资产被隐藏，地下和未被承认-包括重要的考古发掘，讲述了这座城市的盎格鲁-撒克逊人，维京海盗和中世纪起源的故事。它还拥有870多个现存或记录在案的砂岩洞穴的独特遗产，这些洞穴是该市不断发展的建筑遗产的重要组成部分，仍然用于各种商业，社区和私人功能。有几组洞穴向公众开放，但它们的历史和考古学仍不为人所知，这阻碍了它们作为游客和遗产资源的发展。诺丁汉的“隐藏遗产”以布罗德马什为例，这是一个充满活力的海滨地区，曾经是中世纪城镇景观的中心，但在20世纪70年代因建造布罗德马什购物中心而受到争议，这些遗迹中有许多中世纪的街道和洞穴网络，其中一些幸存下来并向公众开放（由国家司法博物馆管理），另一些则已丢失或目前无法进入。新冠肺炎疫情影响下，该市南部地区的一项重大重建项目（包括Broadmarsh购物中心的翻新）突然停止，并促使主要租赁人和地块开发商Intu Properties破产（2020年6月），并迫使其将租约交还给市理事会。布罗德马什是一个半拆除荒地破坏市中心，但从这个意想不到的失败出现了一个独特的挑战和机会，市理事会重新开发c.12.5英亩的布朗菲尔德土地的中心的历史核心。市理事会可以自由塑造一个提供休闲、商业、零售和文化体验的新城市，并最大限度地利用难得的机会彻底改变城市的地方感。布罗德马什是英国第一个消失的购物中心，但不太可能是最后一个，这一重建将成为其他城市谈判从零售向体验转变的典范，成为21世纪城市经济的驱动力。为了支持这一机会，达信成立了一个广泛的达信咨询委员会，制定了一个地方建设议程，由2012年伦敦奥运会和残奥会的前品牌、营销和文化总监Greg Nugent担任主席。市理事会于2015年发布了其15年遗产战略，提出了以遗产为主导的再生目标，以吸引大量的外来投资进入城市的开放空间，历史建筑和当地社区。在实施这一战略的过程中，最新和最雄心勃勃的项目是诺丁汉城堡（2021年6月重新开放）的成功改造，这是由一项重大的遗产彩票资助催化的，并得到了诺丁汉大学研究动员的支持。关于布罗德马什遗址未来的公众咨询将遗产确定为一个关键的优先事项。因此，该项目旨在回应这一独特的机会，将艺术和人文研究置于重建计划的核心，并动员学术研究和专业知识，为该网站的文化和游客体验提供高质量的遗产和场所建设议程。该项目将汇集多个学科的学者和主要的外部利益相关者，绘制布罗德沼泽地区及其相关洞穴的考古和历史资源的现有知识，与当地社区就他们的记忆和参与布罗德沼泽挖掘进行联络，并利用这些知识开发研究知情的解释性叙述，“隐藏遗产”的文化和经济潜力，让市民和游客体验诺丁汉作为一个历史名城的令人兴奋和充满活力的体验。

项目成果

Stories of the Caves: heritage and the Broad Marsh zone

洞穴的故事：遗产和广阔的沼泽地区

• 发表时间: 2023
• 作者: King C.

Nottingham's Historic Caves - Research and Development Framework

诺丁汉历史悠久的洞穴 - 研究与开发框架

• 发表时间: 2023
• 作者: King C.