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Managing Archaeology in Dynamic Urban Centres

book co-edited by Paul Belford and Jeroen Bouwmeester, published by Sidestone (Leiden, NL)

• Twelve case studies exploring the method and practice of development-driven urban archaeology. Case studies and thematic issues are discussed from Lithuania, the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Israel. The first publication of the European Association of Archaeologists' Urban Archaeology Community.

Ensuring archaeology in the planning system delivers public benefit

journal article by Paul Belford, published in Public Archaeology, 18:4. 191-216.

• Providing context to government proposals. Gives an overview of the history of the development of archaeology and cultural heritage protections in UK spatial planning legislation, and an analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. https://doi.org/10.1080/14655187.2020.1833525

Kirkstall Forge, Leeds

book co-authored by Paul Belford, Glyn Davies, Rowan May and Mark Stenton, published by the York Archaeological Trust (UK)

• Description of the history and development of this 500-year old manufacturing site, from its monastic origins to the late 20th century. Bringing together the results of developer-funded archaeological excavations, historic building recording and archive research.

The impact of development-driven archaeology on understanding later medieval settlements in central and north-east Wales

journal article by Paul Belford, published in Medieval Settlement Research, 36. 18-39.

• Review of the impact of thirty years of development-driven archaeological work in historic towns in Wales, to inform future strategy for delivering cultural heritage outcomes within the spatial planning process.

Politics and heritage: developments in historic environment policy and practice in Wales

journal article by Paul Belford, published in The Historic Environment: Policy and Practice, 9:2. 1-25

• Contextual analysis of changes in policy and practice resulting from legislation passed by Welsh Government. Review of the origins and development of heritage and planning policy in Wales, the role of the various instutions involved in delivering it, and some of the future challenges in the devolved environment. https://doi.org/10.1080/17567505.2018.1456721

A dynasty of Catholic industrialists in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England
book by Paul Belford, published by Archaeopress (Oxford, UK)

• The Ironbridge Gorge is an iconic industrial landscape, but its origins pre-date the Industrial Revolution. Industrialisation was achieved by an entrepreneurial Catholic dynasty over 200 years before the Iron Bridge  was built. This book describes how an increasingly persecuted family created one of England's  largest and most advanced iron- and steelmaking centres during the 16th and 17th centuries.