Growing Population

1954 Map

Growing Population

Evolution of the Settlement Historic OS mapping shows that the village did not expand beyond its historic core until the early twentieth century.

The first significant period of expansion was in the inter-war and immediate post-war periods (roughly 1919 to 1950) (including the Well Avenue and Sunnyside developments).

In the post-war years (roughly 1950 to 1980) a greater scale of social and private housing was provided, notably in the form of the Springfield and Well Farm Estates.

This was accompanied by a small amount of private housing, which generally occurred on a smaller scale on infill plots (for example on Tilston Road).

The third wave of development has been more recent (post 1980, but mostly within the last ten years).

Each wave of development has generally occurred in successively expanding bands around the village (although there have been infill sites and more dispersed development in all eras).

Table 2.2 on page 9 shows the number and density of housing developments and dwellings.