I will discover the services in each of the villages by using a functions recording sheet, where by each type of function is categorised. The results are as follows:
I will use questionnaires and secondary research skills to discover the population of each of the villages. The results are as follows:
To discover the quality of the streets and houses in the several different villages, I am going to use questionnaires and street quality recording sheets to record the quality of all the buildings in the village. I predict that the small the village the better the quality of the building. This is because the smallest village in the surrounding area of Preston has won best-kept village of the year in 1998 and 1999. I think this is so because the parish council spend more money on the keeping of the village because non-residents are more likely to visit a smaller village (e.g. Inglewhite) that a larger village (e.g. Longridge). Therefore the smaller the village the better the street and building quality.
Analysis
From carrying out this piece of fieldwork I have discovered that most residents from the surrounding villages of the Preston area use Preston and Longridge for their daily use of shopping. I think this is so because of the proximity that these villages have to the larger settlements and convenience.
I also revealed that the type and quantity of services in the settlements in the area surrounding Preston are closely linked to the population of each settlement. This is because the larger the population of the settlement the greater the population. For example Longridge is the larges village settlement and it has the most services because it has to supply all the surrounding villages’ populations’ in addition to its own.
Finally I discovered that the older smaller villages, for example Inglewhite, have better quality housing and public areas. I think that this is so because; they have more money to spend on maintaining properties and a smaller population, where as the larger villages such as, Longridge have a greater population, with more buildings, and therefore have less money to spend on them.
However Chipping is the 5th largest village in the area surrounding Preston, but a great deal of money is sent on maintaining the properties in this villages because it is a tourist village on the edge of the Trough of Bowland.
Conclusion
