"How do the characteristics of the villages Navenby and Dorrington differ?"

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“How do the characteristics of the villages Navenby and Dorrington differ?”

This is the overall question that I have to answer in order to investigate the differences and similarities of the two rural villages: Navenby and Dorrington. To help answer this question I went on a field trip to Lincolnshire to take notes on the site, situation, size, morphology and services of Navenby and Dorrington.

There are various elements in which I can investigate to identify these factors for my two chosen villages. These are:

*Land use

*Amenities or Services

*Comparison of settlement patterns

*Age of evolution of settlements

*Site

*Situation

There are five questions I have devised to ask to make a basis for my investigation between Navenby and Dorrington:

“How and why do the sites of Navenby and Dorrington differ?”

“How and why do the situations of Navenby and Dorrington differ?”

“How and why does the morphology of Navenby and Dorrington differ?”

“How and why do the population sizes of Navenby and Dorrington differ?”

“How and why do the levels of services of Navenby and Dorrington differ?”

These questions are suitable in helping to answer the overall question because all of these things being asked are all characteristics of a village. Enabling to break them down means that we are able to look at the villages in a lot more detail and make notes on things specifically.

To answer questions one and two I will sketch and colour code maps of Navenby and Dorrington to show how services, amenities and land use differ between the two. The map will be able to show the situation as it will show access to resources and facilities for example: access to food resources or a building and fuel resources. The map will also show the site of the villages as it will show if the villages are good for defence or for water supply or shelter, for example

For question three being able to note how the morphology differs between the two villages will show how the villages have developed through time and how economic, social and historic conditions have affected the villages.

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Question four will show how population sizes differ due to various elements. These could be things such as accessibility, land ownership pattern, settlement size or planning constraints. This will also show what villages are developing and perhaps which are decreasing and whether people who live there are perhaps commuters for example.

Question five will show which village is more developed and which is more rural. Whether the land has been used to suffice for the people who live there and why the land has been used the way it has for example bus routes or industry building to give people ...

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