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The Village Surveyed

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Reviewed Work(s): The Village Surveyed by Cecil Stewart
Review by: L. Dudley Stamp
Source: Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, Vol. 97, No. 4789 (25 FEBRUARY, 1949), pp.248-250
Published by: Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41363793
Accessed: 24-02-2018 10:50 UTC

In the article “the Village Surveyed”. By Author “Cecil Stewart. Arnold, 1948 “explains about the consequence of the passing of the Town and Country Planning Act of 1947, every county and county borough in the country has been charged with the work of outline plans for future development.
He talks about for the development, the concerning point is not only the location of industries but we have also look for other consequences due this such as satellite towns and need for conserving good land.
He talks about satellite towns “we are actively built them. We almost forget that they are still experiment and the result of the experiment are not yet known.”
He investigate different problems of rural life and particularly future structure of Rural Britain by performing various surveys development of villages and results are given as;
a)There are those who advocate the development of one village in a group, to serve as a King Village, where the much-needed social services can be concentrated.
b)There are some who see the only solution in the introduction of certain industries into the countryside, others who regard this as fatal to the existing basic industry of agriculture.
a)There are those who advocate the building of houses in villages for rural workers only and the discouragement of those who would live in the country but work elsewhere.
•Sutton-at-Hone lies in the Darent Valley, is strung out over a considerable distance and in the midst of land of varying type and quality, but generally of high agricultural importance.
•It is a village with an ancient nucleus, many remains of its medieval importance, surrounded by a moat, and a church of more than usual interest, combined with a paper mill, a product of last century, and later developments, which include a bungalow village, Flanking the valley are the intensively cultivated is called here the Market Garden of England.
•Throughout the survey one senses a division still existing between agricultural population, with many boys desiring to continue a another element living in, but not deeply rooted in, the village. affairs repeated in many places up and down the country, with the has a definite value for those who are concerned, in whatever part may be, with the future of rural life.
The survey of the village “Sutton-at-Hone in Kent, shows the behavioral condition of expression of the villagers and their sympathy and collaboration towards the surveys, which is one step forward towards development . We can use this as admire the advance publicity which was necessary to secure this collaboration, and there is every reason also to express appreciation for the interesting presentation of the results in a volume with many instructive maps, a good selection of pictures of general interest, and many artistic decorations.
Another one was Kentish village, which is at short distance from industrial town Dardford, serves as Dormitory for the worker who worked in Metropolis.
He further explains the perusal of the book suggests that its great value lies in the careful exposition of a technique of investigation and a presentation of results rather than in presenting the study of a "typical village".

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