A dispersed settlement , also known as a scattered settlement , is one of the main types of settlement patterns used by landscape historians to classify rural settlements found in England and other parts of the world. Typically, there are a number of separate farmsteads scattered throughout the area. A dispersed settlement contrasts with a nucleated village .
12-443: Granby may refer to: Places [ edit ] Canada [ edit ] Port Granby, Ontario Granby, Quebec Granby (electoral district) , a Quebec electoral district whose territory is identical to that of the city Challenger de Granby , a tennis tournament United States [ edit ] Granby, Colorado Granby, Connecticut Granby, Massachusetts ,
24-933: A New England town Granby (CDP), Massachusetts , the main village in the town Granby, Missouri Granby, New York Granby, South Carolina Granby, Vermont Granby Street , a historic commercial corridor in Norfolk, Virginia Granby Township (disambiguation) Elsewhere [ edit ] Granby crater , a meteor crater in Sweden Granby Four Streets , an area of Toxteth, Liverpool Granby, Nottinghamshire , England Schools [ edit ] Granby High School , Norfolk, Virginia Granby Memorial High School , Granby, Connecticut Granby Junior Senior High School, Granby, Massachusetts Other [ edit ] 2004 Granby, Colorado, bulldozer rampage The Marquess of Granby (see Duke of Rutland ) Operation Granby ,
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48-468: A result of disease or modern farming practice. Arthur Young 's description of the view from Langdon Hills , "dark lanes intersected with numberless hedges and woods," is a typical description of the landscape in an area of dispersed settlements. Anthony Galt has written an extensive study of the dispersed settlement pattern around Locorotondo in the Province of Bari in southern Italy. In this case,
60-541: Is Middle Barton in Steeple Barton , Oxfordshire . In some parts of England, the pattern of dispersed settlement has remained unchanged for many hundreds of years. Many of the locations found in Domesday may be dispersed farmsteads. It is sometimes possible to identify documentary references to farmsteads in the 18th and 19th centuries with these Domesday entries. In areas of Kent and Essex close to London,
72-469: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Port Granby, Ontario Port Granby is a dispersed rural community in the municipality of Clarington , Regional Municipality of Durham in Ontario , Canada. The community is on Lake Ontario at the mouth of Port Granby Creek , and lies at an elevation of 106 metres (348 ft). The area
84-525: The Gainj, Ankave, and Baining tribes. It is also frequently met with in nomadic pastoral societies. In Ghana, Kumbyili in the northern region is also an example of a dispersed settlement In England, dispersed settlements are often found in the areas of ancient enclosure outside the central region—for example, Essex , Kent and the West Country . An example of a dispersed settlement given by W G Hoskins
96-653: The Granby Harbor Company was made in 1846, and the community was officially named Port Granby in 1848. Grain and timber were the principal goods shipped from the port through the 19th century, but the village had mostly disappeared by the 1920s, with only a few homes and a post office remaining in 1936. Dispersed settlement The French term bocage is sometimes used to describe the type of landscape found where dispersed settlements are common. In addition to Western Europe, dispersed patterns of settlement are found in parts of Papua New Guinea , as among
108-723: The UK codename for its military operation in the Gulf War John Manners, Marquess of Granby , the British commander at the Battle of Minden Granby (novel) , by Thomas Henry Lister , published in 1826 Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting and Power Company, Limited a Canadian mining and smelting company Granby roll , an amateur wrestling technique Granby Runestone located in Sweden Granby (typeface) ,
120-433: The development of residential housing during the 20th century has often disguised the dispersed nature of the original settlement. The farmsteads which make up the dispersed settlement are often surrounded by small irregularly shaped fields. Traditionally, trees are encouraged to grow at the edges of these fields and in thin strips alongside roads. However, during the 20th century, much of this woodland disappeared, either as
132-485: The settlement pattern developed because of movement from the town to the countryside in the 19th century. Emphyteutic leases were used by landowners seeking to increase their income from land that was only marginally attractive for agriculture by encouraging the creation of vineyards . Known as Streusiedlungen (singular Streusiedlung ), dispersed settlements are a characteristic of various parts of German-speaking Europe , including in areas of Westphalia , historically
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#1732775587019144-622: Was first settled in the summer of 1796, and Danforth's Road — from Toronto to the mouth of the Trent River , later extended via Prince Edward County to connect onward to Kingston — was completed through the area by Asa Danforth Jr. by 1799, but that route was superseded by Kingston Road further north, away from the Port Granby area, in 1817. The community is first mentioned as the Village of Granby in 1841. A request to incorporate
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