Maiden Amenities
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We have several useful pillars of a thriving community. . .
village hall --> UP NEXT AS SUGGESTED BY PARISH CLERK SARAH
Community Allotment (inactive)
food co-op (inactive)
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GEOPHYSICAL
Little Knoll (Long Knoll & 3 cup barrows ok)
STREET FURNITURE & FABRIC
K6 Red Phone Box (started..)
Foxes Head Memorial
Village Lock Up
The Rank Well (56 Bradley Road)
more . . .
Church of All Saints, Maiden Bradley
Maiden Bradley Chapel
Priory Farm
LISTED BUILDINGS
Village School (as was)
Bradley House
more . . .
NEARBY
Medieval Village
more . . .
PORTALS
http://www.southwilts.com/site/Maiden-Bradley-Village/
http://www.westwilts-communityweb.com/site/Maiden-Bradley-Village/
http://maidenbradley.btck.co.uk/
http://e-voice.org.uk/maidenbradley/
Village?
A SEQUENCE OF EXCERPTS FROM WIKIPEDIA WHICH HELP US TO EXPLORE OUR VILLAGE BACKGROUND. . .
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand (sometimes tens of thousands). Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the East Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon, as well as Hampstead Village in the London conurbation. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement.
In the past, villages were a usual form of community for societies that practise subsistence agriculture, and also for some non-agricultural societies. In Great Britain, a hamlet earned the right to be called a village when it built a church.[1] In many cultures, towns and cities were few, with only a small proportion of the population living in them. The Industrial Revolution attracted people in larger numbers to work in mills and factories; the concentration of people caused many villages to grow into towns and cities. This also enabled specialization of labor and crafts, and development of many trades. The trend of urbanization continues, though not always in connection with industrialisation. Villages have been eclipsed in importance as units of human society and settlement.
A nucleated village is one of the main types of settlement pattern. It is one of the terms used by landscape historians to classify settlements.[1] An idealised village, in which the houses cluster around a central church which is often close to the village green is a nucleated village. In some cases two adjacent nucleated villages may expand and merge to form a polyfocal settlement. A nucleated village contrasts with a dispersed settlement. [Horningsham is a small Wiltshire village forming part of the Longleat Estate and lying on the Wiltshire/Somerset border between Warminster and Frome. It has a peculiar form lying somewhere between a classic dispersed settlement and a nucleated village. The village has the "P's identified by Country Life (magazine) as essential to a successful village: a pub,[1] a post office, a place of worship, a primary school and public transport (although limited)[2] It also has a village hall.]
One particular sub-category of nucleated villages is a planned village. These were deliberately established by land owners at various times, but particularly during the late medieval period. They often consist of two rows of houses set on equal sized plots of land - burgage plots. At the opposite end of the burgage plot there is often a back lane which gives the original village a regular layout which can still be seen today. Planned villages were usually associated with markets, from which the landowner expected to make profits
Burgage is a medieval land term used in England and Scotland, well established by the 13th century. A burgage was a town ("borough") rental property (to use modern terms), owned by a king or lord. The property ("burgage tenement") usually, and distinctly, consisted of a house on a long and narrow plot of land, with a narrow street frontage. Rental payment ("tenure") was usually in the form of money, but each "burgage tenure" arrangement was unique, and could include services.
A back lane is a roadway often found in a planned medieval village running parallel to the main street at the other end of the Burgage plots.[1] There may be a back lane on each side of the main street which together with the main street itself provide a rectangular framework for the development of the village. Although the burgage plot was used for small scale activities such as livestock or orchards, the back lane frequently divided the village from the main agricultural area - such as the open fields.
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