The maps below show the village of Stokeford in 1930 and 2010.

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report will refer to two maps that give information about how the village of Stokeford changed over a span of 40- years. As can be seen from the maps, the town has been dramatically changed, particularly in the infrastructure, which convert the town from a small countryside into a large urban

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. A major part of Stokeford was used for agriculture and farming in 1930. There were a few shops, a post office and a primary school at the northern end of the village. In the east of the rural

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, there was a large house surrounded by gardens ,

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the bridge over the River Stoke. In 2010, the most striking change is that the village was transformed into a residential

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from an agricultural

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. One notable change has been the demolition of the schools to the north of the urban

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. In the east, a large residential compound was renovated into a retirement home.

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, the bridge and the post office still existed.