Chorleywood is a village near London whose population has increased steadily since the middle of the nineteenth century. The map below shows the development of the village. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the development of the village.

The map provides information on the main changes in Chorleywood Village from 1868 to 1994.

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, there was more development happening in the years 1970 to 1994. Based on the illustrations, in the first two time periods, the people did not construct a lot of facilities. In the period of 1868 to 1883, there was no significant construction apart from the main road that went alongside the village. Meanwhile, from 1883 to 1922, they built a railway, which went across the main road. The village was expanding along the southwest of the road and across the train track.

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, we can see a lot more expansions in the

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70 decades. Between 1922 and 1970, Chorleywood was expanding along the railway track in the southwest area. They

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built a motorway in 1970.

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the map, it showed that the motorway brought more expansion of the people in the northeast area between 1970 and 1994. It

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showed that during

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time period, there was a significant increase in population along the railway line in the southeast area.