The maps below show the changes that occurred to a town named Willington in 1780, 1860, and 2000. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The maps below show the changes that occurred to a town named Willington in 1780, 1860, and 2000. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
The location pictures illustrate the developments that happened to an urban locale named Willington over three points of time, 1780,1860 and 2000.
Overall
, the geography of the place transformed significantly over these 220 years, where a small town with one village and a vastly wooded topography was converted to a modernised community. The forest was removed completely. It is conspicuous from the pictures that the landscape has changed completely from what it was in 1780. There were only 100 homes in two villages and four farms were located near the river. Rest was a densely wooded place. In the subsequent century, a road was built to the rural space which doubled the number of houses. Farmland was halved and a bridge was erected over the river.
On the other hand
, there was a loss in the forest area in those 80 years. In 2000, Transformation was complete with more human inhabitation , where dwellings surged two and half times to 500. Shops were established along the course of the river at the expense of farms and a marshland created for the birds far south. Two educational institutions and three playgrounds were
also
featured there
along with
a road connecting the village
in addition
to the old road.
This
eliminated the woods completely.
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  • urban development
  • rural
  • undeveloped
  • substantially
  • railway line
  • market area
  • extensive urbanization
  • population growth
  • industrial areas
  • shopping centers
  • network of roads
  • public facilities
  • comparison
  • transformation
  • evolution
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