Chorleywood is a village near London whose population has increased steadily since the middle of the 19th century. The map below shows the development of the village

Chorleywood is a

village

adjacent to London, the map above displays the gradual expansion of the

village

driven by the growth of the local population.

According to

the map, the

village

had been enlarged since 1868, and it mainly expanded along transport systems, like main roads, motorways or railways. Before 1883, Chorleywood was merely a small

village

adhering to a main road, along which the

village

gradually extended towards the south.

This

expansion almost tripled the size of the

village

as a whole. In 1902, a railway crossing the

village

was in operation, and the convenience brought by the railway motivated the

village

to build up two separate new areas from west to east. In 1970, people there constructed a longitudinal motorway parallel to the main road. Owing to the new road, the

village

was rapidly extended to five new areas from 1970 to 1994 and presented a complex layout along the transport system within the

village

.