The maps below show a rural town as it was 1983 and as it is now.

The maps illustrate the transformation of the countryside from 1983 to today.

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, it is striking that there used to be more natural spaces and fewer constructions in the past. In 1983, there was a forest in the top left corner of the map, but now the forest has been demolished because the territory of the housing has increased. Currently, there are more complexes, so a new road called High Road is

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in between. On the left side of the River May, the school and the police station, and on the right side, the post office and the windmill are still remaining unchanged.

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a recent dam has been established

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of the river. In the east, there was an old shop that was replaced with a larger supermarket. Below the supermarket, the previous farm is now destroyed;

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, there is now a modern petrol station and a cafe on the Munster Road.