URBAN GROWTH IN BRITAIN

How did we get from this……...

To this…..

Man’s first home-desirable or what?The first settlements appeared when man became a farmer……….

Farmers sold their produce at

markets so small market

towns grew up

The first proper large towns appeared when Britain was conquered by………………...

THE ROMANS!

The Romans built roads & townsall over Britain.

Towns ending in ‘chester’ & ‘cester’ have their origins in Roman times

Then the Romans left &town building stopped-people went back to living in smaller settlements

Remember your medieval history- manor houses etc

So when did ourcurrent citiesstart to grow? 18th & 19th

centuries

WHY? THETHE

INDUSTRIALINDUSTRIAL

REVOLUTIONREVOLUTION

THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Discoveries ofcoal and iron ore

meant the development of

large scaleindustries

This meant the growth of towns for raw materials and ports for export.

People flockedto the newtowns for

work.

At first materials were moved by canal-but this was slow .

Something fasterwas

needed….

Trains revolutionised

transport

The Victorian Age saw unprecedented urban development

This is an example of a Victorian station- note the hotel!

Victorian BritainVictorian BritainGreat BritainGreat Britain

The world’s leading industrial country (then not now!)

It was this surge in development that meant quick, cheap housing was needed for the influx of workers (think of Coronation Street)

This development has continued until today over 93%

0f us live in urban areas

This development has left us with problems which we will study later on….