A linear settlement is a (normally small to medium-sized) settlement or group of buildings that is formed in a long line. Many of these settlements are formed along a transport route, such as a road, river, or canal. Others form due to physical restrictions, such as coastlines, mountains, hills or valleys. Linear settlements may have no obvious centre.
6-591: Holmrook is a linear village in the English county of Cumbria . It lies along the A595 road on the west banks of the River Irt . The B5344 road connects it to Drigg , with its railway station less than two miles to the west. Two miles north-east along the Irt valley is Irton Hall, a large mostly 19th-century house which incorporates a 14th-century pele tower . Holmrook Hall was
12-692: A Victorian country house , at one time owned by the Reverend Charles Skeffington Lutwidge. His relative Charles Lutwidge Dodgson - better known as the author, mathematician and photographer Lewis Carroll - used to come and stay occasionally. During World War II , Holmrook Hall was requisitioned by the Admiralty on behalf of the Royal Navy , with locals told that it was a rest home for shipwrecked and distressed sailors. In fact, strategically located between ROF Drigg and ROF Sellafield, it
18-416: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Linear village In the case of settlements built along a route, the route predated the settlement, and then the settlement grew along the transport route. Often, it is only a single street with houses on either side of the road. Mileham , Norfolk, England is an example of this pattern. Later development may add side turnings and districts away from
24-425: Is notable for its 9 km long, single main street and its thin strips of farm land, inhabited by 6000 people. Linear designs have also been proposed for new city and district development projects, such as Arturo Soria y Mata 's linear city , Michael Graves and Peter Eisenman 's linear city , Madrid 's Ciudad Lineal district, and Saudi Arabia 's The Line . Such designs have been criticized as expressing
30-648: The original main street. Places such as Southport , England developed in this way. A linear settlement is in contrast with ribbon development , which is the outward spread of an existing town along a main street , and with a nucleated settlement , which is a group of buildings clustered around a central point. Particular types of linear settlements are linear village , chain village , street village ( Polish : ulicówka ; German : Straßendorf , Lithuanian : gatvinis kaimas , French : village-rue ), and some others. Different countries have varying classifications of linear settlements. Sułoszowa , Poland,
36-673: Was the Royal Navy bomb and munitions training school between 1943 and 1946, under the title HMS Volcano. Designated a Top Secret site, it trained Royal Navy personnel, the Special Boat Service and Norwegian expatriates in the wartime use of explosives and demolition. Among the graduates of HMS Volcano were: After the war, the hall fell into disrepair and was demolished. Only the stable block remains, and has been converted to housing. [REDACTED] Media related to Holmrook at Wikimedia Commons This Cumbria location article
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