Dispersed settlement
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Dispersed settlement or Streusiedlung in Brülisau, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland A dispersed settlement, also known as a scattered settlement, is
one of the main types of settlement patterns used by landscape historians to classify rural settlements found in England and other parts of the world.
Typically, there are a number of separate farmsteads scattered throughout the area.
A dispersed settlement contrasts with a nucleated village.
The French term bocage is sometimes used to describe the type of landscape found where dispersed settlements are common.
In addition to Western Europe, dispersed patterns of settlement are found in parts of Papua New Guinea, as among the Gainj, Ankave, and Baining tribes.
It is also frequently met with in nomadic pastoral societies.
In Ghana, Kumbyili in the northern region is also an example of a dispersed settlement In England, dispersed settlements are often found in the areas of ancient enclosure outside the central region—for example, Essex, Kent and the West Country.
An example of a dispersed settlement given by W G Hoskins is Middle Barton in Steeple Barton, Oxfordshire.
In some parts of England, the pattern of dispersed settlement has remained unchanged for many hundreds of years.
Many of the locations found in Domesday may be dispersed farmsteads.
It is sometimes possible to identify documentary references to farmsteads in the 18th or 19th centuries with these Domesday entries.
In areas of Kent and Essex close to London, the development of residential housing during the 20th century has often disguised the dispersed nature of the original settlement.
The farmsteads which make up the dispersed settlement are often surrounded by small irregularly shaped fields.
Traditionally, trees are encouraged to grow at the edges of these fields and in thin strips alongside roads.
However, during the 20th century, much of ...
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