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This programme looks at three Victorian villages, Old Warden and Steppingley in Bedfordshire, and Wortham in Suffolk. The Bedfordshire villages are the product of improvements made by wealthy lando...wners and represent increased control by the landowner and reveals a diversity of rural occupations in a setting of modest wealth and poverty. Drawings by the Reverend Cobbold of the people and village of Wortham are used together with historical research to reconstruct the village.
This programme looks at three Victorian villages, Old Warden and Steppingley in Bedfordshire, and Wortham in Suffolk. The Bedfordshire villages are the product of improvements made by wealthy lando...wners and represent increased control by the landowner and reveals a diversity of rural occupations in a setting of modest wealth and poverty. Drawings by the Reverend Cobbold of the people and village of Wortham are used together with historical research to reconstruct the village.
| Module code and title: | A102, An arts foundation course |
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| Item code: | A102; 29 |
| First transmission date: | 08-07-1987 |
| Published: | 1987 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:23:46 |
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| Producer: | Nick Levinson |
| Contributors: | Colin Cunningham; Gerrylynn Roberts |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Agriculture; Architecture; Old Warden; Steppingley; Victorian Britain; Villages; Wortham |
| Subject terms: | Dwellings--Social aspects; Housing, Rural--19th century; Model villages; Planned communities; Rural renewal--19th century; Villages--Great Britain--History |
| Master spool number: | HOU5394 |
| Production number: | FOUA225N |
| Videofinder number: | 591 |
| Available to public: | no |
