Historical Events tagged with "new towns"
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Politics & Government
Milton Keynes Established as a New Town
January 23rd, 1967 58 years ago
Milton Keynes was founded as a new town in England, designed to accommodate a population of 250,000. The development plan encompassed three existing towns and twenty-one villages, all situated in a largely agricultural area. Notably, this location showed continuous human settlement traces going back to the Bronze Age. The initiative aimed to address housing shortages and improve urban planning post-World War II.
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