IELTS Task 1 : Map

The development of Chorleywood town

Chorleywood is a small town near London whose population has increased steadily since the middle of the nineteenth century. The map below showed the development of the town. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the development of the town.
Dec 12,2018
. Model answer 1

The development of Chorleywood, a small town near London, from 1868 to 1994, is shown on this map.

In accordance with the map we see that there was merely one small area and two crossing main roads in 1868 in Chorleywood. The second settlement was not established to the south of the original one until 1883, which was almost twice bigger than the former. In 1909, a railway, parallel to the main road went through from the east to the west, forming an intersection with another main road. From 1922 to 1970 two large resident areas took shape. Then, in the period of 1970 to 1994, five living areas were founded along with a new motorway built from the north to south in 1970.


Thanks to the construction of the railway and the motorway, the land of Chorleywood expanded dramatically.


Model answer 1

The map below describes development records of Chorleywood, a London suburban town, from 1868 to 1994.

Overall, the information reveals that town Chorleywood has been developed greatly since the middle of the nineteenth century as its population has increased steadily. By the legend, in the period from 1868 to 1883 the original living place in Chorleywood was only limited on the left of the map, shown as black solid pattern. Next period was within 1883 to 1922 shown on the map with one italic lined illustration beneath the first oval one.


The third period was from 1922 to 1970 when the two residential areas established along the south side of railway, shown as blank oval pattern on the left bottom of the map, sandwiching the previously developed residents district in italic lined pattern to form a centralized settlement. The fourth period was from 19?0 to 1994 shown on the map as horizontally lined area on the right side of the drawing, forming another two centralized residential settlements. All the three settlements are connected by railway built in 1909, motorway built in 1970 and the main roads as shown on the map.


To sum up, one would find brief information how Chorleywood was developed between 1868 and 1994.

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