How Rayleigh Changed over time

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1805- Linear, it used to be a market.

1898- Nucleated, turned into a residential area where people would commute from Rayleigh to work in London.

1920-1- Railway causes Raleigh to grow even more.

1945-6- Urban sprawl, Eastwood and Rayleigh join together.

Present day- Not possible to identify original shape of Rayleigh.

Overall turned from an agricultural market town to a residential commuter town after the station was built.