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	Encyclopedia: Dormitory
		Dormitories on JMU's west campus are named for significant individuals, while those on the east campus are named for natural features in Virginia.
		In the U.S., dormitories are most often segregated by gender, with men living in one group of rooms, and women in another.
		The largest dormitory on the eastern half of the United States is Clara Dickson Hall at Cornell University.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Dormitory (1452 words)

	Bedroom community - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A bedroom community, dormitory town, or commuter town is a town or city that is primarily residential in character, with most of its residents commuting to a nearby town or city to earn their livelihood.
		The distinction between a suburb and a bedroom community is not always clear, but as a general rule suburbs are developed in areas adjacent to main employment centers, whereas bedroom communities once were autonomous places that over time attracted a predominance of commuters.
		The number of dormitory towns has increased in the UK since the 1960s because of a trend for people to move out of the cities into the surrounding green belt.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dormitory_town (271 words)

	New town - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		New towns outside Flevoland are Hoofddorp and IJmuiden near Amsterdam, Hellevoetsluis near Rotterdam and the navy port Den Helder.
		The new town planning concept was introduced into Singapore with the building of the first New Town, Queenstown from July 1952 to 1973 by the country's public housing authority, the Housing and Development Board.
		The town of Winchelsea is said to be the first new town in Britain, constructed to a grid system under the instructions of King Edward I in 1280, and largely completed by 1292.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/New_town (2936 words)

	Talk:New town - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		I think that this article should instead be located at planned city, because all of the "new towns" are also "planned cities" while some of the planned cities don't really meet the definition of "new town".
		As far as I am aware, the new towns and the "new town movement" is pretty UK specific, but planned cities occur all over the place.
		The term is used in the UK exclusively to refer to sub-city level towns run by a planning committee or (in the case of Cramlington and perhaps one or two others) a local borough council, developed after WWII to deal with population overspill from large cities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:New_town (1705 words)

	Redditch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Redditch is a town and local government district in Worcestershire, England, just south of the West Midlands urban area.
		Now mainly a dormitory town, it has some light industry and is also well-known in the region for its speciality Batchley Cheese.
		A "kingfisher" is a shoplifter, while a "roundabout" is a drug-induced high (to avoid confusion, the type of road junction usually called a roundabout is known in the town as a "swing", as in the phrase "swings and roundabouts").
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/r/re/redditch.html (444 words)

	CHAPTER THREE
		Another aspect of the town's negative influence was when parents of Beltz students became intoxicated in town and then came to visit them in the dormitory or, just as bad, went home without visiting them because they did not wish their children to see them intoxicated.
		That the town's influence on the Beltz dormitory students was not as severe as the town's influence on Bethel students resulted in part from the dormitory being several miles from town.
		The dormitory director, for example, spent much of his day supervising plant construction and maintenance and establishing good relationships with the school staff, the town, the dormitory control board, and the students' parents.
	www.alaskool.org /resources/teaching/long_way_home/Chapter3.html (5961 words)

	Sutton Coldfield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Until 1974 it was an independent town, part of Warwickshire, and a Royal borough in its own right.
		In 1528, the town was made a royal town after the granting of a charter by King Henry VIII.
		Nowadays, the town is bypassed to the north by the M6 Toll, the first toll motorway in the UK.
	www.kernersville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Sutton_Coldfield (395 words)

	Bedworth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The town is located between Coventry and Nuneaton, just north of Coventry, and is sometimes considered a suburb of Coventry.
		Bedworth developed as an industrial town in the 18th and 19th centuries, due largely to coal mining and the overspill of ribbon weaving and textile industries from nearby Coventry.
		The most notable buildings in Bedworth are the Nicholas Chamberlaine's Almshouses on All Saint’s Square in the town centre, which are built in Tudor style and date from 1840.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bedworth (227 words)

	Library
		With the need for a dormitory at Aroostook State Normal School growing, Governor William S. Cobb signed a bill appropriating $20,000.00 for the construction of a dormitory.
		The town of Presque Isle did not feel that this amount was adequate to appropriately build and complete a dormitory such as they wanted, so the town of Presque Isle also gave $20,000.00 to help fund the construction of the new dormitory.
		Normal Hall was built out of a need for dormitory space, and remained a residence hall for women until it was converted to offices to serve the needs of faculty in 1971.
	www.umpi.maine.edu /info/lib/history/normal.htm (219 words)

	Town needs plans of attack for health, for life (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Noting that Andover's college-age residents are more likely to contract meningitis than most people, because they live in a dormitory setting, town health officials have sprung into action on that front, too.
		The town's fire and police departments must continue to use this type of proactive policy when it comes to ensuring that residents' fire hydrants are in good working order.
		According to the town's public works director, Andover has only recently begun checking the condition of its fire hydrants on a routine basis.
	www.andovertownsman.com /news/20010823/ET_001.html (283 words)

	Sheptwin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The old town was built on the Montmorency Hill and parts of the church date from the 12th century.
		It is in this area of town that a new roundabout was built and officially named in 1996 as a permanent mark of the friendship with Shepshed built into the infrastructure of Domont.
		The town of Shepshed received 100 people from Domont, near Paris, on the weekend of 22nd/23rd May 1999 when it celebrated 10 years since the two towns were officially twinned and three years since Domont named a new roundabout "le rond-point Shepshed".
	www.bklane.demon.co.uk (2264 words)

	Articles - Alnwick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The town in situated 30 miles south of Berwick-upon-Tweed and the Scottish border, and 4 miles inland from the North Sea.
		Hulne Priory, outside the town walls and within Hulne Park, the Duke's walled estate, was a monastery founded in the 13th century by the Carmelites; it is said that the site was chosen for some slight resemblance to Mount Carmel where the order originated.
		The town was once connected to the main line by the Alnwick branch line, but this was closed in January 1968.
	www.lastring.com /articles/Alnwick (1343 words)

	ireland.com / Today / News in Focus / Commuter Counties
		Although the towns of Enniscorthy, New Ross and Wexford all registered marginal falls in population in the 2002 Census, the number of people living in Gorey soared by nearly 44 per cent since 1996.
		"It will be important as the town grows and develops that it does not become dependent on the employment centres around Dublin, developing into a satellite or dormitory town, and that a sustainable balance between employment and residential activity is achieved," according to the plan.
		Although a significant portion of the town's development has been happening outside its official boundary, the plan says it is the county council's policy to adopt a "clear boundary to development" to ensure that Gorey grows in a planned fashion and lay down a "clear demarcation line" to prevent it merging with Courtown.
	www.ireland.com /focus/commuter/5.html (1364 words)

	St Catherine: Crook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The town of Crook in the County Palatine of Durham
		Since 1960, the town has undergone a gradual and significant change from long-established deep mining and coke works, to short-lived general light industry and dormitory town.
		The present population of the town is approximately 15,000.
	www.dur.ac.uk /a.a.young/crook.html (1803 words)

	ireland.com / Today / News in Focus / Commuter Counties
		Three years ago, the ESRI identified Carlow as an "emerging large commuter town" - even as an ambitious masterplan was being prepared proposing it as a "model town for sustainable living" in the 21st century.
		Although the Carlow 800 masterplan and civic vision for the town won two certificates of merit in the Irish Planning Institute's annual awards last year, mainly for the extensive exercise in public consultation that lay behind it, putting it into practice is another matter.
		Such an injection of funding is important for a town lacking a huge commercial rates base that can be tapped every year to finance local authority projects, including the creation of much-needed recreational facilities to cater for Carlow's haphazardly growing population.
	www.ireland.com /focus/commuter/9.html (1144 words)

	The town in 2000
		The town’s industrial background meant it had good technical educational facilities that developed at first into a polytechnic, and more recently into a well-respected university specialising in biological and agricultural technologies.
		There are a number of council estates on the outskirts of the town which are undergoing regeneration and community groups have expressed interest in using the internet to assist various regeneration processes.
		However, there is a group of younger councillors keen to use new technologies for the social, economic and environment benefit of the town, and they have a strong champion in the chief planning officer.
	www.partnerships.org.uk /rics/work1/now.htm (816 words)

	Battlefields: Communities: Estcourt Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Originally known as Bushman's River, the town was renamed Estcourt after Mr T.H.S.S. Estcourt, MP for North Wiltshire and sponsor of the British settlers under the Byrne immigration scheme.
		This picturesque, historic town lies along the Bushman's River and is in close proximity to the Central Drakensberg Resorts and the imposing Giant's Castle.
		Adjacent to Estcourt is the town of Wembezi.
	www.battlefields.co.za /estcourt (81 words)

	Rincon de la Victoria, Malaga, Andalucía, Southern Spain
		Rincon de la Victoria is sometimes described by local residents as a "dormitory town".
		The rest of the year, the town retains a laid-back atmosphere, yet offers the tourist or resident an ever-wider choice of places to dine-out, tapear (drink and tapa-bar crawl) and dance the night away.
		From the westernmost cliff top, marked by a Moorish watch-tower, the view sweeps down the length of the sandy beach, past the clutter of blue and white fishing boats, chiringuitos (fish restaurants on the beach), palm trees, the occasional cluster of thatched sunshades, and the endless to-ing and fro-ing of promenaders, cyclists and joggers.
	www.andalucia.com /cities/malaga/rincon.htm (780 words)

	When Maybole Had Boot Power!
		Railway travel had reached the town way back in 1857, and the present station was built in 1880.
		The Town Hall was built on to the tower of the old tolbooth in 1887, and the Town Green (Greenside) was laid out in 1894.
		These improvements showed a town with plenty of civic pride, and further advances came early in the 20th century with a new public library (1906) and a new Post Office (1913).
	www.maybole.org /history/articles/bootpower.htm (590 words)

	Dbtour
		Dalgety Bay is a new town situated in SW Fife on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, looking south towards the City of Edinburgh.
		The town, locally referred to as "The Bay", is essentially a dormitory town for Edinburgh some 15 miles away over the world famous railway and road bridges which cross the Forth.
		The town has matured over the last 30 years, and is now fairly indistinguishable from many other property developments throughout the country.
	www.owenson.org.uk /db/dbnow/dbtour.htm (629 words)

	Panguna -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		town, on the southeast coast of Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea.
		It was built to house the employees of Bougainville Copper Ltd., whose open-pit mine is located 16 miles (26 km) to the southwest at Panguna.
		The initial stage of the town was completed in 1972.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9058262?tocId=9058262&query=arawa (388 words)

	The Hindu : Bedless in a dormitory town
		The Hindu : Bedless in a dormitory town
		An incredible 95 per cent of the hotels in the largest city of Kutch have collapsed in the earthquake.
		This was a major industry, as Gandhidham is virtually a dormitory town for the Kandla Port and the Special Export Zone located 15 km south.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2001/02/12/stories/02120007.htm (578 words)

	Shepshed - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shepshed, often known until 1888 as Sheepshed, (also Sheepshead) is a town in Leicestershire, England with a population of around 13,000 people.
		However, since the construction of the M1 motorway nearby, it has become a dormitory town for Loughborough, Leicester and Nottingham.
		The parish church of Saint Botolph dates back at least to Norman times, and may be considerably older.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shepshed (173 words)

	Falmouth: prosperity on the horizon - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
		Falmouth is a dormitory town, and it has one of the highest migration rates as well.
		The town's economic development, prior to the new massive projects announced by the Government, was stunted, he says, by a problem that has troubled Falmouth since the seventeenth century - the problem of absentee land ownership.
		Elaborate townhouses sprung up along its well-planned streets, the town had a piped water supply years before major cities such as New York, and Falmouth was home to five newspapers, a bustling port and numerous extravagant balls and parties.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /news/html/20050319T210000-0500_77165_OBS_FALMOUTH__PROSPERITY_ON_THE_HORIZON_.asp (1724 words)

	FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
		The second largest town in the Rhône-Alpes region after neighbouring Lyons, Saint-Etienne boasts a population of 380,000.
		For many years the town had a reputation as an industrial centre or dormitory town to Lyons, but now Saint Etienne is forging a reputation as a place on the move.
		Despite being dubbed the "fl city" in the 1950s, the town in the attractive Forez region with its picturesque pedestrian city centre, gastronomic delights and nearby Massif Central countryside, is not devoid of charm:
	www.fifa.com /en/PrinterFriendly/0,3875,CC2003T60-CC-2003,00.html (282 words)

	ireland.com / Services / EXPLORE IRELAND
		The town overlooks a wide bay and just north of the town centre a long pebble beach provides a pleasant walk along by the sea.
		One of the town's biggest attractions is Wicklow Gaol, which dates from 1702.
		The town is also known for its pottery, and tours of Wicklow Vale Pottery are available.
	www.ireland.com /explore/counties/wicklow_t.htm (598 words)

	Discover Jamaica - Highlight on Mandeville (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Thanks to energetic promotion by the Central and Southcoast Tourism Organization, the town is a magnet for discerning visitors and an excellent base for exploring the central hills and the south coast.
		Once a haven for English gentlefolk who deemed it the closest thing to home, it was a prim and rather static place until the advent of the bauxite industry in the 1950s.
		As a market centre for farmers, a dormitory town for two large alumina companies and the first choice of returning retired Jamaicans, the town enjoys a relatively stable economic base and offers the pleasures of rural life with the convenience of a mini-city.
	discoverjamaica.com /gleaner/discover/mandv.html (163 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - dormitory town
		On the Town, motion-picture musical about the adventures of three soldiers enjoying a day of leave in New York City, New York.
		Town, name applied generally throughout the United States to small municipalities, larger than the village and smaller than the city or county.
		The word city is derived from the Latin word civitas, which denotes a community that...
	encarta.msn.com /dormitory+town.html (122 words)

	Shepshed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The town originally grew as a centre for the wool trade.
		The town is twinned with the Parisian suburb of Domont.
		Shepshed has a reputation locally as being something of a red light district, with various "massage parlours".
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/S/Shepshed.htm (210 words)

	Barnsley Towntalk - It's the Talk of The Town! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The town was given to Norman Ilbert de Lace, whose son Robert, founded the priory of St. John the Evangelist in Pontefract and then in 1090, Henry the son of Robert, gave Barnsley to the priory as part of his endowments.
		The town has begun an ambitious programme of redevelopment under the banner ‘Re-making Barnsley’, which over the coming decades will see the town centre transformed into a thriving metropolis once again.
		Largely a dormitory town, attracting commuters who work in Leeds and Sheffield, Barnsley is over 70% rural, despite its industrial heritage, and as such has become a much sought after place to set up home.
	www.barnsley.towntalk.co.uk /about.php (609 words)

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