User:Mdavies1/Category D village

A Category D village was a classification of village used by Durham County Council during the 1950s-1970s. Category D was used to designate settlements in the Durham County Council catchment area which were deemed to be no longer suitable for habitation and the plan was to remove financial investment and support and let the villages deteriorate to encourage people to move to new towns. When the plan was introduced in 1951 there were 114 settlements