Lesson 12-Local Place Wath

Question 1

Waths population in the 1800’s

Answer 1

• Population fluctuates due to farming
• Some decline in the 1800’s due to rural to urban migration
• Increasing demand for coal to power industry in cities

Question 2

Waths population in the 1900’s?

Answer 2

• Decline in early 1900’s due to WW1
• Total households dramatically increases betweeen 1900 and 1960 due to coal opportunities

Question 3

Wath population in the 21st century?

Answer 3

• 12,500 people in Wath today
  Brain-drain effect occurs here as people leave for bigger cities
• Deprived area, most husegolds in 4th deprived deciles
• Areas with new housing see a 10% increase in population

Question 4

Employment patterns throughout Wath

Answer 4

• 50% population used to be farmers
  but then declined around 25%
• In wath 20% no qualifications and 20% with uni degrees
• 68.7% are economically active which is 2.3% less than national average
• Unemployment rate is 8.3%
• 24% child poverty

Question 5

Economic inequality in wath

Answer 5

• Male unemployment is a greater issue in the area, potentially structural unemployment
• The Index of Multiple Deprivation indicates that Wath upon Dearne has areas with high levels of housing deprivation, particularly in the northwest part of the town where council estates are more common

Question 6

Artistic sources for Wath

Answer 6

• Painting-Manvers Complex by Peter Watson (1948)
• Photo-NUM Miners Strike at Manvers (1984)
• Poem- Ian McMillans poem for Miners Strike (2004)

Question 7

• Painting-Manvers Complex by Peter Watson (1948)

Answer 7

• Paintings show the manvers complex was significant
• Lots of coal mines
• Trainline shows links to other places
• Lots of bright colours

Question 8

• Photo-NUM Miners Strike at Manvers (1984)

Answer 8

• Deprivation
• Structural unemployment leaving workers homeless
• Dull colours

Question 9

• Poem- Ian McMillans poem for Miners Strike (2004)

Answer 9

• Discusses collective identity of the coal mining community
• Pits were replaced with shopping malls
• Rhyming couplets broken at the end emphasisesthe significance of this change from coal to service
• Adopts insider perspectives and tone

Question 10

• How has the area been rebranded?

Answer 10

• Been rebranded by the government as naturistic and more positive
• Better livability, sense of community,
• “Something for everyone to enjoy”

Question 11

How have exogenous factors effected wath? (RSPB and Environmental change)

Answer 11

• Miners strike 1984 caused 700,000 tonnes of soil removed
• RSPB Old Moor-120,000 visits per year
• Was left as the largest derelict site in western Europe. The ground was heavily polluted and needed to be restored by covering it with clean soil deep enough for trees and scrubs to become established

Question 12

How have exogenous factors influenced wath? (TNC’s)

Answer 12

• Eu invested in local area to stimulate growth through road networks to increase investment
• Gov closed mines then encouraged growth through the service sector
• Land use has been altered for wherehouses, roads but has also lead to placelessness

Question 13

Past link with Wath (The Woodhead Line)

Answer 13

• The Woodhead Line-previosuly a railway line linking Sheffield, Pennistone and Manchester in the North of England
  -Wath Station was on this line, and it allowed coal to be transported towards the NW and the growing industries on Manchester and Sheffield

Question 14

Past links with wath (Dearne Valley Parkway and links to M1 moterway)

Answer 14

• Huge amounts of investments and its has allowed the service sector to flourish in the area
• Next, amazon and royal mail
  -lorries have supported economic growth
  -new warehouse and storages along Dearne Valley Parkway

Question 15

Endogenous factors effecting Wath

Answer 15

• Geology-coal and clay
• River Dearne for transport
• River Dearne floodplain

Question 16

Endogenous factors affecting wath-Geology

Answer 16

• High quality bituminous coal was dug from outcrops and near surface open seams
• Demand for coal grew during industrialisation
• Reliance on one iondustry led to future problems
• Goes hand in hand with typical yorkshire identify as its on the logo

Question 17

Endogenous factors affecting wath-River Dearne for transport

Answer 17

• Wath benefitted from its proximity to the Dearne and Dove Canal. The canal was created through mainly to carry cargo mainly from coal industry
  -railway and subsidence caused gradual decline

Question 18

Endogenous factors effecting wath-River Dearne floodplain

Answer 18

• 2007 and 2019 floods showed suceptibility to flooding
• River defences in Shneffield increase the speed of the river
• Wath as a place name is derrived from Old-Norse “Wad” reffering to the land being great for landuse
• Cost the govt lots of money
• Impacts businesses