overspill towns

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• overspill — [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)spɪl[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT: also a N, oft N n Overspill is used to refer to people who live near a city because there is no room in the city itself. [BRIT] ...new towns built to absorb overspill from nearby cities. ...overspill council… …   English dictionary

• overspill — 1. noun That which spills over. New towns were to accommodate overspill from established cities. 2. verb To spill over, to overflow, to spill out of. Further, Coventrys …   Wiktionary

• overspill — verb (i) /oʊvəˈspɪl/ (say ohvuh spil) (overspilt or overspilled, overspilling) 1. to spill over. –noun /ˈoʊvəspɪl/ (say ohvuhspil) 2. that which spills out. 3. excess or surplus population: new towns are planned to take Sydney s overspill. {over… …  

• New towns in the United Kingdom — Welwyn Garden City, one of the early new towns Below is a list of some of the new towns in the United Kingdom created under the various New Town Acts of the 20th century. Some earlier towns were developed as Garden Cities or overspill estates… …   Wikipedia

• London overspill — is the term given to the communities created largely consisting of council houses as a result of the policy of moving residents out of Greater London, England into other towns around the South East and East Anglia.The policy was instigated in the …   Wikipedia

• new towns —    The modern British ‘new town’ emerged in the formative years of reconstruction after the Second World War. The national mood favoured a centralist policy to influence the creation of new towns intended to relieve the overcrowding of the great… …   Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture

• Constituency results of the United Kingdom general election, 2005 — Results of the United Kingdom general election, 2005. Contents 1 Scotland 1.1 Highlands and Islands 1.2 North East Scotland 1.3 Mid Scotland and Fife …   Wikipedia

• Habana del Este — is one of the municipalities forming the city of Havana. As its name indicates it is on the eastern side of the city, and includes the overspill towns of Camilo Cienfuegos and Alamar as well as the beach towns of Boca Ciega, Tarara, Santa María… …   Wikipedia

• Manchester dialect — Mancunian (or Manc) is a dialect, and the name given to the people of Manchester, England, and some of the surrounding areas within Greater Manchester, for example Salford. It is claimed that the accent has subconsciously changed the way people… …   Wikipedia

• History of Milton Keynes — Milton Keynes is a large new town in South East England. This history of Milton Keynes details its development from the earliest human settlements, through the plans for a new city for 250,000 people in south central England, its subsequent urban …   Wikipedia

• Cumbernauld — Coordinates: 55°56′N 3°59′W / 55.94°N 3.98°W / 55.94; 3.98 …   Wikipedia