A gentle plea for a small change to the way we describe the place we call home
The words we use matter … don’t they? This is either a chip on my shoulder or a gallant crusade (you decide) but I’ve now heard too many good people doing good work using a bad word.
A Map of The ‘Category D’ Villages of Durham
I’ve created an interactive map of County Durham’s “Category D” villages, which you can view below. “Category D” was part of a plan initiated in 1951 that basically identified settlements Durham County Council would no longer invest in, and therefore effectively allow to decline to the point of uninhabitability.