scattered settlement

London was most likely a rural area with scattered settlement.

By the 12th century, there were scattered settlements in favored parts of the country.

They are often pronounced scattered settlements without a clear core.

It is a scattered settlement around a series of road junctions.

Until the 1950s it was a small scattered settlement on the heathlands.

The municipality is made up a number of scattered settlements without a central village.

Johns Island had scattered settlements that were situated near the water by the 1670s.

It was the centre of a large parish with complex boundaries and scattered settlements.

It is a scattered settlement high above the valley.

The island is almost entirely forested except for a few scattered settlements.

Population distribution is represented mainly by scattered settlement, given the rural nature of the area.

The district's population is mostly concentrated in the southwest, with scattered settlements elsewhere.

Some of the hamlets, especially those with scattered settlements, are now completely abandoned.

An hour ago he'd wound his way through the swamp rats' scattered settlement, and found a difference there, too.

It consists of several scattered settlements and lacks a distinct village center.

The medieval community in Barras was characterized by scattered settlements.

He also said that not all "scattered settlements" would be dismantled and relocated.

Shropshire - 575 scattered settlements - county planning primarily buses.

Battleflat is a scattered settlement of farms and an industrial estate.

The parish straddles the M5 motorway and includes several scattered settlements.

Burgistein is a scattered settlement without a central village.

Human occupancy seemed limited to the coastal strip, and a few scattered settlements in the interior.

Instead, the Puritan leaders endeavored to control the scattered settlements through the institutions of town government.

It is a scattered settlement on the south-east edge of the Hirschberg.

This is the most populous area of this land, with only scattered settlements further east.