The provided maps illustrate the development of an area of Poulton over a 35-year period, from 1900 to 1935.
In general, it is clear that while the northern and western parts of the town had been urbanized by 1935, the two remaining parts had been commercialized by adding a number of convenient buildings.
On the residential side, the terraced houses, which located in the west, were replaced by blocks of flats in 1935. Meanwhile, a factory and a part of wasteland in the north had been demolished previously in the construction of Bayley mansions.
Another notable feature is the changes in the commercialization of the East and South of the town. A laundry and a café had filled the remaining part of the wasteland in the Northeast. Especially, the area of this town in 1935 was expanded when the railway line was destroyed. While the railway workers’ cottages were knocked down to make way for the erection of three shops, the South wasteland had been converted into the Bayley Street park, which had a Children’s play area in the right bottom, by 1935.