Durham E-Theses An exercise in gracious living: the north east new towns 1947-1988 Boyes, David How to cite: Boyes, David (2007) An exercise in gracious living: the north east new towns 1947-1988, Durham theses, Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/2335/ Use policy The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that: • a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in Durham E-Theses • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders. Please consult the full Durham E-Theses policy for further details. Academic Support Oce, Durham University, University Oce, Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HP e-mail:
[email protected] Tel: +44 0191 334 6107 http://etheses.dur.ac.uk An Exercise in Gracious Living: The North East New Towns 1947-1988 The copyright or thi• thc~ls rests whb the author 0< lh6 unlvtl1ity 10 wh.icb it was submillcd. No quor.ttioo from il, or infurtlllltioo derived from II may be publisbed without lhe prior wriiiCn oonscnl of the author or uoivc!Xily, and auy infonna1ion derived rrom il sbo<Jid be odcnowlcdged. David Boyes PhD Thesis Durham University 2007 2 1 DEC 2007 Abstract This thesis examines the history of the North East new towns and how local, regional and national policies and events have impacted upon their respective trajectories.