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Title: What makes a village a village and a town a town? Post by: janaage on Friday, June 27, 2008, 15:27:26 It's not a joke, I'm looking for a definitive answer people.
Is it down to amenties, population, councils (parish/town) etc? Title: What makes a village a village and a town a town? Post by: Samdy Gray on Friday, June 27, 2008, 15:30:18 Quote from: "Wikipedia" A village should not have a regular agricultural market, although today such markets are uncommon even in settlements which clearly are towns. A village does not have a town hall nor a mayor. There should also be a clear green belt or open fields surrounding its parish borders. Title: What makes a village a village and a town a town? Post by: Sussex on Friday, June 27, 2008, 15:32:02 A village only has one idiot?
Title: What makes a village a village and a town a town? Post by: janaage on Friday, June 27, 2008, 15:33:01 Excellent, didn't think of the town hall and mayor issue!
Cheers mate. Title: What makes a village a village and a town a town? Post by: Batch on Friday, June 27, 2008, 15:34:29 Wikkipedia in seemingly accurate and interesting shocker:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town#United_Kingdom Title: What makes a village a village and a town a town? Post by: Power to people on Friday, June 27, 2008, 15:38:23 Donsen't a City have the have a Uni or Cathedral to be called a City...hence why they want a Uni in Swindon ?
Title: What makes a village a village and a town a town? Post by: Bogus Dave on Friday, June 27, 2008, 15:44:17 That was only in the olden days i think, dont think that will matter so much nowadays. I wouldn't want to be a city anyway, i kind of like the thought of swindon being one of the biggest towns in the world.
Title: What makes a village a village and a town a town? Post by: Reg Smeeton on Friday, June 27, 2008, 15:47:58 Historically a town had to have a charter granted by the crown, usually for the purposes of a market...hence Fairford is a town but Lechlade a village.
Title: What makes a village a village and a town a town? Post by: janaage on Friday, June 27, 2008, 15:49:46 This sounds a little bit of a hollow achievement though Dave as many governments don't make a difference between a town and a city in foreign lands.
My source for this is a little shoddy (as it's Wikipedia). Title: What makes a village a village and a town a town? Post by: pauld on Friday, June 27, 2008, 16:58:03 Quote from: "Power to people" Donsen't a City have the have a Uni or Cathedral to be called a City...hence why they want a Uni in Swindon ? Not any more, now it just has to be granted City status by the govt. They did the last round of City creation a couple of years back - Swindon put in for it but lost out to Wantage or somewhere. Having a Uni probably helps but its not a requirement and is only one of a range of facilities they consider. |