Body & Soul1 min ago
what's the difference between a village and town?
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i have wondered this for a while.the village next to ours is apparently the largest in england. as it's so big why can't it be classified as a small town.what's the diference.does anyone know..thankyou.
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I lived in Winslow in Buckinghamshire between 1996-99. When I moved there, Winslow was termed a village but they were able to claim town status in about 1998 by arranging to hold a market every Wednesday. There were only three stalls in the village square every week, but that was enough for Winslow to promote itself as a town rather than a village. I think they still only have three stalls on a Wednesday now!
I lived in Winslow in Buckinghamshire between 1996-99. When I moved there, Winslow was termed a village but they were able to claim town status in about 1998 by arranging to hold a market every Wednesday. There were only three stalls in the village square every week, but that was enough for Winslow to promote itself as a town rather than a village. I think they still only have three stalls on a Wednesday now!
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Now we're all just confused then! I uased to live in Fordwich
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fordwich which claims to be the smallest town in Britain, though it clearly appears to be a village and is situated near to Canterbury in Kent which is undeniably a city and has always been so due to Canterbury Cathedral (I presume). Canterbury, though only had a population of 42,000 in 2001 so is probably the smallest city!! I guess Kent is all just so darn small and quaint!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fordwich which claims to be the smallest town in Britain, though it clearly appears to be a village and is situated near to Canterbury in Kent which is undeniably a city and has always been so due to Canterbury Cathedral (I presume). Canterbury, though only had a population of 42,000 in 2001 so is probably the smallest city!! I guess Kent is all just so darn small and quaint!
A little more confusion for Soul-Full-La regarding city status and cathedrals. I agree Canterbury is a city, however, there must be other criteria aside from having a cathedral as my home-town of Shrewsbury (popn 80,000 ish) has had a cathedral for centuries and is still a town. The town has applied for city status in recent times, however, I understand that this is as much to do with additional central government funding as anything else.
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