wens a village not a village ??

[Johny Walker]

I thought Cottingham in East Yorkshire was England's largest village?

 

There's only one way to find out....

 

it will be wen barratts have finished wi it

[sloth]

I thought Ardleigh, Essex was largest village by area covered...

[GardenKit]

I thought I lived in a hamlet of 3 houses, it sounds now that its not.

So what is it?

[Johny Walker]

I thought I lived in a hamlet of 3 houses, it sounds now that its not.

So what is it?

 

a terrace

[Mark Bolam]

A cafe creme?

 

[WorcsWuss]

I know a city ha sto have a cathedral.

 

Not strictly true, that just makes it a Cathedral City, like the cheese.

Newish cities may have had city status conferred onto them without having a catherdral although I couldn't tell you which these are [i know Birmingham became a city first and got a cathedral later...]

 

Pete's right about hamlets, villages and churches. What I'm not sure about is what exactly the point is at which a village becomes a town, I believe it comes down to facilities, population & governance...

[MATTMOSS]

big ammer... please dont start a north vs south sword fight.. you know you will lose... !!

 

the soft southerners!

[farmer_ben]

It's based on amenities. A hamlet has a pub and a shop, village couple of different shops, post office, church along a main street. Town is a small group of main streets with a range of shops and services, city has a cathedral and a large amount off amenities, parks etc.

 

Rob that cant be right? Majority of villages around my part of suffolk dont have a shop, and a high percentage dont have a pub either but i'd happily say they are villages and not hamlets!

[felixthelogchopper]

Rob that cant be right? Majority of villages around my part of suffolk dont have a shop, and a high percentage dont have a pub either but i'd happily say they are villages and not hamlets!

 

Might not have them now, but in the days before out of town superstores they probably did.

[treequip]

Rob that cant be right? Majority of villages around my part of suffolk dont have a shop, and a high percentage dont have a pub either but i'd happily say they are villages and not hamlets!

 

I agree, retail outlets are subject to market forces and are far too transient to be any sort of bench mark. The only quantifiable way to categorise would be by population.

 

I don’t know if there is an official definition of what makes a village.