Deletion of Crowden, Devon

Comment: In accordance with , such settlements, even though very small, are almost always kept when verifiable. This one is labeled on the relevant Ordnance Survey map, listed http://www.explorebritain.info/locality-devon-crowden-sx4999 here, and so forth, so I think it's sufficiently verifiable. Compare the other articles listed in :Category:Hamlets in Devon
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GEOLAND)

Comment: Some time a go a huge number of articles were auto-created based on a download of the US census.  Ever since those articles have been defended with a  argument, regardless of the content.  As far as I know, no genuine US settlement article has ever been deleted.  I am not sure that I entirely agree with this principle personally, but it is clear-cut and if we are applying it to the US, it should be applied to the rest of the world as well.  Besides, a settlement that can be http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=U8bkAAAAMAAJ&q=crowden,+Devon&dq=crowden,+Devon&hl=en&sa=X&ei=2F1fUeSTFcOQ0AWFz4D4BQ&ved=0CDMQ6AEwATgo traced back to 1330 is a notable fact.  Peterkingiron may be right that this is not unusual for England, but is still an interesting and notable fact.  I note that estate agent sites respond to requests for Crowden, Devon (http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/houses/northlew/crowden/http://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/detail.html?originalIncode=&outcode=EX20&incode=&country=england&streetName=Crowden&locality=Northlew&buildType=1&propertyType=0&yearSelection=20&sortOrder=ascending&columnToSort=ADDRESS) and if for no other reason, that alone is cause for our readers to want to look it up
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GEOLAND)

Comment: I don't doubt that it is a genuine place and if there was any substance to the article then I would support its retention. "x is a place in y" is not an article and as such having a redlink on the Northlew page in case anyone would like to write an article would more than suffice. I don't believe that  was ever intended as a carte blanche to generate hundreds of content-less stubs, merely to protect genuine articles written about places that aren't as obviously notable as towns or cities
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GEOLAND)