Talk:Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

message: This ward table used to be on the main page Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. I removed it to here because it was poorly formatted (no  or ) and doesn't seem encyclopedic - no other local authority has a similar table.--Keith Edkins 17:08, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed the table. Not what talk pages are for. People can look at the history for that. --Gonnym (talk) 09:56, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: ward table

message: How come Old Windsor is not included in the list of towns and villages? --86.136.187.163 15:58, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Old Windsor? 

message: Is part of Windsor Castle excluded from Windsor and Maidenhead? According to Ordnance Survey, "The Upper and Middle wards of Windsor Castle do not form part of the district [i.e. the unitary royal borough] of Windsor and Maidenhead..." (Boundary-Line user guide, v1.8, April 2010, chapter 3, page 19). But I can't find any other online references or maps to clarify this. If the statement is accurate, it may be that the castle is the only part of the UK not to be part of a local government area. — Richardguk (talk) 21:39, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: A surviving extra-parochial place called "Windsor Castle".  According to Youngs (1980) it consists of two wards (Upper and Lower). Lower was included in the Municipal Borough of New Windsor in 1866 "for rating purposes". Vic County says similar  MRSC (talk) 13:56, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  Interesting. The article Extra-parochial area gives only the combined area of the Inner and Middle Temples as a current instance. It remains unclear why, if Windsor Castle retains an exemption because of its Crown occupation, this does not also apply to other royal palaces such as Buckingham Palace, St James's Palace and the Tower of London. This also raises the question of whether a resident of the Upper or Middle wards of Windsor Castle would be entitled to register at that address to vote in local and/or parliamentary elections. — Richardguk (talk) 14:51, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  This is what happens when you release data to the public. People ask questions. St James's Palace was extra-parochial (see City and Liberty of Westminster) as was the Tower of London (Liberties of the Tower of London). Buckingham Palace is probably too recent. Youngs describes Windsor Castle as "partly" in Windsor (UK Parliament constituency) and then Windsor and Maidenhead (UK Parliament constituency). I assume the "part" is the Lower Ward. MRSC (talk) 16:23, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Windsor Castle enclave 

message: The above councillors defected from the Conservative Party to the United Kingdom Independence Party, the ward list needs subsequently updatingGuyb123321 (talk) 16:08, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Be bold! - you could do that yourself. I've done it anyway. Bazza (talk) 15:49, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Tom Bursnall and Catherine Bursnall

message: User:MRSC inserted a statement in Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead stating that the name of the local authority is Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council. The link is to a page the same user only recently created which has no references at all. Some citation is required for this name, one which I have never heard of officially; it does not appear in any other references on Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, including  and the local authority's own site . Bazza (talk) 15:30, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It is used when referring explicitly to the council, rather than the borough.  Although as you point out, the council on their own website use "Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead" to mean both the borough and the council, which isn't especially helpful when trying talk about the two things separately. I suspect it is because they like to use the "Royal" title and this is applied to the borough and not the council. MRSC (talk) 17:13, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The Google search you gave does not back up your assertion. The first three contain no reference to "Windsor and Maidenhead Council". With the exception of a letter to the council from a member of the public from 2006 ([year this same uncited edit was last attempted]), a Freedom of Information Act question, and a pub list from Camra, the rest state "Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council" or "The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (the Council)". My own council tax demands are also from "The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead". The same Google search as yours with "Royal" added] returns results which unanimously suggest the name of the council is "The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council"; and   is similar without the site restriction. I'm happy for your edit to stand if there is sufficient evidence of "Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council", but none has been given to back your assertion that "it is used when referring explicitly to the council". Bazza (talk) 21:38, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council]]