Talk:Blandford Forum

message: My surname is Blandford, and I once heard that after the great fire the surviving orphans whose family could not be located were renamed Blandford after the town...true or false??
I believe this is true. Source: unverifiable hearsay 81.157.125.99 (talk) 18:31, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
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message: I've just seen the photo of the tiwn hall. Is there any relation with it and the one in Monmouth? Simply south 16:33, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
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message: Are there any editors in or near Blandford Forum who would like to take some photographes for the Bastard brothers page?  This could be a very interesting and attractive page if it just had a few more images. Thanks Giano 09:25, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
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message: I think Blandford's population figure given in the article should just refer to the town itself and not include all the surrounding settlements such as Pimperne etc. Many of the surrounding villages have their own Wikipedia entries and I fail to see why the population of Blandford should include these as well, particularly as including surrounding populations introduces the question of where one draws the line (eg on that basis should the populations of places like Shillingstone and Tarrant Hinton also be included? It doesn't make sense) PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 18:34, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: What figures do the sources quote, and for what areas? Make whatever is in the article match whatever the sources say. --Simple Bob a.k.a. The Spaminator (Talk) 22:32, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

text: Dorset County Council states that five wards make up Blandford Forum - Blandford Station Ward, Blandford Damory Down Ward, Blandford Hilltop Ward, Blandford Langton St Leonards Ward, and Blandford Old Town Ward. 2009 mid-year estimates put the total for all five wards at 9,070 - which seems to be in line with the 2001 figures. Anything else is a different parish and therefore not part of Blandford Forum and therefore not the concern of the article. Do you concur?--Simple Bob a.k.a. The Spaminator (Talk) 22:53, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

text: The quoted 2001 figure varies slightly between various websites. I have been trying to get at the official figure online but without success so far. The 2011 figure will be out before very long.--Charles (talk) 23:14, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

text: If no-one objects I suggest a new section in the article, titled "Population" or "Demographics" (the latter sounding more rigorous?)- it can contain the info about the 5 wards as mentioned in  previous postings, plus the current number of dwellings and, if it's possible to locate a reliable source, figures for the town's population going back in time through previous Census returns? PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 21:31, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Your instinct is right. Follow the guide, which defines how articles about UK towns and cities would be organised in a perfect world - Wikipedia:UKCITIES --Simple Bob a.k.a. The Spaminator (Talk) 21:44, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
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message: I've just removed this deadlink from the lead of the article, seeing as the statement it was attached to is supported by other refs in the article. I've moved it here so it's available to be looked for at some point in the future. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 00:41, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
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message: Following the removal from the article of several instances of the word "important", I have re-added a phrase that indicates the significance of malting and brewing in the town in the 17th and 18th centuries. I believe this is necessary because the source states: "During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries several Dorset towns became important malting and brewing centres. Dorchester, Blandford, Shaftesbury and Cerne Abbas were particularly famous for their beer." PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 00:40, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
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