Talk:Godmanchester

message: When I added to the main article, the statement that it had been seriously suggested that the name of Godmanchester be changes to Deitypersonchester (for reasons of political correctness), I was perfectly serious!
Subsequent edits have now removed it ...
I first heard this discussed (in Cambridge, as it happens) around 1998.
The problem is that the only form of reference to back my assertion would be of the Personal communication variety. And alas, the person with whom I was discussing this over ten years ago is now dead. Therefore I am unable to contact him to ask for a letter which I might cite after scanning it in ...
There is also the matter of my name vs. my Wikipedia User Name.
I still tyhink that this possibility is well-worth mentioning in the article!
Suggestions are welcome! Hair Commodore (talk) 13:58, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I would suggest that someone was pulling your leg. This is obvious nonsense. The fact that you can't find a reliable source says a lot. Even if you could get the person who told you about this to write you a letter this would carry no more weight than you just saying it yourself. What we would need is something like a press report not dated 1st April quoting a council official as stating that a process of consultation had begun with a view to changing the name of the town to Deitypersonchester. I certainly won't be holding my breath. Old Man of Storr (talk) 06:19, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deitypersonchester 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Godmanchester is generally referred to as a town rather than a village.  It has a town council, two royal charters  and the cricket club is Godmanchester Town.  I'd suggest that we switch the six remaining uses of 'village' in the article to 'town', but wanted to check here before doing so.  Gilgamesh4 (talk) 07:18, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: That seems sensible. Settlement hierarchy#Low Density says "a town has a population of 1,000 to 10,000". Martinevans123 (talk) 21:31, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Town rather than village