Talk:Waterlooville

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Politics

The details of Michael Mates / East Hampshire parliamentary constituency appears to have been removed. I live in Hart Plain (.5 miles from the town centre) which is within the East Hants constituency so have replaced the info, but perhaps someone could the confirm the true borders(?)

--Taz&dev 20:23, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Good question and difficult to find out! I have however updated the link the East Hampshire to be East Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency) and the Havant one to Havant (constituency) to make that a bit clearer. Will atempt to look up the boundary.

Ben 21:29, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Update. Using http://www.election-maps.co.uk (as recommended by the Speaker of the Commons!) and the constituancy 'Havant', and the Waterlooville postcode PO7 7AA (Waterlooville center). Look for the 3 roundabouts - Maurepas Way/London Road - and have the green westminster constituancy 'tick' on - and you can see it what is put in the entry is (now) correct being 'Havant' (Havant Boro Const), 'East Hampshire' (East Hampshire Co Const). I also notice that the 'Winchester Co Const' (Soon to be Meon Valley Const) dips over the middle roundabout, but I don't think anyone lives on that or it is 'real' Waterlooville so I wouldn't add it. Hope that solves it? Ben 21:54, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

History

Information regarding Eric Jacksons electrical has been removed. Proof that it's the oldest retailer in Waterlooville can be found here: https://ericjacksons.co.uk/about-us-page/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.172.230.181 (talk) 23:00, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

That's a primary source. Is there a secondary source to back it up? WaggersTALK 10:44, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

Origin of Name

The most notable thing about this town - and probably the only reason why anyone would look it up - is why it's called Waterlooville. An unsourced 'local tradition' explanation doesn't really do it. DeCausa (talk) 22:22, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Population

This article gives the population of Waterlooville as both 10,000 and 64,000. A bit of a difference. Which is it? Bazonka (talk) 20:50, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Havant Borough Council gives 45991, for a total of the four wards quoted in Waterlooville#Politics. The lede is presumably quoting 10000 for a smaller area. - David Biddulph (talk) 06:53, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Using the map linked to above, I would argue that Stakes, Waterloo, and maybe parts of Hart Plain are in Waterlooville (giving a population of 18,887 - ~25,000), although that's my personal opinion. I don't know if you'd be able to get actual town boundaries (if they even exist). Will Bradshaw (talk) 20:27, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Weather box

User:Martinevans123 User:PaleCloudedWhite I do not think that a settlement should have a weather box referenced to a weather station outside the area concerned, rather weather boxes should only be used if the weather station is inside the area covered by the article. Hence countries and regions could justifiably have one, but not villages nor many towns. The one in this article should be removed, perhaps leaving a link to a page which justifiably includes one. SovalValtos (talk) 12:21, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Agree. I feel this idea may have now finally met its Waterloo(ville). Martinevans123 (talk) 12:25, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

I am not opposed to nearby weather stations having their data presented in settlement articles, provided they are close by and could reasonably be expected to have a similar climate as the article's settlement (e.g. at similar altitude etc.), and that their location is made explicit in the text/summary. In the case of Waterlooville, the nearest Met Office weather station is at Thorney Island, though the climate data for this site seems to be unavailable online (this is the only page I could find). I agree that the box currently used in the article is unsatisfactory, as it is unclear where its data is gathered from. The text about the climate is also unsatisfactory, as it makes some rather odd statements e.g. "the climate in the area does have mild differences between highs and lows" and "Southwesterly winds keep the sunshine hours up between late March and mid September". These should probably be removed. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 13:54, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

Market Town?

I would not describe this as a market town. The Wikipedia definition of a market town is: "A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market" It is just a town. It should be noted that it does have a market however there is no royal charter to my understanding. 85.255.237.163 (talk) 20:16, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

History expansion

Perhaps the History section could be expanded using the 3-volume history by Steve Jones, and his book on its pubs as well as the booklets by A J C (John) Reger and Mike Hill. and webpages by Tim Lambert Mcljlm (talk) 21:58, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

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