Talk:Marshfield, Gloucestershire

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The title is wrong, can some person please change it to Marshfield (South Gloucestershire). In explanation, if a place is in South Gloucestershire that does not mean that the place is in the south of Gloucestershire! Confusing!!

This arises because, thanks to a remarkably silly piece of naming, South Gloucestershire is an entirely separate local government area to Gloucestershire and is not governed in any way from the Gloucestershire County Coucil HQ in Gloucester. It merely shares a similar name. In other words, when driving away from Marshfield, you will soon see a sign on the road saying Gloucestershire! In other words, Marshfield cannot be (and is not) in Gloucestershire.

Fnally, have a look at a county map of England where Glos and South Glos are clearly different places.

If this process of labelling places in South Gloucestershire as being in Gloucestershire continues, then Wikipedia is going to look an amateur piece of work for those who live in the area, and will tell a lie to those who don't - Adrian Pingstone 09:31, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

This issue wastes many person-hours. Marshfield is in the traditional county of Gloucestershire, and shares eg its Lord-Lieutenant and archive facilities with the GCC. Whether this suffices for WP purposes depends (I think) on whether South Glos UA is a district or a county in status. Well, it's a district inside a 'shadow county'... Linuxlad 21:57, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Can anyone give me some advice on how this page should be cleaned up? I've got loads to put in and want to make a good job of it. Cuzzer1202 13:10, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

August 2007. There still exists the issue of South Glos and Glous as the correct county for this entry. Marshfield is in South Glos which is nothing to do with the county of Glouscestershire. How do we remove the cleanup tag???? and sort the matter out??? Help 88.111.10.56 22:16, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Four years later so a bit late to comment but growing up in the village it was very clear 'We'me Gloster, they'm Wilshire" As to Zummerzet the least mentioned the better.YellowFratelloYellowFratello (talk) 10:03, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

Can the editor who provided the image for Marshfield county in south glos have a good look at the image. It seems to suggest that Marshfield is in Gloucestershire and not South Glous. It needs a clear up please. 16/08/07 Cuzzer1202 22:27, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Pre-history

Hi

Can someone add some information about the pre-historic side of Marshfied? At least mentioning the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Age sites that have been located through field walking as well as excavation. The area is littered with activity right through to the Romano-British period, it's only Saxon evidence which is scarce. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Microluv (talk • contribs) 14:16, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Re War Memorial.

"Joseph Morgan" full name is Joseph Edwin Morgan (sometimes erroneously given the middle name of Edward) served in the 9th Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regt. and died on Tuesday 31 July 1917 aged 31 yrs. He is buried in HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. He was the son of Charles and Ellen Morgan and husband of Alice Morgan of Hay Street, Marshfield. Father of Charles, Frederick, Denys, William, Arthur and Irene. Lived Hay Street. A plasterer and tiler. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.238.109.46 (talk) 09:50, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

References

Copyright problem removed

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Badly written

This article reeks of the worst kind of local historical research! Came on here mainly to put the Dylan Thomas stuff in.

Mummers

The references to King William are odd, as I saw the Mummers perform during the war (maybe 1942), and I definitely remember the story as involving St. George killing a Saracen, who is then revived by the doctor. Can someone clarify this? Jpaulm (talk) 15:48, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

Slavery

Is "West Indies trade" a euphemism for slavery? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.52.209.58 (talk) 15:38, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

Village not a town

Proof this place is a town and not a village. All the info I've seen says nowadays it's a village. Disturb995 (talk) 15:46, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

Slavery

mr crispe was a slave trader, one of the first, according to Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Nicholas_Crispe,_1st_Baronet

I find it unbelievable this is glossed over the text. 185.69.144.141 (talk) 16:09, 6 August 2023 (UTC)