Talk:Thornbury, Gloucestershire

Antiquarian mathematical bookshop?

Under 'other attractions', this is included "Thornbury has an antiquarian mathematics bookshop". I lived in Thornbury over twenty years and never found this, and my mathematician father who lives there now hasn't heard of it either. Is this a mistake (possibly a confusion with another Thornbury), or just a very well hidden shop? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.136.198.184 (talk) 13:52, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure it's a mistake (I live here and have explored Thornbury thoroughly, and have an interest in bookshops, especially more unusual and specialist ones). I like to entertain the magical but unlikely idea that we have a well-hidden secret bookshop though! De121 (talk) 15:45, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

Added USA Connection

The following was added "Thornbury Township, Pennsylvania, USA was established in 1687 and named by George Pearce after Thornbury, Gloucestershire. the native town of his wife Ann" ==BMaskell (talk) 17:04, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Baby with the bathwater?

The following was added by 82.32.209.47 to the "other attractions" section, and then Maybe that should go back in. Or maybe Hector Maclaine is a made-up name. Anyone know which?—GraemeMcRae^talk 21:08, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Hello, it was me that added the bit about the fountain. It is true, honest. You can check on the town council's website at: http://www.thornburytowncouncil.gov.uk/things_to_see_and_do.htm And I'm annoyed that people keep messing around with the page. Who is this Craig anyway? (about 22:15 GMT, 27th October)

Ok, the fountain stuff is back in the article. Its a mystery why vandals spend so much effort. It's not hard to revert their mischeif, but unfortunately some good edits get accidentally swept away. I'm glad we caught this one.—GraemeMcRae^talk 22:55, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Cryptic quote: "the pump don't work 'cos vandals took the handle". It comes to all of us ;-)

Similar things happen to the article about my home town. Basically, it is down to the local schoolkids who had nothing better to do in IT lessons than go on Wikipedia and mess up articles. I am told that it is no longer possible to access Wikipedia from the school computers. Guy 15:01, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Thornbury's 'suburbs'

I'm from Thornbury and I've never before come across the idea of the town having named districts. It's possible that Morton (a hamlet since absorbed by Thornbury's housing estates) is still regarded as a distinct place by older residents who lived in the town before its post-war expansion. (This expansion hasn't yet reached Upper and Lower Morton, which are still physically separate hamlets just outside the town.) But I've never encountered Thornbury Park anywhere except on OS maps, where it seems to be applied to the fields behind the castle.

Does anyone else have any opinions on this? James von Mann 13:15, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Merger proposal

I propose to merge Morton, Gloucestershire into Thornbury, Gloucestershire. I think that the content in the Morton, Gloucestershire article can easily be explained in the context of Thornbury, Gloucestershire, and the Thornbury, Gloucestershire article is of a reasonable size that the merging of Morton, Gloucestershire will not cause any problems as far as article size is concerned. — Rod ^talk 20:28, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

I have no objections to this, noting in Vision of Britain, doesn't appear to be in the Domesday Book. Crouch, Swale (talk) 20:30, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

Sounds sensible. Bmcln1 (talk) 20:49, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

Thanks - I've now done the merge.— Rod ^talk 10:21, 22 July 2020 (UTC)