Talk:Street, Somerset

Village or town?

From the lead paragraph: "Street is a village... The town has a population of...". I think its a town, and http://www.mendip.gov.uk/visiting/ says "Mendip has five historic towns Frome, Glastonbury, Shepton Mallet, Street and Wells and many enchanting villages." which also suggests town. In the UK and particularly Somerset) the status as one or the other is not entirely logical so I haven't changed anything yet. Thryduulf 00:19, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

I've changed it to town a while back I hope that's ok. It is indeed a town. I used to live there up until 6 years ago. It has two swimming pools, a theatre, a college, a secondary school, used to have a cinema, over 200 shops etc. Everything a town would have and a population of over 10,000 which would be considered a quite a sizeable city in the US. It is also the 2nd largest town in the Mendip district of Somerset, bigger than the nearby city of Wells. I may be interested in expanding this article sometime. There is certainly more that can be said about the place and compared with the Glastonbury article, a nearby town it is rather short.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Technically, it is still a village, as it doesn't have a town hall. But it is quite a large village all the same.

Technically you are correct it has "Crispin Hall", but it is quite absurd that a place with a population close to 12,000 now is a village and everyone there calls it a town. There are signposts in the place directing to the "town centre" as well. I think town is more appropriate as village belittles the place so i've reverted it back. YourPTR! 13:27, 23 June 2007 (UTC) ___

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Expanding the entry for Street, Somerset

As the 'town or village' discussion points out, the entry for Street is short in comparison with its smaller neighbour Glastonbury, for instance.

I have been thinking how it can be expanded, and so far have come up with this:

   * 1 Names

         o 1.1 Lantokay

(an entry based on the existing History section)

         o 1.2 Lega

(Domesday Book. Correct the misleading sentence about Lower Leigh, MiddleLeigh and Overleigh.)

         o 1.3 Strete, Street

(Mention the burning of Glastonbury Abbey and the use of blue lias from Street in the rebuilding. Correct the sentence about the Roman road (which was 100 yards to the south of the medieval and modern road)

   * 2 History - 

fossils (strictly prehistory, but an important element in Street's identity). Mention the 19th century fossil hunters.

St Gildas

first Civil War skirmish on Street Hill

         o 2.1 Sharpham Park 

(it has been disputed since the middle ages whether this belongs to Street or to Glastonbury) and its notable residents (see Notable People below)

         o 2.2 19th and 20th centuries - the expansion into a company town

   * 3 Industry
         o 3.1 Quarrying
         o 3.2 Manufacturing - Clarks and Morlands.
         o 3.3 Present

   * 4 Education
         o 4.1 Further Education college - 

<a href="http://www.strode-college.ac.uk/">Strode College</a>

         o 4.2 Secondary schools - 

<a href="http://www.crispin.somerset.sch.uk/">Crispin School</a>; <a href="http://www.millfield.somerset.sch.uk/">Millfield School</a>

         o 4.3 Special school - 

<a href="http://www.acornsnursery.org.uk/main.html">Avalon School</a>

         o 4.4 Primary schools -   

<a href="http://www.brooksideschool.ik.org/">Brookside School</a>; <a href="http://www.elmhurst.somerset.sch.uk/">Elmhurst School</a>; <a href="http://www.hindhayes.co.uk/">Hindhayes School</a>

         o 4.5 Nursery and infants schools

   * 5 Arts - 

<a href="http://www.strodetheatre.co.uk/">Strode Theatre</a>; <a href="http://www.atkinsongallery.co.uk/">Atkinson Gallery</a>; <a href="http://www.millfield.somerset.sch.uk/content.php?module=content&element=174">Meyer Theatre</a>; <a href="http://www.millfield.somerset.sch.uk/content.php?module=content&element=173">Concert Hall</a>; <a href="http://www.streetandwalton.co.uk">Parish Church</a> as concert venue

   * 6 Sport - 

Swimming Pools: <a href="http://www.greenbankpool.co.uk/">Greenbank open air pool</a>; <a href="http://www.avalonleisure.co.uk/index.cfm?otbcreate=c.showPage&pageID=33">Strode Pool</a>;

<a href="http://www.streetfootballclub.co.uk/">Football Club</a>;

Cricket;

<a href="http://www.victoriatennisclub.org.uk/">Tennis</a>;

Victoria Club

   * 7 Annual events

   * 8 Notable people - 

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Fielding">Henry Fielding</a> (bought Sharpham Park); <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_X._Merriman">John X Merriman</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fuge_Lowder">Charles Fuge Lowder</a> (Slum priest, hero of the London cholera epidemic, commemorated by the Church of England) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Polkinghorne">John Polkinghorne</a> (He was educated at Elmhurst Grammar School, not The Perse School as stated in his wikipedia entry) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Housman">Laurence Housman</a>

         o 8.1 Millfield alumni

   * 9 Natural environment

   * 10 Twinning: France; Germany

   * 11 References: McGarvie The Book of Street - and McG's other works on Street; other books in Street Library.

   * 12 External links
         o 12.1 Arts, entertainment and social
         o 12.2 Historic
         o 12.3 Tourism

I'd like the Street Society to have a link, but since I run the site I'm not sure if that is allowed. Davidparsons 13:15, 7 August 2007 (UTC) David Parsons