Talk:Alderley Edge

Assessment Report
DDStretch   (talk)  19:55, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Stub needs to be massively expanded.(See WikiProject UK geography/How to write about settlements for guidance.)
 * 2) Photos need to be added.
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Alderley Edge - History
• Does anyone agree that this section is incredibly rambling and needs tidying up?

The article as it stands confuses the geological feature of Alderley Edge with the village of Alderley Edge. According to National Trust sources the village was in fact called Chorley until comparatively recently. In 1842 the (new) railway station was called "Chorley for Alderley Edge", renamed in 1876 to just "Alderley Edge". This was to avoid confusion with Chorley in Lancashire. Thus the village was named after the geological feature, not vice versa.

== Think this has been covered - quote from page - ''The railway also gave Alderley Edge its current name. As the railway network expanded and travel became easier, the railway company did not want its station called Chorley any more because of the possible confusion with Chorley in Lancashire. So, in 1880 they renamed it Alderley Edge railway station against much opposition, taking the old name for the village and the name of the sandstone escarpment already known as The Edge.''

Agreed that this is referenced quite far down in the article, but many sentences (for example, "The first written evidence of Alderley Edge") are ambiguous as to whether they refer to the village or the geological feature. I think it would be clearer if "Alderley Edge village" was consistently used for the former and "Alderley Edge" for the latter unless the context is self-explanatory. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Merlin Cox (talk • contribs) 09:22, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

Agreed, just thought you may have missed that point but otherwise what you say is fine. (sorry for not signing last time) Geotek (talk) 11:25, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

Alderley Edge - mines
References (selected) have been added for the article about the mines. Pictures have been added also. Let me know if more detail is required. Nigel —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nigeldibben (talk • contribs) 10:31, 11 May 2007 (UTC).
 * I think we should try to make these references inline as far as is possible. Would this be possible for you to do, since you added most of them, and would know which places best to place them in the text?  DDStretch    (talk)  10:36, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
 * ooops - sorry. Ignore that, you've done it! I've also added a notes section to avoid mixing up superscripted stuff (which is sometimes needed) with the author-date forms of referencing.  DDStretch    (talk)  10:41, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

• Do you think it is worth creating a new page for the Alderley Edge mines - they take up a large proportion of the Alderley Edge page. They can still be referred to, just more briefly under the landmarks section...

Population number updated
"Population 4808 not 4809 according to the improved reference now cited". Oops, has somebody died recently ?? Jotel 17:26, 5 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Nope. It has come about because the two figures refer to slightly different things: one is for the civil parish, and one is for the ward, which is used to elect the district councillor. The two need not cover the same area. See Wards of the United Kingdom for an explanation. Looking at the 1:25000 OS Maps can also be illuminating, as they show many difefrent kinds of boundaries.  DDStretch    (talk)  20:27, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Addendum: if you look at the official government website for census figures, you can see the different shapes of Alderley Edge, meaning the ward, and Alderley Edge, meaning the civil parish. This gives the map of the civil parish (on right hand side of screen), and this gives the ward map. You can se they cover slightly different areas.  DDStretch    (talk)  20:51, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your comprehensive explanation, and for treating my question seriously :-) Jotel 06:26, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Demographics
Is it really necessary to give the same information twice: in the narrative and in the table? --Jotel 21:30, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
 * The text was meant to be a more detailed version of the table, but if you don't think it works feel free to remove it. Nev1 13:42, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I've since changed the demographics section, so that now it doesn't repeat the table as much. Nev1 11:33, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Noted :-), with thanks. I'm sure it's better if the original editor, not a 'third-party' makes this type of changes.--Jotel 11:37, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Missing year
"The civil parish was enlarged on 30 September" in the section Boundary changes. What was the year? The Roman Candle (talk) 16:34, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

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Manchester university produced a book on a dig they did here
https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9780719081989/

©Geni (talk) 00:29, 15 June 2023 (UTC)

Height of the Edge
The article currently asserts a height of 215m (= c.705ft) but not being referenced, quite where that figure comes from, who knows? There is no contour exceeding the 190m (= c.623ft) contour on OS 25K mapping where the interval is 5m. A spot height of 637ft (= c.194m) appears on the last 1" OS mapping whilst one of 193.2m (= c.634ft)appears on more detailed OS digital mapping on a track at grid ref SJ 8604 7688. Anyone have any further insights? cheers Geopersona (talk) 10:51, 9 December 2023 (UTC)