Talk:Barry, Vale of Glamorgan

Etymology
The article claims "Barr" = "Hill". My little knowledge of etymology and the closeness of "Barr" and "Barry" make this sound unlikely. The article on Barry Island claims the name derives from "Saint Baruc". Neither article gives a source. The county council gives the story of the saint: "It is thought that the name Barry possibly derives from Saint Baruc who was drowned in the Bristol Channel and buried on Barry Island.". So I'm going to edit the article and give this source. Dcutter (talk) 10:32, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

Untitled
"The Chinese symbol for barry is a rat."?? And some random babblings about road numbers and chicken and egg situations. Is this vandalism or am I missing something? I'm new to Wikipedia so didn't like to just delete this stuff. I'll revert to the previous version once I figure out how! Dave Beta 20:33, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Have changed around the order for editing purposes - was some what higgledy-piggldy before, with history/comments/modern etc mixed --Trident13 10:33, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Sorry that i'm anon, but replaced some vandalism to 'The Arts' section.

Map
You might consider adapting this map for your use on this page. The current map is so small, the red dot could easily mark Cardiff. --Pat 22:09, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

The Heading is "Talk Barry, Vale of Glamorgan". The map is therefore completely useless as an indication of where Barry, or the Vale of Glamorgan, is located. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.206.69.153 (talk) 22:18, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Justification for altering geotags
There are three geotags at the start of this article, which had pointed to separate locations. All of these pinpointed apparently random houses, which I didn't think was particularly helpful (except maybe to the residents if they were lost!), and certainly not self-consistent. The one in the lead paragraph seemed to come from Google Earth's marker for the town, while the OS grid reference matched that returned from their in-site search engine. Although the coordinates might seem to be given some legitimacy by these sources, they're still not particularly indicative of the town.

I decided to mark out the points furthest north, E, S, and W on a map and then calculate the town centre. Remarkably, this actually coincided with the main square in the 'town centre', so by geography and community, I believe this point (51°24'23.00"N 3°16'0.00"W) to be the most appropriate to use, and have changed all three to reflect this. - ObfuscatePenguin 12:03, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

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old image
The picture of 'Trinity Street' at the head of the article is very old as it predates the extensive redevelopment around the western end of Barry Docks, visible in the middle distance. 90.250.1.152 (talk) 19:19, 8 September 2023 (UTC)