Talk:Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

Chestnut Hill, Newton

 * There seems to be some confusion about the Newton part of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Very simply put, the city of Newton has a village called Chestnut Hill which is the Newton part of the village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. clariosophic (talk) 20:28, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Chestnut Hill is not an autonomous "village". It is a postal district of Newton MA. It is also a geographical formation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.74.143.190 (talk) 06:59, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Chestnut Hill - not a Massachusetts village
This article defines Chestnut Hill as a village, and then links to Massachusetts Village. The list of villages in that article shows only one including parts of more than one municipality - Chestnut Hill. As they used to say - "One of these things is not like the others - one of these things does not belong."

Telling people that Boston College is 'in Chestnut Hill' can only confuse them unless they have knowledge not contained in the article. This should be very simple - is the main campus in Boston or Newton or both? Plain writing and plain facts are always best.

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The Chestnut Hill School
The Chestnut hill school should have a link on this page. They’ve provided quality education since 1860. Some of the smartest people I know went there Dgold11 (talk) 01:57, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
 * , your recent addition was reverted for violating our Manual of Style's rules on use of external links and nothing else. You are more than welcome to add the school's name to section on education. The grades they serve would also be appropriate. Comments about the quality of education they provide wouldn't be appropriate. Your addition should be sourced of course. It would be fine to use the link you added improperly as a reference. For instructions on how to add references, see WP:Referencing for beginners. Thanks. John from Idegon (talk) 04:36, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

Chesnut hill is a region not a village
Echoing this - please let’s discuss and get the bottom of this.

This article defines Chestnut Hill as a village, and then links to Massachusetts Village. The list of villages in that article shows only one including parts of more than one municipality - Chestnut Hill. As they used to say - "One of these things is not like the others - one of these things does not belong." Telling people that Boston College is 'in Chestnut Hill' can only confuse them unless they have knowledge not contained in the article. This should be very simple - is the main campus in Boston or Newton or both? Plain writing and plain facts are always best. 73.227.213.55 (talk) 19:00, 8 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Hard disagree with this assessment. The use of village as a term is widely supported in local literature and associations (the local village/neighbourhood association in Chestnut Hill is called the | Chestnut Hill Village Associates), likely due in part to the tradition in Newton to refer to what other cities and towns may refer to as neighbourhoods as villages instead. This is supported by | Historic Newton as well as the | city’s government itself. The fact that it is unlike other villages in Massachusetts in crossing municipal boundaries is simply happenstance of its development, but not something that removes its status as a village, because of the nature of villages in Massachusetts to not be legally defined in statue or constitution.
 * As for Boston College, they refer to themselves in their own documentation as being in Chestnut Hill, the ZIP code within which they reside uses that name, one of the nearby train stations uses that name, as well as things like broadcasting of sporting events on the campus almost invariably use “Chestnut Hill, MA” as the location identifier. BC also calls their main campus the “Chestnut Hill Campus” as opposed to a different campus entirely in Newton which is the university’s “Newton Campus.” The university does not feel the need to explain that their main campus technically straddles the municipal boundary, while sitting firmly inside Chestnut Hill. The idea that this confusing by nature of the village not firmly following municipal boundaries misrepresents the idea of place in the general area. Oftentimes place is more associated with neighbourhood/village than with town/city. When one goes from one end of the Campus and goes across the street to the Boston College T station, it would be considered crossing from Chestnut Hill to Brighton (or Allston-Brighton), not Newton to Boston. This is supported as well in the ZIP codes of both referring to Chestnut Hill and Brighton, respectively, and not Newton and Boston in preferred name. Picmpl (talk) 09:13, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
 * 100% agree, it’s often referred to as a village. Mr Balding (talk) 23:02, 13 January 2024 (UTC)