Talk:Corsham

Claim to be a town

 * Corsham is not listed in the List of towns in England. Is there a source for the claim to be a town?. -- Chris j wood 11:14, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Yes - here (scroll down to the first paragraph of thumbnail history - 'Corsham is a small town in a...'). It's... Thelb4! 18:35, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

To do
I have added a new to do list (at the top). I invite you to claim items that you want to spend some time on, and be bold in adding new material to the article. Click this watch link to watch the to do list. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 09:23, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Infobox
This infobox Infobox England place looks the most appropriate. Lets fill it out, then paste it into the article. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 10:28, 5 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Could we have the photograph in the infobox, and the location map as a separate illustration further down the article? I think the photo is a more striking and interesting way to start the article?  --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 10:56, 5 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Done. All we need now is the population. Thanks for lending your expertise, Steinsky. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 12:40, 5 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Got the population, and posted the infobox. Thanks again! --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 13:02, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Merge from Corsham Railway Cutting
That article consists of one sentence and some links. I think both articles will benefit from moving the material here. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 14:16, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Corsham Railway Cutting is part of a systematic listing of all Sites of Special Scientific Interest, and is I think best left alone. Rwendland 23:56, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Surrounding villages
I have a preference for articles to cover an entire civil parish or borough, and not just the town, as this one does. Therefore piped links like Neston, Wiltshire link here. This was my reasoning for mentioning the surrounding villages and hamlets in bold in the lead section, so that readers not only get an early overview of the district, but are reassured that the article is relevant to the village they are researching. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 14:18, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I take that point completely, but stylistically, every time I came to the page that block of bold in the lead stuck out like a sore thumb to me. Since the town itself is the centre of the parish, geographically and thematically, it makes sense to concentrate on it in the lead with maybe a mention of surrounding, smaller, settlements at the end of the lead with an expansive section later on. I had it in mind to do that, with a map and brief sections on each. That would suffice until each has its own article, but I will follow whatever guidelines and consensus establish. However, I think we are approaching WP:GA and I am working through the ToDo list. -- Rodhull andemu  14:26, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Article class
Now we have the infobox and an overview of the key features of the district, I think this is a B-Class article. I have changed the box above - but is it right for me to tag it myself (I did a little of the work) or is there a place to ask an outside editor to review and tag it?

A few more to the 'to do' list attempted, and it could go for Good Article review. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 13:22, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

The article has been greatly expanded [], since the assessment of 2007 that demoted it to Start class. I have promoted it to B class again, and crossed many items off the to-do list. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 14:32, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Merge
Content has been added from an article that was merged and redirected following an WP:AfD consensus. Regular editors to Corsham may wish to review and copy edit the new content as necessary. See section: Education, and compare diffs for details. --Kudpung (talk) 02:12, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Cosseham vs. Cosseha
In the history section it is stated that Corsham is mentioned in the Domesday book as Cosseham and further down that it is recorded as " Cosseha in 1086". To me the latter seems to also refer to the Domesday book and to be a misreading not considering the 'hook' above the latter "a", s. the image on https://opendomesday.org/place/ST8670/corsham/, which is to be interpreted as "m" here.

https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Community/Index/71 is given as a source for the spellings Coseham and Cosseha. I find neither claim in the source.

And by the way: How do you pronounce Corsham? Cors-ham or Cor-sham (as in Melksham)? PhiRho~dewiki (talk) 09:58, 1 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Agreed. You would be entirely justified in removing the mentions of Cosseha and Coseham.
 * For the pronunciation, as a Wiltshire resident I've always heard Cor-shum (not a typo, the 'a' is spoken as 'u'). Likewise Melkshum and Chippnum (for Chippenham). -- Wire723 (talk) 20:27, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you. So I did after searching around a bit without success for a source of the spelling "Coseham". PhiRho~dewiki (talk) 15:44, 25 May 2024 (UTC)