Talk:Earl Shilton

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The map needs fixing. Earl Shilton isn't that far south.

This article at 105 kilobytes needs major pruning. It's written more like an essay than an encyclopedia article, what with the quotes from the Boy Scout Master and a "Mr. T.J. Langdon" (who?). I don't think it's supposed to recollect the entire history of the village. ... disco spinster   talk  17:31, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
 * And please don't remove the cleanup tag unless you've actually cleaned up the article. I will keep replacing it.  ...  disco spinster   talk  20:09, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Associations with Earl Shilton - A Leicestershire Village
This buckshot stab at a history is based on the village of Earl Shilton in Leicestershire, where I spent my childhood. I have attempted to tell the tale of some of the characters, places and the surrounding area associated with the village, which over the years has influenced its development. I hope you enjoyed it.

John N Lawrence

George Harry Foster A Tribute to an Earl Shilton Historian

George Harry Foster had a deep love of Earl Shilton’s history and his house, in Earl Street, was like a local museum He had a fine collection of coins, old books and local parish records. George always made himself available to enquirers and students of history.

George was a member of the archaeological society and also the Leicestershire Footpaths Society, and was keen to preserve the ancient bridle ways. Never a car owner, he travelled covered many miles on his cycle. He was active in the Methodist Church, a founder member of The Adult School and many Earl Shilton charities. During World War II George Harry served with the RAF.

His last trip outside the village was to the newly opened Richard III Centre in Market Bosworth. Mr Foster’s death was unexpected as just the day before he we out to see the Earl Shilton Sunday School Treats.

In 1940 Mr Foster wrote a history of Earl Shilton and Potters Marsden, which started my own interest in the topic.

This work owes much to Mr Foster’s research.

Suggested editing I
While respecting the efforts of the main author, and not having any family links with Leicestershire (hence I am making a neutral judgement), some of the anecdotes could be pruned as they elaborate on events extraneous to the locality that is the subject of the article (such as that surrounding the death of Lord Falkland, and the medieval civil wars). I would leave this to any users who are local to the area rather than wade in myself.Cloptonson (talk) 19:14, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Suggested editing II - 'The Old Volunteers' section
This section ought to have an alternative title to reflect the mix of subjects covered within it, or be broken up. The Volunteers (Militia) take up but 3 lines out of more than 20 lines of the overall section.Cloptonson (talk) 08:28, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

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Lets do this merger
So it's been decided and there is a heavy consensus for merging Earl Shilton Albion FC into the sport section of this article. I suppose we shall start this over the coming weeks. BMB YT 500000 (talk) 18:19, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

Can we stop
I simply don't see the need for this large of a history section for the page. The town does not have THAT much encyclopedic content, and most is unsourced or unnecessary. As such, I will attempt to clear it up. BMB YT 500000 (talk) 19:38, 12 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I have detached some contents of the history section to make sections in own right, namely Transport, Sport and Industry. (In the latter could be incorporated some of the detail concerning the economic non-agrarian aspects of the local history.)Cloptonson (talk) 21:21, 23 March 2022 (UTC)


 * UPDATE AND SUGGESTIONS - I have now raised citation needs throughout the local history sections and tightened up on the prose to make it read more encyclopaedic in tone. I have also merged two pairs of duplicated topic subsections. Those with access to local history books and other printed/online sources should be able to find references (preferably giving page numbers), considering much of this was based on one person's writings and much may also be obtained from the Victoria County History of Leicestershire if Earl Shilton is covered. May I also suggest:

Cloptonson (talk) 10:35, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
 * a section on Education not only incorporating details on history of education in Earl Shilton but also making plain what schools and other educational facilities are in operation today.
 * a Local governance section - it is not clear what local authority area Earl Shilton came under following the local government acts of 1889, 1894 and 1974.
 * more dating of eg when buildings were erected or demolished, when local personalities died etc. (The subsection on the Turnpike lacks date as to when it was set up.)
 * a Religion section in which the various denominations worship places could be mentioned. I notice solitary mention of a Wesleyan Methodist chapel without other mention of existence of Methodism in Earl Shilton.


 * Ok, some good points there. BMB YT 500000 (talk) 15:58, 1 April 2022 (UTC)