Talk:Shadwell

Comments
"The population has grown from 8,000 in 1674 to 196,121 today, with an average weekly wage of £773" removed as today's population number clearly means something larger than Shadwell - Tower Hamlets?--Henrygb 00:36, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Plagiarism
A little concerned that most of the text here is: It is OK to use referenced paraphrase from the website, but to copy it, without attribution is copyright violation. The way forward is to ref the text, and add material from other sources in paraphrase. Cheers. Kbthompson 16:49, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) unreferenced, and
 * 2) most of it derives verbatim from East of London Family History.

Plus I think that the "north basin"-picture is actually in Wapping. Miskin 13:48, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Jefferson
This sentence: " Father of Thomas Jefferson, Peter Jefferson and whose father Thomas Jefferson had and built his estate in Ablemarle County, Virginia's boyhood home was named Shadwell after the Shadwell parish." is both incredibly difficult to understand, and wrong: the county is Albemarle [].

I suppose it's the result of composition by committee, or by wikipedians, all adding bits, or rearranging the words, until this scrambled egg of a sentence results!

But without knowing what is meant, I'm unable to unscramble or correct it.

Nick Barnett (talk) 23:00, 3 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Makes no sense to me either, and isn't sourced- as a result, I've removed it until such a time that someone can understand and source it. Joseph2302 (talk) 10:32, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress
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'Origins': notice of intent to rewrite
This section needs to be rewritten — this time, founded on reliable archaeological sources. For example, the third century 'signal tower' has long since been debunked. Ttocserp (talk) 10:03, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

Etymology
"In the 13th century, the area was a low lying marsh known as Scadflet, from the Anglo-Saxon fleot, meaning a shallow creek or bay"; but the 'fleot' part has gone, and what would be more relevant is an explanation of 'Scad'; in any case, can we have a source? Roryharrow (talk) 21:33, 10 June 2023 (UTC)