Talk:Shenfield

Notes on rewrite
I have amended the Geography Section somewhat. To sum up: Peter Shearan (talk) 13:20, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
 * To describe Shenfield as being an "affluent place to live" is a very POV statement: I know what you mean, but is it entirely correct - and what does it compare to?
 * Please, please tell what a "pillow town" is - "soft soil"? The geological map says it is either London Clay (very hard to work in wet weather) or sand and gravel - do they all sleep on the ground? There appears to be no definition of this - either in Wiki or Google, and as a geographer I have never heard of it, not can work out what its significance is in this context.
 * "well known" (major train station) is another phrase to avoid: maybe the people in a five-mile radius think that but this is an international encyclopedia; and why say "train station" and then railway station immediately afterwards? Wiki policy is to call UK stations "railway stations" And is it particularly "signiificant" as a junction? All junctions have a significance in terms of the main route.
 * finally, take a look at these articles, both cross-referred:
 * London Commuter Belt - especially its discussion page. There is really no such defined area
 * Green Man - a disambiguation page. Why the need to refer to that?

I tracked back to when the pillow-town comment was added. It was added by an IP user, early in 2007, who only ever made 3 edits one of which was immediately reverted as vandalism. Following some focussed google searches it seems the only online references to the expression in a geographic context link back to this article so it seems highly likely it was a spoof edit. I have therefore removed accordingly. Re significance of junction - it will become more significant as the main eastern terminus of CrossRail - mmm, probably ought to mention that. I also removed wikilink from St Mary's School since the Shenfield one does not have a wiki listed on the disambiguation page - I have added instead link to the school's website. DaveK@BTC (talk) 13:32, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

As a native of Essex, I've commonly heard/seen the term dormitory town to describe places near to London populated by commuters but never pillow town (until now). 94.196.193.48 (talk) 20:31, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Census data
I did a review of the census data, because the figure quoted of 20,790 seemed excessive. That figure comes from a PDF published by Brentwood Council that doesn't specify any further references. The official UK Census 2011 data however shows that Shenfield only had 5,432 residents (http://www.ukcensusdata.com/shenfield-e05004078). This seems more plausible, given the fact that there were only 2,140 households. Also, if the original figure of 20,790 were correct, then Shenfield would consistute 90% of Brentwood by population, which is clearly incorrect. I've corrected the population to reflect the official census figures. Solipsia (talk) 09:19, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

How is this town?
Shenfield is literally a small area of the town of Brentwood. Why has this been reverted as being a town? 2A02:C7C:B459:F500:3C2B:C231:C7EF:D921 (talk) 19:44, 20 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Please don't refuse to discuss. Talk here before you revert back, otherwise it is edit warring. 2A02:C7C:B459:F500:2D70:68C9:EB89:2E14 (talk) 19:20, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
 * @DragonOfBatley Do not refuse discussion. You are edit warring again. Please explain before I report you. 2A04:4A43:54DF:D8FA:0:0:1964:561 (talk) 07:23, 23 April 2024 (UTC)