Talk:Staunton (near Coleford)

Two Stauntons
We need to decide how the name two entries for the two villages called Staunton, both in the Forest of Dean district council and Gloucestershire. On the district council website the two names are "STAUNTON (Coleford)" and "STAUNTON (Glos.)". Iccaldwell (talk) 12:12, 9 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I agree, this article should be renamed Staunton, Coleford and the other village named Staunton, Gloucester, any thoughts? 89.240.112.34 (talk) 13:16, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I suggest Staunton, near Coleford, Gloucestershire, and Staunton, near Gloucester, Gloucestershire. Ghmyrtle (talk) 20:39, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Citing & References
The article needs wikifying and citing - Im sure a few of us can polish this up. Any takers? Who entered most of the info?Jeremy Bolwell (talk) 17:05, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Most of the text came from a separate page which was created at Staunton, near Coleford by User:Browngoat - who has not contributed elsewhere and didn't respond to my message on his/her talk page. When I merged it with this page to avoid duplication, I didn't check whether it came from a community website or was the editor's own text.  Feel free to polish away!  Ghmyrtle (talk) 21:10, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi GH - Youre on the case alert as usual - good stuff. I will have a look at it. Jeremy Bolwell (talk) 16:32, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Having cited a few references I must check out one - the reference of the estimated weight, 14,000 tons looks excessive. I have checked out two independent sources, the original and one that cites a range from 4,000 tons to 14,000. I havent been there on foot for over 5 yrs so worth a visit. Jeremy Bolwell (talk) 09:54, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
 * If you assume one ton in weight per cubic metre of rock I guess it weighs in excess of 1400 tons (based on pacing it out on the ground and estimating its height at all faces during a recent visit). I defer to any experts on this if any have anything to add before I amend the 14,000 to 1400. BTW thats the weight of 22 Challenger 2 tanks. Jeremy Bolwell (talk) 16:23, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Suggested historical reference material
Inviting contributors to expand the article using the following account: --Bhogrok (talk) 11:11, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
 * 'Staunton', A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 5: Bledisloe Hundred, St. Briavels Hundred, The Forest of Dean (1996), pp. 272-284. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23263

Teddy Bears' Picnic
The paragraph on this song seems to have been added by an anonymous IP and is unsourced. Furthermore the section claims that the lyrics supposedly refer to words spoken to John W. Bratton by the lady he was seeing - this is very odd since the article Teddy Bears' Picnic says that Bratton never wrote lyrics for the tune and those associated with it were written by Jimmy Kennedy. Without a source it seems a fanciful tale. Autarch (talk) 00:01, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Said passage is now removed.Autarch (talk) 00:04, 15 May 2020 (UTC)