Talk:Torrisholme

This page is about a small village in which I was born, It seems that this page has been the subject of pranksters for some time. The village itself is now part of Morecambe, but it has a notable history, I think a reasonable article could be created, especially about the very early history of the barrows.

SallyBoseman 00:54, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Suggested additions for Torrisholme article
At the summit of Torrisholme Barrow is a bowl barrow 32 meters in diameter, reputed to contain the remains of Torvald, a 10th-century local Viking chief. An Ordnance Survey triangulation point marks the burial mound. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Waltoncats (talk • contribs) 18:29, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
 * A bowl barrow is mentioned on http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=11442 which presumably refers to the it, however it does not mention a Viking chief, and a more reliable source would be needed (it is also referred to as both a bowl barrow and a round barrow, which appear to be different things (they have separate Wikipedia articles). There is also http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/Environment/lmwlp/adoption/APAppendices.pdf which mentions a Bronze Age round barrow (I've added this to the article); is that also the same one? — Snigbrook  19:47, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
 * A bowl barrow is the simplest type of round barrow, hence both names are correct. I believe that the name Torrisholme comes from 'Torvald's Holme', where holme is the Viking name for island (the central hill in the village used to lie above the marshy ground next to Morecambe bay). However, the association of the barrow with Torvald is tenuous (it's taught to the local schoolchildren), although the Vikings did use mounds for burials. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumulus#Britain — WaltonCats 16:45, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Education
I went to Torrisholme county primary 1961 to 1969 we did indeed use all metric toys - metric wooden blocks and 50 / 100ml water jugs for play. All the rulers were metric too. I think the only thing that was still in old measurements were the 1/3 pints bottles for our milk :) 81.155.171.106 (talk) 11:21, 20 October 2017 (UTC)