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OK. By the way, an unreferenced claim at
Village says "Some hamlets, particularly those that have a medieval church, may be the result of the depopulation of a village." Not a very strong counterargument: perhaps we could say in a footnote, "very small village that could be described as a hamlet despite its parish church." --
Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (
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09:26, 29 November 2010 (UTC)reply
If it's unreferenced, perhaps better to rely on a good dictionary? I use
Chambers most, and it says of 'village': "a manor, a parish, or an outlying part of a parish", and all of those apply to Great Chalfield. For 'hamlet', Chambers says "a cluster of houses in the country". For me, the distinction isn't one to worry about, but the articles we have in
Category:Hamlets in Wiltshire are nearly all about places that weren't ever parishes and probably weren't manors, either, so that might be where to let the dividing line fall?
Moonraker2 (
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15:19, 1 December 2010 (UTC)reply