> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Nick Whitelegg > Sent: 20 May 2007 13:17 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Talk-GB] Place name mapping party, experiences > > > > Just wondering what criteria people are using to determine what's > a village > and what's just a farm, or manor house, or something. > > Currently I'm doing an area about 20 miles from where I used to live, and > about 40 miles from where I live now where I've heard of most of > the villages > but not actually been there, so to speak. So my current criteria > is: "if I've > heard of it, or if it's in large type, put it in". There are a few other > things in small italic type which might be hamlets, but which > might not be... > > Nick
I'm using a combination of guesswork based on type - though undoubtledly things will have changed since the 1940s-1950s - and location, local knowledge, wikipedia and cross checking with http://www.gazetteer.co.uk/ (which I think is reasonable - I'm not copying from there, just using it as a cross reference) David _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk-gb
