Can I mention the City of Brighton and Hove? The city status is held by the unitary authority (Brighton and Hove City Council). Neither Brighton nor Hove is a city.
//colin On 2016-02-12 15:23, Chris Hill wrote: > On 12/02/16 11:51, Ian Caldwell wrote: > >> On 11 February 2016 at 21:32, Michael Booth <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> So my question is, how are we defining villages, towns and cities? >> Only by population, or do we also take into account their >> generally accepted status (whilst trying to be consistent across >> the country)? >> >> In England towns will normally have a town council. Villages will normally >> have a parish council. Only really a name difference see >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_council#England_and_Wales . > The whole situation is complex. There are places with 'city status' that > really aren't for OSM's purposes, there are villages that become towns, > villages bigger than many towns that are still villages, there are town > council areas and civil parishes that have more than one settlement in them > with separate names, some of which may ormay not be a hamlet. I have found a > local example where a civil parish has declared itself to be a town, but both > of the settlements in it are still firmly villages (see > http://chris-osm.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/when-is-town-not-town.html). > > I love living in a country with such variety and I'm very pleased that OSM > copes nicely with this variety (if the tag and wiki fiddlers just leave > things alone).
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