On 07/09/18 08:37, Mark Goodge wrote:
It has a parish council that has not chosen to style itself as a town
council. So, officially, it's a village.
http://wickhammarket.onesuffolk.net/
It's also a bit small for a town. According to Wikipedia (which also
considers it a village) it has a population of just over 2,000. I
wouldn't normally consider that a town.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickham_Market
However, local usage may be different. The real question is whether OSM
has a policy of always following official usage or whether local usage
can take precedence.
As far as I know there is no official classification of places
as village or town - a town council is certainly a clue but lots
of places don't have a town (or parish) council at all so we
can't rely on that. A charter is another obvious hint.
I suspect this is a case that's kind of on the edge but I think
that village is what I would probably go with.
Tom
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