Talk:Ashington
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[edit] Village?
The oddity with the 'village' claim is that if true, it makes Ashington undoubtedly the largest village in England, unless disqualified on other counts. And yet nobody is making such a claim. Morwen - Talk 17:10, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
It seems ridiculous repeatedly toggling the status of Ashington from town to village. What's wrong with 'town/village'? Or perhaps a less controversial term such as 'settlement' or 'urban area'? Please do not toggle this back and forth unless you have evidence that you are correct (which may be impossible to find as there is no official definition of a village). Ideas please... --Jilly 12:34, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
I have lived in Ashington all of my life and i consider it to be a town, as do all of my friends/family (all Ashington Residents). Considering Ashington has 7 schools, a college, a football ground, a cricket ground, a rugby ground, 4 churches, 5 large supermarkets, 3 industrial estates with another currently under construction, 2 retail parks, a bus station equal in size to Newcastle Upon Tyne's Haymarket station, 20 pubs/clubs, 1 nightclub, one of the largest and most advanced hospitals in the north east and a large pedestrianized shopping precinct... That seems a bit much for a village to me, even the "largest village in England". While it is true Ashington was once referred to as the "largest mining village in the world", that was around 100 years ago. Ashington has since expanded both in size and amenities a great deal, I'd also like to point out that in local newspapers and tv reports Ashington is always refered to as a town, if anyone is still in doubt over the town/village debate i invite you to visit the official Ashington website [1] which refers to Ashington as a town. As for our accent being called "pitmatic"... well i've never heard of that im afraid. Jonesy82 00:31, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Population
[2] shows historical census population. Shows there was a peak of about 30,000 in the 30s/40s, but declined sharply since - and has now risen again back to the same level???? Morwen - Talk 15:56, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
