Talk:Braintree, Essex

Origin of Name

Braintree has a curious name. I would be intrigued if someone wrote a section on the origin of its name. 86.134.83.41 16:30, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

I always believed Braintree was named after the Walnut tree. Open the top and it looks like brain! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.255.117.174 (talk) 07:19, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

Difference between England and Essex

What is the diference betweenEngland and Essex? Thankyou, 70.243.248.131 23:07, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

• Essex (like Kent, Cambridgeshire, Lancashire, Sussex, Hertfordshire, and others) is a county/region inside England. —TheJC (Talk • Contribs • Count) 01:55, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Requested move 2007

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The result of the proposal was no consensus to move the page, per the discussion below. Dekimasuよ! 11:42, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

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Braintree, Essex → Braintree — The city in Essex appears to have more inhabitants than the city in Massachusetts, hence it must be the primary usage. —Reginmund 01:37, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

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• Support - as nom Reginmund 01:37, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose you shouldn't be on this site

The town in Massachussetts is over ~400 years old and the one in Vermount more than 200. I think it's safe to assume both could the target of a search. TJ Spyke 03:44, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

• Oppose - Braintree, Essex has a population of 42,000 compared with 34,000 for Braintree, Massachusetts. Hardly a significant difference, and population alone does not make notability. Braintree, Vermont also has a reasonably large article, so I suggest that the status quo of Braintree redirecting to Braintree (disambiguation) is the most logical. --DAJF 03:51, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
• Comment - Braintree, Essex is of course older than Braintree, Massachusetts considering that it was named after the prior. Braintree, Vermont has 6,568 bytes and Braintree, Essex has 13,920 bytes making this article more than twice as long as the Braintree, Vermont article. The "hardly significant difference" is debatable. Braintree, Essex has 20% more inhabitants than Braintree, Massachusetts. Reginmund 04:06, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose The current disambiguation page is clear. Neither the size of the article nor the age of the town is a good reason to change the status quo. Rjm at sleepers 07:42, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

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Braintree/Bocking

the article says that Braintree lies below Stane Street, ans Bocking above Stane Street... There is no Stane Street in Essex, let alone Braintree/Bocking. i thought the dividing line between the two was about Rayne Road, Bocking End, The Causeway, Bradford Street and Broad Road Approximately... can someone explain the Stane Street Comment? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lukeyy19 (talk • contribs) 13:18, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

stane street was an ancient roman road that led from Colchester to St Albans. It no longer exists, but Rayne Road was built along its old route, which is why so many treasures have been found by digging along side the road! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.240.222.99 (talk) 18:47, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

Dead link to prodigycenter.com

The Link to "http://www.prodigycenter.com/?iviews8.html" is dead, or rather leads to a domaingrabber's website. It should probably be removed, or replaced by "citation needed". 88.69.148.130 (talk) 17:05, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Removed citation

One of the citations within the Origin of Name section was referencing a website for a local business which was wholly irrelevant, so I have removed it. I suspect there was originally a valid citation here which has been altered, so please add it back in if you know what it was. Jodaius (talk) 12:56, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Requested move 2010

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No consensus to move. Vegaswikian (talk) 01:00, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Braintree, Essex → Braintree — Clearly this is the prime topic, see the Google search. Crouch, Swale talk to me My contribs 14:09, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

Oppose for now. National flavors of Google need to be evaluated with care. The equivalent search using the US-based www.google.com instead of the UK-based www.google.co.uk indicates that the Massachusetts town is primary. Also, Google searches alone are not the only criteria for primary topic. older ≠ wiser 14:53, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

Oppose; is it any surprise that a search on google.co.uk returns the UK city first? Crouch, Swale, you really need to figure out how to have a more global view. Powers ^T 14:58, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

• Oppose. There is no obvious primary topic here. --DAJF (talk) 16:18, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
• Oppose per above... does not meet primary topic criteria. Crouch, please use better judgement before nominating. --Born2cycle (talk) 00:51, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
• Oppose. These (Essex and Massachusetts) are similar size cities with similar page view stats. Problems with google searches have already been pointed out. This is, to me, another very clear case of no primary topic. Dpmuk (talk) 15:54, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

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Emma Griffiths

Claims that Emma Griffiths is chairwoman of the EDL. There is no evidence or citation of this on her page. The term sounds duboius as well. Is this a case of subtle vandalism? Dtlloyd (talk) 13:21, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Minor Adjustments

I have cleared up some minor issues with the text, with grammar and punctuation, as well as corrected a few mistakes in the text, including the distance between Braintree and London (46 miles, as opposed to 40 miles). --Larrybee83 (talk) 19:08, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

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maintenance tagsm

I tagged one section for having no references and a colloquial style, but the same could be said for larger parts of the article. It needs someone familiar with the likely sources and topic to go through and thoroughly copyedit for a more encyclopaedic style, with appropriate references. I would try for myself, but am not familiar with British references or towns, so would just delete chunks of text which might be better if it could be salvaged and improved. --Scott Davis ^Talk 11:53, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

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