Talk:Bridgnorth

St.Mary's Church

I added a piece about the similarities between this church and two in Dublin- including hyperlinks to prove the point. Now that has been deleted by persons unknown. No discussion as to why and no debate. Thanks for the vandalism. colonel1970.

Hello there, I recently made some edits to the article in which I removed the points about the similarity between the churches, and I am sorry to read that you are unhappy with the changes. In my examination of the statements you made in the article, I viewed the in-line links given, but these only compared the two churches in Dublin - no references were made in either web-page to Bridgnorth at all. Furthermore, the graphical comparison over two independent sites is not really adequate as a source; no reference was made in the sources given to any similarities between either church, or the one in Bridgnorth, and I feel the statements therefore bordered on original research. I performed an internet search to find an independent source to back up the claim, but I was unsuccessful. Naturally this does not mean there is not one, and it would be fab if you had a more suitable source and the content could be returned to the article. Mouchoir le Souris (talk) 19:10, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Folk Festival

There are reports that in 2006 the Folk Festival will move down the road to the county capital of Shrewsbury in order to accomodate its popularity. As the 2005 festival is yet to occur, I have not edited the line about the folk festival, but it will need to be edited in future.

I've heard that the festival is to move to Shrewsbury from 2006 too. David 09:56, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

In 2006, the folk festival formerly known as the Bridgnorth Folk Festival is to move to the county town of Shrewsbury, and be suitably renamed. This is due to increasing numbers of visitors making the small venues in Bridgnorth impractical.

Full details at http://www.shrewsburyfolkfestival.co.uk/

-- Maelor  14:55, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Sources

Sources would be good for the item below: — Matt Crypto 14:48, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

It was a major story in various national newspapers, including the Times and Telegraph, and featured on BBC Midlands Today. The Shropshire Star also made a big deal of it. David 10:22, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

As David points out it was a big story recieving a lot of national attention around April, 2005. The BBC among others reported on it: [[1]]. Canderra 02:29, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Nazi HQ of Britain?

In 2005, German papers from 1941 were discovered outlining a possible Nazi invasion of the United Kingdom. There is a lot of detail about two Shropshire towns in the documentation—Ludlow and Bridgnorth. Some experts now believe that it was Hitler's intention to make Bridgnorth his HQ in Britain, due to its central, but rural, location and its now disused airfield.

Bishop Thomas Percy

Does anyone have a picture of Bishop Thomas Percy that is within the public domain that could be added to the Thomas Percy wiki page? There are various images of contempary paintings and engravings of Bishop Thomas Percy on the web but I'm not sure if any are in the public domain.OldBridgnorthian (talk) 22:44, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

RAF Base

The RAF base at Bridgnorth was in existence earlier than 1961, certainly in World War II as evidenced by the many of the airmen's graves (a few from other parts of British Commonwealth) in Bridgnorth Cemetery, and recruits were being trained there through 1950s. When it began and closed would be worth someone finding out.Cloptonson (talk) 20:18, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Having read the article on RAF Bridgnorth I have been able to amend this sentence with a definite timeframe.Cloptonson (talk) 10:14, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Transport

This article mentions Bridgnorth has close transport links with Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton, but what about Telford, which is between the two, closer geographically and a larger urbanised area than Shrewsbury or Bridgnorth itself?Cloptonson (talk) 10:14, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

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Use of cardinal vs relative directions

The article currently describes High Town as being on the left bank and Low Town as being on the right bank. Relative directions (right, left, forward and backward) have the problem of relying on the speaker vs listener's point of view which depends on which cardinal direction (north, south, east and west) they are facing. The current description relies on the reader facing north while cardinal directions are the same regardless of the direction one is facing. Although most maps have the north at the top this is not always the case e.g. Drayton Manor Theme Park uses a south-up orientation in its visitor maps. It has been argued, in the last revision, that west and east banks change depending on the flow. I cannot find any guidelines on where to use cardinal or relative directions in Wikipedia articles but according to Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Strong national ties to a topic text in articles should use formal language not colloquialisms. Due to the problem with relative directions I am not sure if they should be used in a formal letter when describing geography. Although the river Severn flows in a roughly easterly direction before flowing roughly south after Ironbridge Gorge it does keep to the roughly southerly direction within Bridgnorth e.g a downstream canoeist would see High Town on their right and Low Town on their left. To try to find a similar example the river Liffey also changes direction but it flows east within Dublin. The two sides of the river within the city are referred to as the Northside and Southside in the Wikipedia article (Dublin#Geography) although it does not flow in a perfectly straight line. I am however curious to whether to use the term side as opposed to bank in the context of Bridgnorth. Tk420 (talk) 21:40, 19 April 2019 (UTC)

"Left bank" and "right bank" are unambiguously defined, see Bank (geography)----Ehrenkater (talk) 21:42, 19 April 2019 (UTC)

Tk420, that is, in the direction of the flow of the river, or looking downstream, which is where the river flows. In Paris, people refer to the Left Bank and the Right Bank of the Seine River, and those terms are clear, not simply from historical names of the neighborhoods, but with respect to the direction of flow of the river through the city. It is a good point to understand about rivers. The link shared above gives a fuller explanation. --Prairieplant (talk) 03:25, 20 April 2019 (UTC)

I am pleased to see the confusion has been resolved by User:Prairieplant in this[2] edit. In the area covered by this article the river flow direction in terms of NSEW varies enough that using cardinal directions relative to the river for description can only lead to muddle. Near Cliff Coppice the Severn flows ENE. Banks are the way to go.SovalValtos (talk) 04:08, 20 April 2019 (UTC)

Surprised that the definition of left bank/right bank has been justified by an unsourced wikipedia article. What most concerns me though is that Hightown is not on the banks of the Severn - it is on a hill above the bank which is only about 50 meters wide at this point Lyndaship (talk) 07:20, 20 April 2019 (UTC)

Does anyone really need a definition of left bank/right bank? It is common useage [3] If saying Hightown is on the bank of the Severn is bothersome, then perhaps it could be changed to being 'on a hill rising from the bank'. That may not do either as some might say there are parts of Hightown that are not on the hill being low, near or outside the old moat.SovalValtos (talk) 09:41, 20 April 2019 (UTC)

I'm not disputing the accepted definition of left bank/right bank (although there seems to be some historical different usage) but was querying if a wikipedia page is a suitable basis for asserting it? Historically Low Town refered to the area on both banks of the Severn and High Town to the area on top of the hill, the clue to this is in their naming as opposed to West Town and East Town. However the council now prefers to consider the river as the boundary between the two towns so I guess we go with that Lyndaship (talk) 11:27, 20 April 2019 (UTC)

Why Nick Owen in list of Notable Townsfolk?

I am surprised to see broadcaster Nick Owen listed as latest in a line of listed 'Notable Townsfolk'. He was born in Herts, mainly educated in Shrewsbury, and presently lives in Kinver, SW Staffordshire. Nothing in his wikipedia article demonstrates a connection with Bridgnorth. As his entry is uncited I will delete it, it can be reinstated if an active involvement in Bridgnorth (education, residence, employment for examples) could be proved.Cloptonson (talk) 13:40, 25 April 2024 (UTC)