About Towns

[Leon]

What makes a town a town ?

[BadBob]

The old definition as I understand it of village, town's and citys was due to the size of the church. So a city would have to have a cathedral, town a large church and village a small or no church. I think now its based on the number of people etc.

[firefly]

There's no reason why a town can't a church as large as a cathedral, in fact I'm sure there are cathedral towns. A town usually has a local authority which a village does not have.

[incitatus]

a hamlet has just houses, a village has a church, a town has a market cross (or marketplace) and a city has a cathedral and charter.

[incitatus]

thus wells in somerset, which is the size of a smallih town, is a city.

[BadBob]

As I said this is the old definition used years ago when we were all much more concerned with religion etc. Today its all different I'm sure.

[incitatus]

hate to contradict badbob, but years ago a town still had to have a market to be a town. size of church was immaterial.

[mogs]

The answer is good shopping!