Talk:California, Buckinghamshire

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So it's named after California, USA? 1839 seems to be long after USA gained fame on the world stage. --Menchi 09:05, 20 Sep 2003 (UTC)

1839 was the time that the railway arrived in Aylesbury and the main terminus was situated right next door to California hamlet (as it states in the article). I haven't yet been able to find any references for how old California Farm was, though the farm buildings (that are still there, by the way) look medieval. Now, either the farm changed name after it was first founded, or (more unlikely) the farm was named California before California (USA) was. The farm was probably named after California (USA) because I believe it's a Spanish name and that etymology is even more unlikely! Graham  :) 16:02, 20 Sep 2003 (UTC)

California wasn't part of the U.S. until 1846, and not a state until a few years later. AnonMoos 16:19, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

California was not ceded to the US until 1848, but the name and its existance as part of New Spain goes back to the 16th century. See Island of California. NoSeptember 09:47, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

"The hamlet is probably named after the U.S. state of California, though its history goes back long before the state was known to British people. The name of the original farm was therefore most likely changed to California at some point before 1839."

Not possible. If it was named "California" before 1839, then it was not named after the US state. It may possibly have been named after a province of New Spain or Mexico, but there was no US state named California until well after 1839. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.154.250.224 (talk) 21:12, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

Where does the 1839 date come from? The current railway in Aylesbury does not date from 1839 nor were the Great Western in Aylesbury in 1839. The current railway in Aylesbury was not opened until 1863 and was built by the Wycombe Railway and later taken over by the Great Western. There was another railway in Aylesbury and that was opened in 1839 but that was the Aylesbury Railway branch from Cheddington and was operated by the LNWR (London and North Western Railway). The 1839 station was at Aylesbury High Street and is not the current station or near 'California' and it closed in the 1950s. So if the railway station has anything to do with 'California' the dates are are quarter of a century out. 86.154.61.53 (talk) 06:09, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

The 1939 date came from as far back as 2003 when the article was created, so there is no accountability as to why that date was given. It is Wikipedia policy to always Assume Good Faith in all edits. So going by this, it is likely that the individual, whoever they are, got confused with sources or used an unreliable one.

The article is currently a work in progress and is slowly being developed. When I first started back in May, the only references were those of maps. When more information is found regarding the settlement, it shall be added, in the meantime, non-constructive edits in the form of removal of content without good reason will not be tolerated.

If you want to challenge something that's fine, but blanking information because you don't agree with it, isn't.

Uamaol (talk) 02:10, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

It's quite funny that you brought up assume good faith, because by reverting an edit by an IP user you did the exact opposite. Removing incorrect information and explaining why you did so is not a violation of assume good faith, reverting an edit without explanation just because an IP madeit is. 86.170.4.253 (talk) 22:12, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

Images

As the article hopefully grow, here are some extra images which can fit in.

California Brook

Aylesbury canal overflow into California Brook

Uamaol (talk) 00:21, 27 May 2015 (UTC)