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"Slopendicular"??

Where did this come from? Is there any evidence at all for such a term? And do we really think stuff about a rope bridge in a small play park that's no longer there (the rope bridge not the park) belongs in an encyclopaedia? If that plus the fact that there are some tea-shops was all there was to say about Chalford, it wouldn't really deserve an entry of its own at all. What about churches, schools, railway, cloth trade, history, history of the name Chalford, prehistory, Chalford Hill, France Lynch, etc etc etc? Flapdragon 11:17, 15 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

You are of course right. Soemone else put that in and a quick search for slopendicular + Chalford gives 1 link, to this page. Someone's idea of a joke? Anyway, i've added a History section. --Celestianpower ^hab 11:35, 15 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Good stuff -- but don't forget that when you take stuff from people's websites you're supposed to reword it so as to avoid copyright violations! Flapdragon 12:17, 15 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

References

A few more inline citations would make this interesting article even more useful. Some say ... others say ... is a bit vague for an encyclopedia! If all this is taken from the history website in Resources, fine: after all, WP isn't meant to include any original research (see WP:NOR). Please just make it clear where the content comes from. --NigelG (or Ndsg) | Talk 15:07, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. I have added a 'citation needed' after 'the valley is also called the Golden Valley—and has been ever since Queen Victoria rode the Great Western through the valley and called it so.'

Some people think that it was so named after the monetary wealth created in the processing of wool from the plentiful supply of water power. Jongleur100 (talk) 09:53, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Paul Hawkins Fisher in his 'Notes and Recollections of Stroud' makes no mention of a visit to the area by Queen Victoria, so I feel this Golden Valley 'fact' is too unsafe to leave in an encyclopedia. I have removed it. ♦ Jongleur100 ♦ ^talk 09:56, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bisley Chalford games

Are the Bisley Chalford games, whatever they are, notable enough to be included in an Encyclopedia? I can't find any reference to them anywhere other than in this article, which is being replicated across the internet. ♦ Jongleur¹⁰⁰ ♦ ^talk 07:06, 26 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is Chalford a "small" village?

I thought it was quite big myself. Perhaps "small" in the first part could be removed? Jellyboots (talk) 06:47, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. I've removed it. ♦ Jongleur¹⁰⁰ ♦ ^talk 08:07, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Golden Valley

Once again the urban myth that the Golden Valley was so named by Queen Victoria has reared its ugly head. There is absolutely no evidence that this was the case, or that Queen Victoria ever travelled through the valley by train.

The references given are all unreliable:

1. The Stroud News article only talks about an 'attribution'.

2.A personal blog by a PR guru, even if he believes it to be true, is not a reliable source.

3.The Cotswolder is written by Americans and the website 'presents traveling in the Cotswolds and in England from a North American perspective', so is equally unreliable.

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and its sources must be sound. Even mentioning the Queen Victoria connection only serves to reinforce the myth, so I have removed the statement, again. ♦ Jongleur¹⁰⁰ ♦ ^talk 11:19, 24 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Agree that the name Golden Valley did not come from Queen Victoria but she did in fact travel through it twice - as she wrote in her journals:

On September 29 1849, Queen Victoria traveled from Gloucester to Swindon by train, and notes the following in her journal,

"Before we came to Gloucester we passed through the beautiful valley of Stroud, so green & hilly, but soon after Swindon, all beauty of scenery faded away."

Source: http://www.queenvictoriasjournals.org

2. On August 30, 1852 in her journals,

We passed Reading & at 2 reached Swindon, where we got out & had some luncheon. Left again in less than ½ an hour, & passed by the very pretty & picturesque valley of Stroud, which is full of manufactures scattered about, & this makes one hardly realise, that it is a manufacturing district. After 3 we reached Gloucester, & here we left the Great Western for another line. The Malvern Hills could be distinctly seen in the distance. We stopped at ½ p. 4 at Broomsgrove station, where the Worcestershire Yeomanry, with Mr Clive, their Col: were drawn up, Sir J. Packington & Ld Lyttelton, being also there with their wives, &c.

Source: http://www.queenvictoriasjournals.org — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thegrahamthomas (talk • contribs) 17:22, 15 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Place name

Under History the article says:

'Several of the place names in the area are also Saxon or Danish in origin.'

Poring over a map of the area, I struggle to identify any place name in the area which indicates a Danish origin, if someone has the EPS volume: The Place-Names Of Gloucestershire perhaps they could check. It would certainly be unusual (though not unheard of) for there to be Danish place names in England outside the Danelaw or areas of significant Danish settlement. Furthermore, it is a matter of debate as to whether the early English-speaking settlers in the region were from the Anglian or Saxon areas of England. Pending information to the contrary, I have changed this sentence to 'Several [it's almost certainly 'most'] of the place names in the area are also of Anglo-Saxon origin'.

Under History the article says:

'The name Chalford may be derived from Calf (Way) Ford, or possibly from the Saxon cealj or Chalk and the Norman Ford

Poppycock: ford isn't a Norman word, in philological academia it is universally recognized as an Old English word. I have changed the sentence accordingly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.120.234.122 (talk) 21:32, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Tone and Neutrality

The section on 'The Golden Valley' reads like an argumentative essay. I don't believe it is appropriate for Wikipedia. JudoTiberius (talk) 10:10, 11 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]