[Talk-GB] Wickham Market, Suffolk

[Philip Barnes]

I think the presence of streetlights is a regional thing, certainly in Leicestershire only the smaller rural villages will lack street lights.

Phil (trigpoint) 

On 7 September 2018 11:47:16 CEST, Martin Wynne <martin at templot.com> wrote:
>
>> There are, indeed, multiple definitions of the difference between a
>town
>> and a village
>
>A useful indicator is the street lighting.
>
>Generally a town has continuous evenly spaced street lamps along all or
>
>most roads within its boundary.
>
>Villages often have no street lighting, or only a few strategic lamps 
>scattered about.
>
>The great advantage of this definition for mapping is that it is an 
>undisputed fact, on the ground.
>
>Martin.
>
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