Talk:Wivenhoe

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Geography[edit]

Perhaps there should be a section on geography, including location, transport links, the river etc? At the moment the article seems a bit heavy on history and people, unlike articles about many other towns. Sangwine 21:53, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think a geography section would be useful, given Wivenhoe's location on the Colne estuary. Danielstoker (talk) 13:28, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Every settlement article should have a geography section.Charles (talk) 13:27, 8 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"Wyvernhoe"[edit]

This "Wyvern-hoe" business probably originates at, or at least is propogated by, the University of Essex. They have a staff with a wyvern on it which is produced at graduation time along with a brief story about Wivenhoe, and one of the university's magazines is named "Wyvern" for the same reason. Sadly, I can't find a written citation for this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.3.242.131 (talk) 23:11, 16 July 2008 (UTC) The University student newspaper was created in 1964 and was given the name 'Wyvern' in that year as it seemed appropriate given the university being located at Wivenhoe Park. Nobody at the time suggested seriously that the origin of Wivenhoe was 'dragon's hole'. (this writer was there at the time and can confirm this to be the case. The first editor at the time was the late Chris Piening, if my memory serves me correctly). I was the 4th editor of Wyvern and can confirm that Chris Piening did found it (DL).[reply]

Given that neither theory has a citation to back it up, I have removed the text "However, this theory is wrong." as it doesn't help. It should also be noted that the Wivenhoe Scout and Guide Association uses a wyvern as a symbol on their neckerchiefs. --pmMike (talk) 11:37, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There is a Lake Wivenhoe in Queensland, Australia, and it would be interesting to know if this name is in any way related to the Wivenhoe in Essex?

Famous People[edit]

The "famous people' section is all over the place. I've removed the line about "film director Steve Roberts" and "max Headroom" because it seems highly unlikely and is not verifiable at all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.141.82.230 (talk) 10:38, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Tom Burt[edit]

I can see Tom Burt crops up as quartermaster for 2nd SAS, mainly through the story of war dog Rob ... http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2277684,00.html ... but was he really known as the "Father" of the SAS? Daen 13:48, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Roddy Ashworth[edit]

A phone call to their Essex newsdesk confirms that it's still the East Anglian Daily Times (and that RA is still Essex Chief Reporter), 62.53.3.83, if that's your real name ... Daen 12:01, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I was sure there was no 'D' in it. Have put something in about the engine shed.

No probs, though it would help if you made a note in the edit summary - looks too much like random vandalism (randalism?) otherwise. Nice para about the engine shed, the theatre never happened. There was a good deal of enthusiasm and excitement about the project once. Daen 18:30, 22 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Roddy Ashworth, famous in Wivenhoe. That makes me smile. --Davidbober 03:22, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Walker and Martin Newell[edit]

I've swapped "famous" (ahem) "headmaster Michael Walker" for "the poet Martin Newell [1]", on the grounds that I can't verify that Dr. Walker even lives there. Maybe it's even meant to be private information! But if anyone can verify it using a publically available source, I think it should go back in. After all, it is quite a small place, so I don't suppose many better known people live there... -- Oliver P. 07:29, 8 Oct 2003 (UTC

Sport & Recreation[edit]

The tone of this section seems rather too conversational - eg. "very pleasant" and "all very interesting". I appreciate that it's nice to say positive things about the place, but I think the tone needs to be more factual. --Helvissa (talk) 14:29, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hudson Bay Trading Company and the Nonsuch[edit]

The Nonsuch was built in Wivenhoe (see this link). I guess it's quite notable and the ships timbers were used to build Nonsuch House on Black Buoy Hill. I'd love to add this but I've never done it before. If no one else does I'll find the time to learn though! 86.165.97.202 (talk) 19:07, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

School merge[edit]

I have suggested that Broomgrove Junior School should be merged to the Wivenhoe article as it is not sufficiently notable for its own article. Atlas-maker (talk) 12:20, 4 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. The school is utterly non-notable.--Charles (talk) 12:50, 4 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Attribution[edit]

The edit summary of the creation of this article says that the content was moved from Michael Walker (headmaster), which has since been deleted. I've just made an entry in the deletion log there for attribution purposes to note that the article was written by Pedromartinez. Graham87 02:58, 27 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]