Talk:Westminster/Archive 1

Archive 1

Map

At time of writing the map seems to have twinster on the Lambeth side of the river near The Oval. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Alec - U.K. (talk • contribs) 05:09, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Part of London

Can anyone tell me when Westminster became part of London and not a seperate town or village IE, when was there a continuous conurbation between the city of London and Westminster (I've read that in Chaucer's day, it was separated from London in the countryside and its something Ive been curious about for ages) 80.192.4.73 23:27, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

I wanted to ask just the same question. More broadly, it would be nice to have a history of London's urban agglomeration, but we don't have it, or at least, I cannot find it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.139.81.0 (talk) 10:25, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Picture

Perhaps a real picture of the cathedral? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.106.26.20 (talk) 16:48, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Westminister

Does anyone know why some people say, "Westminister" instead of the correct Westminster? I can't find any history of the use. Paul, Westminster, UK 195.110.75.89 (talk) 06:49, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

It's an understandable error. The word "minister" is a lot more common in everyday use than "minster" and they sound very similar, so it's not surprising that people make that mistake. And it is clearly a mistake - the name is definitely "Westminster"! -- ChrisO (talk) 06:55, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

City disambiguation

I have made a proposal at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_England#City_disambiguation that, if enacted, would require this page to be moved to Westminster, London. The rationale why is at the proposal. I have faith that this is a positive change for Wikipedia and the oft confusing situation of city status. Comments are welcome at the proposal. --Jza84 |  Talk  11:11, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Style needs improvement

The chapters Introduction and Toponymy at least are in need of refurbishing - they are clumsily written and hard to grasp.

Ángel García, Nuremberg 62.156.46.61 (talk) 00:47, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

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Eighteen months later the above chapters have been merged into an untitled introduction, and the problems with the style have worked their way into the History section. What's wrong? For a start, the first word: "It". "Westminster" is needed here--an important place in an important paragraph. "an area no more than 1 mile (1.6 km)" Areas are described in square miles and square kilometres, not miles and kilometres. Or should "area" be replaced by "distance" or "radius"? These are the kinds of errors high school teachers will pick up when checking the essays their pupils have copied from Wikipedia.

--Oldontarian (talk) 18:32, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

"Westminster, London" listed at Redirects for discussion

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Westminster, London. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 March 7#Westminster, London until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 18:37, 7 March 2021 (UTC)