Talk:Neston

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DDStretch (talk) 12:36, 26 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Need to sort out a reference

The Derek and Marian Young reference is quite incomplete. They have self-published a number of books, but the one that I presume is meant in this article may well not be one of the ones I have managed to locate on Bookfinder or Amazon. Can anyone assist by obtaining the full correct reference? Many thanks. DDStretch (talk) 12:36, 26 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I originally added this reference. Unfortunately, the copy I have does not contain an ISBN, a date of publication or anything else to help improve the citation. The only addition I have made is a reference to Book 3 in a series of books (from the subtitle: "Collection No. Three of old photographs of... Neston..."). See: http://www.upton.cx/index.php?currentNumber=7&currentIsExpanded=1 for an example of another book in the series. Not sure what else I can do to verify this source. Snowy 1973 20:19, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Population statistics

Neston is listed as having a population of 3500, Parkgate as 3700, Little Neston as 3400, and Ness 1600 - I understand why the figures have been presented as such due to the way the wards are defined, but I think this gives a misleading picture of the area. When asked, most people would say Neston has a population of 10,000+. I guess the more general point is that the way Neston and the surrounding areas are presented on Wikipedia makes them sounds like distinct and separate towns, when this isn't really the case (speaking from having lived there the majority of my life). Perhaps keep the boxed figure but add a sentence in the intro mentioning this? Thoughts welcome. Wilston (talk) 00:22, 29 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with you about the population figures initially appearing 'misleading' due to the way the wards are defined. ['Greater'] Neston is all of those places, but has been divided up into separate articles. An explanatory sentence within the intro which references Parkgate, Little Neston & Ness is a good idea for clarification. Perhaps also a Suburbs of Neston template for the bottom of the article (like has been done with Birkenhead and Wallasey)? Snowy 1973 (talk) 01:13, 29 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Have added an explanatory note in the lead paragraph about the population. Until the next census, it is difficult to ascertain the exact population of the town and civil parish, as it was created after the 2001 census. My own calculation, using the nearest boundaries of census areas to the new civil parish boundaries, is 15,162 (Little Neston 3,390; Neston 3,521; Parkgate 3,702; Riverside 3,644; Burton and Ness (part) 905). Because of the difficulty aligning the civil parish boundary with the census area boundaries in Burton and Ness ward, I have show this as around 15,000. The split on that ward, for those interested, is Burton 715; Neston 905. Skinsmoke (talk) 12:52, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

On second thoughts, have shown population as 15,162, with a direction on History to this discussion. Ward population retained in text, in addition. Skinsmoke (talk) 20:16, 23 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]