[Bell Historians] Dove inexactitudes

Alan J.Birney fartwell2000 at y...
Fri Sep 20 12:01:05 BST 2002


--- In bellhistorians at y..., "David Bryant" <djb122 at y...> wrote:
> As regards place name, there is certainly no logic as far as York is
> concerned. Some of the towers within the city boundary are included 
under
> 'York', some under their own names. Local towers weren't asked for 
teir
> preference, because after being cited this reason David Potter 
enquired.
> Logically, all towers within the city boundary (all those listed 
plus
> Stockton, Strensall, Naburn and Elvington) should be listed under 
York.
> 
> David
> 
The four villages you have named are all a few miles away from 
York so why should they be listed as York?
Would a better proposition be to list them as near to York, for 
example "Stockton(near York), N.Yorkshire"
Alan





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