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According to the CIA World Factbook, Germany now has the 5th largest economy worldwide

Germany has the third largest economy when based on nominal GDP.

What does it say "german's jajaja economy"? Is someone having a laugh? Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Frognsausage (talk • contribs) 05:31, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

exchange rates
Is it just me, or are the exchange rates flipped? (ie: it should be 1.69 DEM = 1 USD instead of 1.69 USD = 1 DEM)
 * There are no DM anymore, only € = EUR = Euro. An Euro is worth more than a USD. About 1.965 DM (forgot the exact rate) was exchanged for 1 EUR years ago. Lastdingo (talk) 10:45, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

I don't think historical exchange rates have a place in this article. Best to just put those in the DM article. --Lightenoughtotravel (talk) 20:49, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Manufacturing?
Germany has a tradition for quality manufacturing. I was told this once. Is it still true? What does germany actually produce? Anyone got a list of national statistics amd major firms which might usefully be included?Sandpiper 4 July 2005 19:05 (UTC)

 * No, I don't think there is such a "tradition" anymore. Germany still does a huge amount of "quality" manufacturing. Germany produces pretty much everything, but automotive stuff is normally quoted as the flagship industry. But like any modern rich country, it's primarily a service economy. The proportion of people employed in manufacturing has fallen from 40% to 20% in the last 30 years, and it will continue to fall (source: The Economist) 82.45.37.106 11:28, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * automotive, chemical and mechanical engineering industries are the big industries and the manufacturing share of the GNP is still about 36% GNP (compare: USA ~ 20% GNP). Lastdingo (talk) 10:45, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Prostitution?
I fail to see the relevance of this section in the article. I don't believe prostitution is a major part of Germany's economy (and neither this section nor the main article provide any evidence that it is). Considering that there aren't even links to major German industries such as the automotive industry, i propose this section should be dropped. --35.11.210.158 02:18, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Unemployment figure
On the German model page a Forbes article states that German unemployment is 12.6%. Here it says 10.5%. Perhaps a choice should be made for consistency with the article being added to external links if the IMF figure is chosen? --JDnCoke 01:03, August 18, 2005 (UTC)

The unemployment rate is now approx. 9.2% according to Bloomberg.com/regions/Germany.

''It appears as if the current number is taken from the CIA World Factbook, which I think might not be the best choice, as it usually uses the numbers given out by the country's census bureau. It might be more helpful to take a standardized value, like the OECD publishes every year (9.8% in 2004).''

Germany's Federal Employment Agency compiles official unemployment figures. For December 2007 they recorded a much improved unemployment rate of 8.1%. Germany's unemployment rate hasnt been at 6.2% for years and the Wikipedia article is mistaken for listing that as the rate for July 2007. Here is the link to the latest figures on unemployment in Germany:

I dont know how to fix the article so someone who knows how can fix it. 11:52, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
 * The latest statistics (today in the newspapers) tell about less than three million unemployed. The statistics are completely manipulated (growing manipulation since about three decades), as we have several grades of job-seeking people in no or irrelevant jobs that are not counted as unemployed (unemployed people on a training are not counted, for example). Lastdingo (talk) 10:45, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

 * This is not a manipulation, as the official statistic (generally) counts job-seeking and not un- or underemployed people. Thus, people in training are not considered unemployed. --TB42 (talk) 00:10, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

The infobox now lists the unemployment rate as 5.5%, which is exceptionally low, and cites a pdf from eurostat that does not, as far as I can see, mention unemployment rate at all. 109.67.17.139 (talk) 19:24, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I have now corrected the URL in the reference. The source appears to confirm the percentage.--Boson (talk) 21:35, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Nominal vs. PPP
As with other wikipedia articles this one suffers from contradiction in GDP rank discussion because of ambiguity with regard to type of measure (nominal/PPP), so it is better to make this distinction explicit. - A.Rod (22:12 8 October 2005, (UTC))

I really think a nominal figure should be provided alongside (or instead of) the PPP figure. 202.130.159.184 (talk) 03:25, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Quality
Is it just me, or does the quality of this article quite poor? There is no structure, no sections, and the paragraph topics seem fragmented. This article could use a general clean up.

Mistakes
When you click on "social services" in this article, which refers to services offered by the government, it redirects you to the article "social work," aka, a type of volunteering. I am new so I don't know how to edit the article but maybe someone more knowledgeable could.

Poverty
The table has an entry "Pop below poverty line". It should be noted that most country use different ways to measure where that line is. Lars T. 00:23, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
 * The statistics in Germany usually define it as relative income, the "poor" people here could be millionaires and we would still have some poverty with such statistics. Another common measurement is eligibility for or income level of social security. Lastdingo (talk) 10:45, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Tourism
According to official numbers published by the German National Tourist Office (numbers of 2004), Germans spent 58,1 billion EUR abroad, while international visitors to Germany spent about 21 billion EUR (look here: ). Sorry, I was not able to find another source reporting of spendings in the magnitude of millions. In 2000, Germans hit the road about 300 million times, 97 million times they travelled to a foreign country (at least one accomodation, source: ). If you divide US$ 68.3 million by the number of 97 million visitors, you'll get a pretty small amount.

 * If you devide the 58.1 billion EUR by 97 million, you get 765 U.S. dollars. Compared to what Americans have to pay for a vacation abroad that may be small, but Germans don't have to fly 5 hours to get to another country. Lars T. 15:38, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

 * OK, the original source had the numbers in millions, but it seems like your source (I can't read German, but I'll trust you) says otherwise. Perhaps the authors of the LOC profile got the magnitude confused.  I think the German National Tourist office is a more reliable source, so I agree that we should go with their figures.--Bkwillwm 22:42, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Actually, the first comment here (by you?) says 58,1 billion EUR. There could be a confusion by the fact that the quoted source actually says 58,1 Mrd. Euro, which means 58.1 Milliard Euro, or 58.1 billions for the US Americans. Lars T. 12:44, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

silly
''( In the United States the comparitavely high imprisonment rate - between six and ten times higher than in Western Europe - and the higher rate of persons in the military forces are other reasons for the lower unemployment rate.) ''

haha! what a joke!--Capsela 18:01, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

 * It's actually no joke, as the U.S. has about 0.7% of its population behind bars and Germany about 0.1%. The U.S. has how much 0.5% of its population in the military and Germany only about 0.3%. That makes up one per cent of the population total difference explained. Total population, not working age population, so we can add another big chunk. Lastdingo (talk) 10:34, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Extremely US-centric
Is it just me, or is this article extremely US-centric ? It reads a lot more like a "Economy_of_Germany_seen_from_USA" --Eivind 09:23, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I have noticed that...but then America is the only 'real' country in the world, right? ;) Some re-arranging would produce a more German centric article (which I will do now), but new content would help. More central for Germany would be German-EU trade. Matchrthom 18:20, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Unhelpful article.
This reads a lot like the CIA factbook section on Germany, it's like someone just pasted it here and rephrased each paragraph...--80.227.100.62 06:12, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

History of indicators
It would be useful to have charts showing changes in key indicators like GDP, growth rate, and unemployment, over several decades. -- Beland 20:22, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Mittelstand /Small and medium sized companies
Should a section be included on small and medium sized companies in Germany and their role on the German economy? --STTW (talk)  19:30, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

 * Yes, provided you can reference it. Carl.bunderson (talk) 05:44, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Electricity stuff
"Despite its considerable reserves, environmental restrictions have led[citation needed] Germany to become a net importer of coal. "

This is nonsense. They remove entire communities to mine brown coal, and the black coal is too expensive (hundreds of meters below the surface) to mine. That's why we import a lot of black coal. There is no citation yet, so I hope we can get rid of this nonsense without a contradicting source (most of which would be German).Lastdingo (talk) 10:45, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure they get a lot of power from wind and solar. More than is indicated with these statistics. --Lightenoughtotravel (talk) 20:50, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

GDP Rankings Change?
It says on the front page that china has surpassed Germany to become the third largest economy. If this article needs to be edited because of that, will an expert please do so? 98.27.136.243 (talk) 17:42, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

All projections shows that the PRC has surpassed the German economy in 2008 in terms of nominal GDP. Also, "Nevertheless, the export oriented economy is doing extremely well" is an obselete statement. Although in the past, its export-oriented economy was booming, it is its dependency on exports, at least to significant degree, to consumer nations that has dragged Germany into the current recession. 24630 (talk) 20:28, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Reunification of Austria
To regain the third place in the World economy, Austria should reunified with Gemany. It would be much easier than the DDR as Austria has already a capitalist economy and thanks to Schengen, the Euro and the EU there are no borders between Austria and other länder. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.26.56.101 (talk) 2009-03-06

Please limit discussion to improvement of this article.--Boson (talk) 05:58, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Really? 194.80.193.163 (talk) 10:36, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Source of infobox figures
The quick facts and figures box at the top right of this page shows figures like the GDP, number of Exports etc.

Where are these figures from? Are they made up? Thanks Frognsausage (talk) 19:13, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Export ?
There seems to be no info to the fact that Germany is depending on export. KarlMathiessen (talk) 22:35, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

The article does have
 * Germany is the largest national economy in Europe, the fourth-largest by nominal GDP in the world, and fifth by GDP (PPP) in 2008. Since the age of industrialisation, the country has been a driver, innovator, and beneficiary of an ever more globalised economy. Germany is the world's second largest exporter with $1.170 trillion exported in 2009 (Eurozone countries are included). Exports account for more than one-third of national output.
 * --Boson (talk) 07:00, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

"Problems" section inserted
I have inserted a new section about the problems plaquing the German economy. My source for this is mostly Gabor Steingart's book "Weltkrieg um Wohlstand", although information can easily be found also in the news media.

For now, there are two points: 1) disappearance of industrial jobs due to competition from India and China, 2) low investment ratio. Why these two? Number 1 is obvious: it is hard to miss this problem being discussed in the media. I believe it is an especially dire problem for Germany due to the fact that there is still a lot of low-level factory work in our country (United Kingdom, on the other hand, already lost most of its car manufacturing plants.) Steingart believes number 2 is important. The general view in the press seems to be that the English-speaking countries (UK, USA, Australia and Ireland) as well as the Scandinavian countries and the Netherlands, have better and more dynamic economies than Germany or France (this is something that should be discussed in the article in more detail, now it seems to concentrate too much on the sunny side of Germany's economy.) The difference between investment ration in the US and Germany is one aspect of this. Therefore I believe mentioning it is justified.

I will probably expand the section in the future, but I would appreciate any suggestions of improvement more experienced editors may have. Tropical wind (talk) 21:19, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Right... "The disappearance of industrial jobs has created a lower class of unemployed, uneducated people who have little chance of ever re-entering the working world." Says who? And why does this person not realize that german unemployment is actually falling and has been for month now? How did these people get uneducated when they now have no chance of RE-entering the labour market? Where they uneducated too when they still where in their original job? This is all hyperbole.

On Steingarts book... well, its my personal opinion but I think that his personal opinion is rubish (And this book is a personal opiion, its not a study or research). Hes one of the typical "How the world will change in 50 years if everything stays as it is now." He looks at numbers and then multiplies them by a number of years. So considering the growth of any company he can easily compute in how many years 100% of all germans will work in that company. This guy has obviously slept through the most important parts of the statistics curriculum and economic course. "the asians rise is europes fall" ... yeah because we cant grow at the same time as the asians. that would mean that through trade both sides get richer which is rediculou... oh no wait. its the basis of all economical thinking.

I'm with this guy: http://blog.zeit.de/herdentrieb/2006/11/28/steingarts-weltkrieg-um-wohlstand-ein-verriss_96 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.204.160.184 (talk) 22:31, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

 * Yes, the unemployment has been falling recently, but it does not remove the fact that there is large structural unemployment. Low-skilled work is moving to Asia from all over the Western World. It is not just a problem of Germany. These relatively uneducated people now have large problems re-entering the working world. Steingart's claims are not only his own, but general views voiced by many. The problems section is still just an initial version, and needs more work. Tropical wind (talk) 17:38, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Sectors, order
The sectors seem to be mislabeled with "Primary" being 1% of the economy and "Tertiary" being 69%. Is this a mistake or to sastisfy some standard? TomCerul (talk) 14:29, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
 * See Economy Lars T. (talk) 00:30, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

GDP growth table formatting
I have inserted the table of GDP growth in 1992-2009, but I have been unable to format in a neat fashion. Can someone lend me a hand? Tropical wind (talk) 03:08, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Wirtschaftswunder
I would appreciate it, if anyone would translate this german expression into english. On my mind I would say: Wirtschaftswunder / Post war (WW II) economic miracle of West Germany. 188.110.172.74 (talk) 10:12, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

 * I would say the translation is "economic miracle". How much needs to be added to that depends on the context and purpose of the translation. If you are referring to the heading in the article, I would suggest replacing the current heading with The "Economic Miracle". I think this is one of the exceptions to the general rule about not using the definite article in headings; the heading does not need to explain that it refers only to West Germany (this is explained in the text); inverted commas should be used, at least for the first reference, because it is not a miracle in the literal sense; and it should be capitalized because it is a proper name, even in translation. In other contexts, West Germany's "economic miracle" might be appropriate. --Boson (talk) 14:07, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

A section on the current crisis?
I am shocked to find that there is no mention of the economic crisis which had its impact on the German economy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.169.73.65 (talk) 12:06, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
 * What impact? --Alex1011 (talk) 10:42, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Interpreting figures (billions, trillions, etc.)
This is intended as a note to editors and a reply to anonymous feedback. Care should be taken when editing (and reading) GDP, export figures etc. because in Germany and the USA, for instance, billion, trillion etc. have different meanings and the meaning of the comma and period (full stop) as thousands separator and decimal point is reversed. This has been raised at article feedback, and sometimes changes are made incorrectly. This article uses "American" trillions, but it also uses "American" decimal points and thousands separators, so (for instance):
 * 3.577 trillion is equal to the German
 * 3.577 Milliarden or the American
 * 3,577 billion

--Boson (talk) 15:41, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * for billion and Billion see also Long and short scales. --Alex1011 (talk) 23:02, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Sometimes also: 3 577 Milliarden. --Alex1011 (talk) 23:02, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Major exports and imports
This was triggered by a comment using the new Feedback feature.

The infobox briefly lists major exports and imports, but should the body also have a section on trade, discussing (inter alia) the major imports and exports in more detail? This might also apply to other country articles. --Boson (talk) 00:40, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

Wikiecon
I would love to see a Wiki project map out the global economy. In an organized format all local/country economic data would be collected. All authors would be required to write articles according to a standardized and cited format. The model revolves around publicly released economic data: GDP, employment, industries, corporations, fiscal policy, etc. Economists and volunteers can help determine which economic data accounts are most appropriate to be required under the standardized format. There is nothing in the world that resembles this model. There is no Wiki that allows economists to add economic data under a standardized format. I have already written the article for 'Economy of the United States'. It is 7 pages long. This article contains what I believe is the most important economic data available to the public. The data is almost entirely in table format. Citations include the U.S. Census Bureau, the World Bank, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Yahoo Finance, CNN'S Money's Fortune 500 list, U.S. treasury releases, Federal Reserve websites, company SEC filings and the IMF. The article can be seen in PDF format at: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_Economy.pdf The Contents are: 1. States, 2. Industries, 3. Corporations, 4. Employment, 5. Fiscal Budget, 6. Monetary Policy, 7. Creditors, 8. Cities, 9. International Accounts 9. History All articles would be standardized and connected in an organized network. This model would go down to the most local level. All 196 countries would have a standardized country article to have the same exact format used in the attached file. This project would evolve as economists determine better ways to present the data.

The 'Economy of ______' pages would be a very educational collection of economic data. I think that these articles would be greatly improved if they were modified to become uniform. This would allow for greater comparability. I believe that these pages would be improved with a standardized and simplified format. This would allow for greater comparability and public understanding of the economy and fiscal budgets. Below are the Wikipedia Contents of the four biggest economy articles. As you can see, the Contents are inconsistent between them. I believe this can be fixed with my Wiki project proposal. 1. Economy of the United States 1 History 2 Overview 3 Employment 4 Research, development, and entrepreneurship 5 Income and wealth 6 Financial position 7 Industry Sectors 8 Notable companies and markets 9 Energy, transportation, and telecommunications 10 Finance 11 Health care 12 International trade 13 Currency and central bank 14 Law and government 15 See also 16 References 17 External links 2. Economy of China 1 History 2 Government role 3 Regional economies 4 Development 5 Macroeconomic trends 6 Financial and banking system 7 Industry Sectors 8 Labor and welfare 9 External trade 10 Foreign investment 11 Demographics 12 Transportation and infrastructure 13 Science and technology 14 See also 15 References 16 External links 3. Economy of Japan 1 Economic history 2 Infrastructure 3 Macro-economic trend 4 Services 5 Industry 6 Mining and petroleum exploration 7 Agriculture 8 Labor force 9 Law and government 10 Culture 11 Other economic indicators 12 See also 13 Notes 14 External links 4. Economy of Germany 1 History 2 Macroeconomic data 3 Economic region 4 Natural resources 5 Sectors 6 Infrastructure 7 Technology 8 See also 9 References 10 External links — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcnabber091 (talk • contribs) 19:31, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

OECD figures for gross and net salaries
The new, changed figures for gross and net salary need explanation, discussion, and better citation of sources. Wikipedia articles are not valid reliable sources for verification of data; so we need a footnote, with sources, explaining how the figures are arrived at, also explaining use of PPP, conversion etc. Since the basis is being completely chamged, it would be appropriate to discuss the issue on this talk page. Has there been any discussion of consistent use of comparable figures for different countries, e.g. at WikiProject countries ? Boson (talk) 19:31, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

 * Yes, nothing was donein true Wikipedia fashion. It doesn't even bother anyone that the GDP of the major Economy in EU is given in USD! Crock81 (talk) 06:13, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

Recent criticism for Trade surplus
Since widespread criticism has been voiced by the IMF, the US and the EU commission regarding the harmful effects on the European economy and global trade, those views should be reflected in the article. Philipp Wendelin (talk) 23:56, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

EUR or USD
I can't understand why a country whose currency is EUR, being EUR somehow a hegemonic currency, many financial values appear in USD. Would be a problem if I change the values to EUR? João Pimentel Ferreira 19:13, 18 March 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joao.pimentel.ferreira (talk • contribs)

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"The part on East Germany is too short (even if there exists a main article on this topic) and a little bit confusing (exports compared to West Germany); the sentence on GDP growth in 1976 should be dropped.

The fact that Germany easily overcame the Great Recession in 2008/09 was not only due to the economic stimulus plan but also due to wage restraint, short-term work and cooperative behavior by trade unions and employers.

At several places in the articles unemployment rates are mentioned, but they refer to very different years, ranging from 2010 to 2015.

Wealth: it is peculiar to measure the wealth of a country by the number of high wealth households. Using other measures such as GDP per capita Germany is clearly not the second richest country in the world.

Problems: in addition to the low birth rate the aging of the society and the ensuring problems for the pay-as-you-go pension scheme should be mentioned"

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"Last sentence: From a low birth rate and an ageing society you cannot deduct a reduced capacity for innovation (the relation between innovative capacity and ageing of a society is not so clear). You however may conclude that it will get ever more costly to sustain the old age pension system or that pension claims will further fall."

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Percentage of GDP Change does not reflect GDP Change
Hi, a quick glance at the table shows that the listed percentages are not fitting the the absolute GDP numbers posted. From 1992 to 1993 the GDP nominally rose in EUR but was said to be shrinking by 1%. From 2002 to 2003 the GDP was said to be shrinking by 0.4% but the absolute numbers rise. Could someone explaine or link to an explanation why the seasonally adjusted GDP change numbers differ from the absolute changes? It makes the whole table confusing. Regards

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The section Technology discuss 'green tech', a Topic that is popular, but not the most important strength. The german Technology sector is strong for example in regulation and sensory technics and robotic.

The section 'Problems' discuss demographical developments. Comments from IMF or OECD sees also Problems in the education System, for example a weak preschool education or a low number of academics. Another Problem is a low rate of public and provat Investment rate. (http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2016/cr16202.pdf)"

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Pankys Family?
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Broad gauge
Maybe this might be mentioned in the article...

United Kingdom See also: 5 ft 6 in gauge in Scotland The 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge was actually first used in Scotland for two short, isolated lines, the Dundee and Arbroath Railway (1836-1847) and the Arbroath and Forfar Railway (1838- ). Both the lines were subsequently converted to standard gauge. --Grijalvo (talk) 10:11, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Possible spin off of notable people list
Given the number of notable people I wonder if it would improve the article to spin off this section to a separate article/list. Rupples (talk) 02:46, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Rupples given the number of entries that do not have a cited connection with the settlement it would be as well to check that all entries have such before considering a spin off.SovalValtos (talk) 10:25, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Agree. If reliable references are not sourced for an individual, the name should be removed. That could reduce the list and negate the need for a spin off. Is there a recommended limit to the number of notable people associated with a place before a separate list page is created? Another point is, it's not particularly informative or looks good presentation wise for the list to be formatted alphabetically. Better to subdivide, maybe by occupation? Rupples (talk) 11:02, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Rupples I do not know about any recommended number limit. Rising date order looks good unless a list gets very long when occupation might be better?SovalValtos (talk) 11:27, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

Culture
In the third series of Torchwood (known as Children of Earth (2009)), an orphanage was situated in Arbroath called Holly Tree Lodge, where 12 orphans in 1965 were abducted by an alien race known as the 456.

The above is not sourced. The only reference I've found is to a fandom site. I've heard of Torchwood but confused what this means - is/was there a real Holly Tree Lodge orphanage or is it a fictitious place? There's an image on the fandom site, which looks like a still from the series. I'm inclined to remove this from the article. Views? Rupples (talk) 13:32, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

 * I have removed the unsourced trivia.SovalValtos (talk) 14:29, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

Economy: Housing
This subsection gives house price details for 2006. Haven't seen this in other articles on UK places and it's not a suggested inclusion in WikiProject UK geography/How to write about settlements. If this is included why not rents? Would require frequent updating. On balance, I'm for removing this. Thoughts? Rupples (talk) 22:50, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
 * It might be worth asking the editor User:Nick, that added the section in January 2007, what their current approach would be.SovalValtos (talk) 23:36, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

Mackays
Shouldn't we add that the Mackays marmalade company is located in Arbroath? 98.123.38.211 (talk) 16:24, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

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Image:Eternal class support ship (gundam).jpg
Why did you tag this image as ? The external site clearly states "Content ©2000-2004 by Mecha & Anime HQ"... Lupo 15:34, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Because the owners of that website didn't create the image, nor do they own the copyrights to it.

 * Well then, who created it and owns the copyright? Lupo 15:37, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Sunrise, the same company that owns everything Gundam-related.

 * And can you point me to a statement of that company where they say that they release their images into the public domain? Or can you provide proof that their copyright has expired? Lupo 15:55, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)

"trolling"
This sounds mean, but I think he's just upset with me because I challenged his move to combine the articles into one page. However, those pictures (and the UC ship ones as well) should qualify for fair use. Aqua008's user page contains a discussion over this topic. He and I had this discussion when the Alexandria class cruiser was placed on the cleanup page for various reasons, among them the lack of a picture.

Template
When you condensed the UC ships into a templete (thanks for doing that, I still don't know how :-)) you included a spot for Jupritis, but the page already exists as Jupitris class (Gundam). Thought you should know. TomStar81 05:57, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Whoops. It wasn't linked from the other pages, so I assumed it wasn't there. Oh, and making the template was easy. All I did was copy the table from the UC ship pages, then start up an entry named "Template:Universal Century ship classes" and paste the table into it. Then I replaced the table in those pages with " ". Redxiv 07:19, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * For the record, most of the UC era ships are already their- if you click on the bottom link that reads "Gundam Space Vessels" you can see all the ship classes (or specific ships, if the content permits) that have been created. At any rate, the problem be solved. Thanks TomStar81 05:14, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Save our Ships!!!
I found some live amunition to use in defense of the alleged copyvio-ed CE era ships. It seems that the Anon (and me, and Aqua008) should have read a little further down MAHQ's FaQ page. About the faq's after the image one you find this:

Q: Would you send me files? A: Sorry, we don't have time to send anyone files. If you want images that are on the site, feel free to take them. If you're asking for reviews, don't even bother.

Note the part in bold- they are practically begging the public to make use of the images. That combined with an allready established fairuse use for the UC era ships- obtained from the same site as the CE ships- should cement our case for keeping them. TomStar81 05:14, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Well, that should put it to rest. But if worst comes to worst, I can upload screenshots (like I've done for ships where I couldn't find lineart at the time, or in one case because the only one I could find was on Gundam Official, which specifically says not to re-use their images on other websites), which are specifically listed here on Wikipedia as an exampe of fair use images. Redxiv 07:08, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * I noticed one of the pictures you uploaded for the CE vessels was a screenshot. In cases where the picture is a screenshot, you can use the templete {screenshot} to produce a copyright tag for it. TomStar81 02:34, 24 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks. I'll remember that if and when I get around to making entries for the smaller Earth Alliance naval ships. It'd probably be a combined entry, since there's so very little info on them that I've seen (basically just observations of them on-screen). Redxiv 00:16, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Links between Iraq and Al-Qaeda
Could you please vote on the proposed move Links between Iraq and Al-Qaeda → Alleged links between pre-invasion Iraq and Al-Qaeda? The vote is here. I am opposed to the move since "alleged" is POV and prejudges the evidence. Thanks. ObsidianOrder 11:50, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Kim Possible
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Gundam deletion debates
Hey -- BTW, although I disagree with you about the ideal result of all these, I think there's something seriously wrong with having many small-group deletion debates, like Brian Crawford has been doing. Basically, he's set it up so that we get to have 20 general debates instead of ONE general debate, on the premise that a general debate about only 5 articles is better than a general debate about 100. I totally disagree. I wish I could make this point well, but I really can't because I don't know the Gundam world that well. Surely some of these group nominations include more major robots with some minor ones? I just don't know which are which, but I wish someone would point that out. Mangojuice 19:24, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree that splitting them apart for what's clearly a single debate is silly. I get the impression that Crawford thinks he's more likely to succeed that way. That he'll be able to get one of his clusters deleted, then use that as precedent for the rest. As for which are major and which are minor, the Windams and the ones with "Dagger" in their name tend to be "grunt" machines, while the ones with "Gundam" in their names are usually piloted by major heroes and villains of the series. Redxiv 19:33, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I've changed my vote to keep on the basis of this bogus grouping. Interesting about the Windham/Dagger/Gundam distinction, but that doesn't quite imply a difference in overall importance.  Feel free to alert me if any more groups come up and I'll vote similarly... normally, I might consider that vote stacking, but in this case, it's really all one big debate.  Mangojuice 19:51, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * The GAT-X105 Strike Gundam is piloted by the main character of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED for more than half the series, and the GAT-X303 Aegis Gundam is piloted by the #2 character of the series for a similar length of time. The Aegis Gundam is replaced by the ZGMF-X09A Justice Gundam later on. The GAT-X102 Duel Gundam is piloted by the main character's rival for the entirety of the series. The GAT-X105E Strike Noir is the main mobile suit of the upcoming series Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73 Stargazer. The GFAS-X1 Destroy Gundam is fairly major recurring threat in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny (there are 9 of them). And one of the 3 CAT1-X Hyperion Gundam series mobile suits is piloted by one of the main characters of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED X Astray. Those are probably the most notable ones that have been nominated so far. Redxiv 20:12, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Do you have something you need to say to me? If so, leave it on my talk page and quit cluttering AfD with questions about my contributions and motives. AfD isn't the place to air personal differences. Apparently, cartoon robots mean the world to you. To me, they mean nothing. I doubt we'll agree on how important they are. I'm going to keep nominating these articles as I see fit. You can choose to work with me, and discuss merging or transwiki, or you can choose to make snide comments that have nothing to do with the nominations. Either way, there's a time and place for both, and AfD isn't the place to discuss me personally. Brian G. Crawford 01:24, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * If they "mean nothing" to you, why is it so important to remove them? To stroke your ego by declaring things you personally find uninteresting to be irrelevant to everyone? Redxiv 01:29, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

WP:CE
Dear Redxiv,

With all the deleteing going on, we would like your help in trying to preserve these MS articles. Would you mind joining WP:CE. - Plau 10:37, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

P.S. Reply on my talk anyway.

ZGMF-X42S Destiny Gundam
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 * Yes, I'm well aware of that highly improper AfD, where an admin arbitrarily (and, if I may say, randomly) created a consensus for deletion out of thin air that wasn't actually reached in the AfD. Oddly enough, he went on indefinite hiatus shortly afterward. I wonder why. Anyway, I think I already more than adequately explained why this particular article shouldn't have been deleted. As the title mecha of Gundam SEED Destiny, piloted by that series' main character, the Destiny Gundam is certainly more worthy of inclusion than several of the articles that survived that AfD. Redxiv 18:53, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I see nothing "highly improper" in that AfD or in the decisions made by Doug Bell after a complex and protracted debate. I gather that the importance of the subject of the artice has not changed since that AfD. If you feel that there was something wrong with the decision, I suggest you start a deletion review (see WP:DRV). I think you may have some difficulty however given that over two weeks have elapsed without any challenge of the decision. I wish you luck in your arguments through the proper channels. However, until you are succesfull, WP:CSD G4 appears to require the article's deletion. I will therefore again be tagging it for deletion and I suspect an admin will delete it inspite of your eloquent argument on the Talk page.
 * PS. In reply to your question as to Doug Bell's break from Wikipedia, as I understand it he is unhappy with a decision of the Arbitration Committee in a matter unrelated to the AfD process. To my knowledge he is a highly respected admin and I hope that he will soon return to contributing fully. WJBscribe (WJB talk) 01:43, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Ridiculous
Did you read my nominations? Are you aware of how many policies these articles comprehensively fail? Please. Less bad faith. If you want to be part of the solution and not part of the problem, join the dsicussion at WP:GUNDAM. Moreschi Deletion! 22:20, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Your assertion of policy violation doesn't make it so, and the biggest argument against these articles seems to be "in universe style", which relates to a non-binding guideline rather than to any policy. Redxiv 22:23, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Um, no actually. WP:V and WP:OR are both policy and non-negotiable. These articles are completely unreferenced and contain large chunks of OR. Virtually none of these articles assert real-world notability, which is in fact a WP:SPEEDY deletion criterion. Moreschi Deletion! 22:30, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Which doesn't mean an article violates policy because you say it does. BTW, WP:IAR is also policy. Redxiv 22:33, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Uh-huh. And now we are supposed to let completely unreferenced articles that do not assert notability survive because of IAR. Somehow, I don't think so. Moreschi Deletion! 22:35, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Hyuga clan/Uchiha clan merge
Sorry if you misinterpreted this, but nearly all of the information is still there. The introductory section to both articles is now under the appropriate clan's subheader in Land of Fire. All of their ranked ninja have been moved to List of Konoha ninja. Most of the unranked ninja have been moved to the Land of Fire, and Snapper deleted a select few that were unimportant in the grand scheme of things (namely, the unranked Uchiha that Itachi kills in Sasuke's flashback). It's all still there.  You Can't See Me!  20:15, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Sorry, didn't notice that, I was just looking at the talk pages for the Clans' articles. I only noticed because Obito Uchiha redirected to Land of Fire and (at the time) his name didn't even appear in that article. Which is something that needs to be addressed with this merge: fixing the character name redirects that used to go to Hyuga clan and Uchiha clan. Redxiv 05:56, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Nevermind, I think I've handled all of them myself. Redxiv 06:18, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

consensus
Might want to review your definition of consensus. 14-5 is a clear sign that the community has decided what it wants. This is not in dispute, and has not been for some time. Bringing it up again will have no benefit. ⇒   SWAT Jester    Denny Crane.  07:04, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Consensus is not a vote, and I find your numbers suspect anyway. Redxiv 07:20, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Karen Stadtfeld
This in reference to your recent edits to List of Code Geass characters article. Please see the official character booklet supplied with Sunrise's Code Geass Mosaic Kakera CD; here is an image of the booklet, where it is clearly stated that her name is Karen Stadtfeld. ··· 巌流 ? · Talk to Gan ryuu 13:19, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

 * Good enough for me, then. Thanks. — Red XIV (talk) 02:38, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

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Talk:Kolomna

Old talk
Blast these languages without articles!

The Russian wikipedia says states, "райцентр в Московской области". That is "regional center in Moscow Oblast." I don't know enough about oblasts and such to be able to interpret that as the regional center of the Moscow Oblast (like a county seat??), or a regional center in the Moscow Oblast (more than one??). It's that "в" preposition, "in", as opposed to the genetive ("of"), that fails to clarify. Any help from a native? --Kbh3rd 15:34, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Moscow Oblast = Moscow region, Oblast --212.5.81.211 15:48, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Да, да, это уже узнал. But a closer reading of the oblast and raion articles make it fairly clear that raioni are usually subdivisions of oblasti, so the answer to my question is likely that Kolomna is a regional or district central city.  (Just like this article says – when did that get in there?? ;-)  Kbh3rd 16:12, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Each oblast has its own regional center (oblastnoj centr), and is further broken down into rajons. The rajons have their own regional centers (rajcentr). So, for example, the Ukrainian Dnipropetrovs'ka Oblast has its capital at Dnipropetrovs'k, but the Dniprodzerzhyns'kyj rajon within that oblast has its own capital at Dniprodzerzhyns'k. Kazak 18:33, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

A new idea for name origin

 * Kolomna's name may originate from the Old Russian term for "on the bend (in the river)"? May be this name from Turkic word "kölemen" (slave man)? Russian Kolomna Region=Kolomenskiy Oblast, this is interesting. There is another interesting thing, word slave comes from Slav. So maybe Kolomna was founded by a slave man (kölemen)? It is thinkable or not? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.182.150.134 (talk) 16:31, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

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Oakhurst Cottage

Oakhurst Cottage is a tiny 16th or 17th-century cottage in Hambledon, Surrey, in the United Kingdom. It is a Grade II listed building.

The cottage was given to the National Trust in 1954, and occupied until 1983. It has been restored to illustrate the dwelling of a labourer in the Victorian era.

History
The building may have originally been a barn. The cottage as it exists now was built in the 16th or 17th century. It was occupied until the 1980s, and has since been restored and furnished to illustrate an example of a labourer's cottage.

The cottage was given to the National Trust in 1954 by the Allfrey sisters but was lived in by their tenants Elsie and Ted Jeffrey until Ted's death in 1983. Its garden is filled with plants that were popular during the Victorian era. Such is its size that Oakhurst Cottage can only be viewed by appointment, and by groups of no more than six people at a time.

Architecture
The two-storey building has a timber frame and a tiled roof. The infill between the timbers is colourwashed brick. There is a chimney to one side and a wing at the back. In the quarry-tiled kitchen is a large brick hearth beneath an oak beam, with examples of china and household implements which may have been used in a similar house. The bedrooms are accessed by a narrow staircase into the attic. These have two gabled dormer windows with some old glass in diamond-pane leading.

In the garden is an outhouse which housed the toilet, and a small barn with a collection of garden and workmen's tools.

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Category talk:Cities in Ireland

There is no point in subdividing this category for the sake of politics. Grouping all cities on the island of Ireland is the best way to do things, as it is an essentially geographical feature.

zoney ♣ talk 15:38, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * True. J OHN C OLLISON [ Ludraman] 15:44, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * Some input from our Northern friends is needed though, they may not agree. Perhaps the Northern Ireland ones can remain in a subcategory, and the RoI ones stay in this one? zoney ♣ talk 15:46, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * No subcategories for one country and not another - is it really neccessary to create a division because a) their are few cities on the Island b) independent Ireland has never created any new cities? Djegan 19:37, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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Headcorn

Headcorn is a village and civil parish in the borough of Maidstone in Kent, England. The parish is on the floodplain of the River Beult south east of Maidstone.

The village is 8 mi (13 km) southeast of Maidstone, on the A274 road to Tenterden. In addition to the parish church, dedicated to saints Peter and Paul, there are also churches and chapels for the Methodist, Baptist and Roman Catholic congregations.

There is a small airfield located nearby, where there is an aviation museum and a parachuting centre. Headcorn Parachute Club is the only skydiving club in Kent and is home to national champions and world-record holders.

Headcorn railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line between London and Dover. It was opened on 31 August 1842. On 1 December the same year, the South Eastern Railway opened the second section of its main line onward to Ashford. By 1844, trains were running from London to Dover. In June 1865 Charles Dickens was involved in a serious railway accident to the west of the village in Staplehurst on a bridge over the River Beult.

Early history
A Neolithic polished flint axe was found in the stream near the present school in Headcorn, and a bronze palstave axehead dating from the Bronze Age from New House Farm, found during fieldwork directed by Neil Aldridge reveal the presence of people in the area from very early times.

However, just to the north of the village a total of four much earlier Paleolithic flint handaxes have been found from a much earlier period. Three were found west of the Ulcombe Road and one from north-west of Tong. These have originated from the ancient river gravel terrace that partially survives beneath Tong Bank. This is evidence for a former ancient river system that predates the last glacial episode which ended around 15,000 years ago. The handaxes date from perhaps 250,000 BP.

There is evidence from one site in the south of the parish near New House for a probable farmstead that dates from the prehistoric Iron Age into the early Roman period. This was discovered by fieldwork undertaken by Neil Aldridge and members of the Kent Archaeological Society between 1993 and 95. Evidence for iron smelting, in the form of iron slag, and a small cemetery with three Roman cremations in pottery vessels were found. There were also a number of ditches and part of a Pre-Roman roundhouse. This was published in the journal of the Kent Archaeological Society in 2010.

At a recent housing development site at Hazelpits in Ulcombe Road archaeological work recorded further Bronze Age and Iron Age material including ditches, metal working and a burial, ref:(Canterbury Archaeological Trust 2018 report).

An extensive series of Iron Age, Romano-British and Medieval sites have also been recorded by fieldwork directed by Neil Aldridge and the Kent Archaeological Society some one and a quarter miles north of these finds in the parish of Ulcombe. These include iron-working hearths, burials, a sill beam Roman building dating to the 2nd century AD, with an earlier sunken-floored 'Grubenhaus' type structure underlying it, and an early Medieval site, ref:(Kent County Council Heritage database).

The earliest written records are references in charters of King Wihtred and King Offa to Wick Farm, 724 AD and Little Southernden, 785 AD. A probable Roman road passes close to Southernden linking Sutton Valence, Ashford, and Lympne; this was recorded by Neil Aldridge and the Kent Archaeological Society and later published in Archaeologia Cantiana in 2006. This road was probably used like many in the Weald to link the Roman iron working sites to ports and towns.

Headcorn may have originated as a "denn" or clearing, to which pigs were driven to feed on acorns in the Wealden Forest from manorial properties located in north-eastern Kent, such as Ospringe at Faversham. The network of lanes which run in a pattern North-East-South-West are the drove routes linking to the dens. This is particularly obvious when travelling from Headcorn towards say Paddock Wood when one is going 'against the grain' of the early road system. The only roads which have a different alignment are the Staplehurst-Cranbrook road which is partly Roman and the Sutton Valence-Biddenden main road which dates from 1815.

11th–18th centuries
Although Headcorn does not appear in the Domesday Book of 1086, the Domesday Monachorum (the ecclesiastical survey made at about the same time), records the existence of a church at Hedekaruna. According to the Oxford Names Companion, the name could possibly mean 'tree-trunk (used as a footbridge) of a man called Hydeca'. An important river crossing was at Stephens Bridge on the Frittenden Road where a Medieval bridge can be seen today. A second bridge, Pell Bridge, is situated south of the church which stands on a packhorse trackway to Frittenden and Cranbrook.

Henry of Ospringe, was appointed the first rector in 1222 by King Henry III. However, in 1239, the King gave the den of Headcorn, with the rectorial endowments, to the Maison Dieu at Ospringe, near Faversham. In 1251, the Master and Brethren of Ospringe were granted a weekly market on Thursdays and an annual fair at Headcorn on 29 June, St. Peter and St. Paul's Day. In 1482 the Ospringe house was dissolved and in 1516, St John's College Cambridge, was given the Maison Dieu properties. The fair was later held on 12 June, having apparently been merged with the Trinity-tide fair of Moatenden Priory.

The Trinitarian Order, or Order of the Holy Trinity for the Redemption of Captives, was founded in France in 1198. Among the first of the dozen houses it established in England, was Moatenden Priory dating from 1224. The site is off Maidstone Road Headcorn. In 1538, the priory was suppressed, among England's smaller houses, and its revenues went to the King.

The site was partially excavated by Neil Aldridge along with others of the Kent Archaeological Society, and the site of the priory church and other structures including the cloister garth were recorded beneath the garden of the present house which incorporates part of the medieval western range of the priory. This was published in Archaeologia Cantiana for 1995. The pottery from the excavation site dates from the 13th–15th centuries There were also three lead papal seals from the site, together with some carved stonework. The site is surrounded by a large moat and a number of monastic fishponds also survive. The former course of the Maidstone to Rye road passed alongside the site of the priory. During the excavations earlier material including Roman pottery and a coin was found at Moatenden, indicating settlement here over an extended period.

The prosperity brought to Headcorn by the weaving industry, established in the reign of King Edward III, is reflected in the houses built at that time and the enlargement of the Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul. In 1450, eighty men of Headcorn took part in Jack Cade's rebellion and subsequently received pardons.

The remains of the Headcorn Oak are near the south door of the parish church. It was extensively damaged by fire on 25 April 1989, but continued to produce new growth until July 1993. It has been claimed that the Headcorn Oak is up to 1,200 years old. However, Ian Mitchell of the Forestry Commission, an expert on old oaks, compared his own measurements taken in 1967 with those made by Robert Furley FSA, in 1878 and estimated it to be only 500 years old.

The chancel of the present parish church, is believed to mark the site of the nave of its 11th century counterpart and the Lady Chapel that of the 12th century south aisle. The 13th century saw construction of a new nave, about half the length of the present one and possibly also a cell on the site of the vicar's vestry, which dates from the early 15th century. The nave was completed in the 14th century and the present south aisle in the early 15th. Late in the same century, the tower and south porch were built.

Kent's Chantry was founded in the Lady Chapel in 1466, under licence from King Edward IV. In the south aisle, just outside the Lady Chapel and in the south wall, is an altar-tomb bearing the Culpeper arms, which also figure over the west door. The font dates from about 1450.

The Baptist community in Headcorn dates from around 1675, the first chapel having been at Bounty Farm in Love Lane. The present building in Station Road was opened in 1819 and renovated and extended in 1978, following the addition of a hall in 1971.

19th century to present
The exact date of the first Methodist Society in Headcorn is uncertain, but it built its first chapel for worship separate from the parish church in 1805. It was replaced by a second in 1854. The present building cost £800 when it was erected in 1867. Headcorn's Roman Catholics have had their own building since 1968, when the Church of St. Thomas of Canterbury was erected in Station Road. The cedar building of 1968 has been replaced by a brick one, dedicated by Bishop John Jukes on 25 June 1990.

Eight roads converge on Headcorn and there are several old bridges. Stephen's Bridge in Frittenden Road is said to have been built by Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury 1207–1228. There are records from the reigns of Edward I, Edward III and Henry IV, relating to the need to repair this bridge and Hawkenbury Bridge.

Before railways, the George Inn on Borough High Street was the hub of coach services to Kent, Surrey and Sussex. At 7:00 am on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, the Tenterden Coach set out on a 10-hour journey of 55 ¼ miles, passing through Headcorn. By 1838, the Tally Ho Coach had shortened the journey time, leaving London at 1:00 pm and reaching Headcorn at 8:15 pm and Tenterden at 9:30 pm. For 130 years (until 1915) Messrs. R. and J. Bennett ran a horse bus service between Tenterden, Headcorn and Maidstone. An advertisement of 1750, illustrates R. Hammond's Tenterden, Staplehurst, Biddenden, Headcorn and Town Sutton stage wagon, with a team of eight horses. It went to London and back once a week, taking two days each way. The current train service from Headcorn to London, takes about one hour.

On 31 October 1904, the Headcorn, Sutton Valence and Maidstone Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd. opened a service using steam vehicles. This was replaced about 1912 by Reliance Motor Services. Maidstone & District Motor Services was also operating on the route by 1914 and took over Reliance two years later. Nowadays the main operator is Arriva Southern Counties.

The South Eastern Railway was opened in stages, reaching Tonbridge in May 1842, Headcorn in August and Ashford in December. From 1905 to 1954 the Kent and East Sussex Railway operated between Robertsbridge and Headcorn via Tenterden. A proposed extension to Maidstone was never built.

In 1940, following the evacuation from Dunkirk, many thousands of British and allied troops received their first meal in England at Headcorn Station. Local volunteers assisted the Royal Army Service Corps in providing refreshments. One hundred trains per day were halted, allowing only eight minutes for each.

The Aerodrome at Shenley Farm, first used by one aircraft in the 1920s, served as an advanced landing ground for Canadians and then Americans in World War II. Today, as a private civil airfield and parachute centre, it also houses the Lashenden Air Warfare Museum, the Air Cadets of 500 Squadron and Thurston Helicopters, Ltd., a helicopter flying-school company.

Notable buildings
The 1986 list of buildings of architectural or historic interest has 88 entries for Headcorn, including the parish church (Grade I), the former old vicarage (II*) a traditional 15th-century Wealden hall house renamed Headcorn Manor about 1960, the Cloth Hall (II*) and Shakespeare House (II).

There are a number of significant medieval buildings in the area of Church Walk and the High Street. The line of Church walk is actually the earlier main road before construction of the present A274 in 1815. In Church Walk are three Wealden Hall Houses with the most important being Headcorn Manor. In the High Street, recent research by Peter Leach and Neil Aldridge has identified 21–25 High Street as being a large medieval structure. The scantlings in the front upper floor of 25 extend through into 23 High Street and indicate the size and importance of this timber-framed building.

Foreman's original store with its overhang, preserved as part of the Foreman's Centre, marks the site of the old National School, which was in existence by 1846 and replaced in 1870 by the building in Parsonage Meadow, since known as the Church School and now Longmeadow Hall. This was used only briefly as a National School, because a Board School (now part of the Headcorn Primary School) was opened in King's Road in 1873. Longmeadow Hall is currently being restored as part of the Community Centre project.

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