Talk:Terrington St Clement

Dickman

If you are not aware of the history of the area please do not remove the part relating to 'Dickman' who is well-known in local folklore —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.20.29.211 (talk) 21:56, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

The only 'Dickman' known in the local area was a school student, who is certainly not "well-known in local folklore". :Stop vandalising this page with this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.254.200.123 (talk) 17:08, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

If there was a school student with that nickname it is irrelevant as to whether such a legend exists; it is probable that the student was given the nickname BECAUSE the legend is well-known and the student had some features which resembled the mythical beast. The story is contained in a number of documents and so your allegations of vandalism are unfounded and offensive. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.30.11.82 (talk) 18:14, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Unfortunately something which is "well known" has to also be well documented. You will need to provide refrences to back up the claim. If references are not found then the item may be removed as non-notable.

Chaosdruid (talk) 20:46, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

So how long can it remain until it can be removed due to lack of proper references? And what can be done to prevent it being re-added if it is removed for this reason? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.254.200.123 (talk) 16:09, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

The story may relate to Tom Hickathrift, and may in fact be just "the ogre/giant" part of the tale adapted to scare people off the marshes. The problem being that there is no reference so far, and I only have internet access so cannot check book references for the area.

There is this [1], though not relating to the Dickman myth by name, which warrants further investigation. Hickathrift was employed by a King's Lynn brewer doing deliveries between there and Wisbech. One of the two "candlesticks" was found in Terrington St John. Further info is [2](1969) and [3](1870)

I have tagged the quote as needing a citation. Chaosdruid (talk) 15:20, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Unfortunately this is an attempt, as mentioned in a previous comment, to pass off a living person with no historical importance as folklore, which constitutes deliberate misinformation - Wikipedia:SNEAKY. Reviewing the revision history, the article has been repeatedly edited to include a reference to 'Richard Wilkin', the first edit of which is 07/02/2007. Later revisions, such as 04/06/2008 refers to Dickman as being 'Richard Wilkin'. An article on the Lynn News, the local newspaper [4] confirms this person as attending St Clement's High School, and an announcement here [5] reveals them to still be connected to the Terrington St Clement/Kings Lynn area as the dispute above took place.

Due to this, and that the author of the comments above was unable to provide citation despite the character being 'Well known' in the area, I removed it from the page.

Businesses

Other Businesses In Terrington St Clement: Signmaker —Preceding unsigned comment added by Harryoverton (talk • contribs) 09:54, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Huge off shore mound

Anyone got any idea what this is ?? [6] (no, I know that bits a ship lol)

I have searched some old maps and aerial photos, but so much land has been reclaimedover the past 150 years...in the aerial photos from 1946 the fields adjacent to the sea are now two fields inland and so many maps and photos stop a couple of hundred yards short of the feature

It is a 600 foot diameter volcano mound

52°50'31.20"N LAT 0°14'36.04"E LONG

Chaosdruid (talk) 13:28, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Apparently it is a reservoir which was involved in a project to put a barrage accross the river mouth

Chaosdruid (talk) 21:10, 29 January 2010 (UTC)