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"and was recorded in the Domesday Book as the town of Givele or Ivle" According to my mug from the now defunct Yeovil museum: in 1086 the name has been seen as Givela and Givele. Ivele is recorded as 1315. There are 69 different spellings for the name we now call Yeovil recorded on it. I can't post a pic for obvious reasons. I don't have a better source - ie one that can be linked to. Perhaps the Somerset Archive might help here Gerdesj ( talk) 01:42, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
I have no doubt that the authorities would like this scheme to be compulsory, but I do not find it is verifiable according to the current reference [1]. Apart from being specifically described as voluntary, this sentence appears to suggest it is optional:- Sgt Jackie Gold, of Avon and Somerset Police, said: "the scheme had the added benefit that people who choose to sign up will not need to carry ID with them on a night out." Is there another source elaborating how compulsory it is? -- zzuuzz (talk) 12:08, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
-- zzuuzz (talk) 12:33, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
How is "Yeovil" pronounced?
English place names are notorious for their occasionally unintuitive pronunciations... so: "Yovil" (first syllables rhymes with "so", second with "Bill")? "Yeevil" (rhymes with "evil", similar to "people")? Something else entirely? -- pne (talk) 11:00, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
The BBC presenter on that segment about the "ninja" pronounced it much more like yowvel with ow as in blow and vel as in shovel. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.139.86.185 ( talk) 21:10, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
Well as a resident myself i pronounce it 'Yeeohville' as though i am having a large yawn whilst i say it, anyone else feel this way inclined? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.70.230.211 ( talk) 18:36, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
I notice that there is a photograph on the Polish WP which isn't sourced from this article, so I'm linking it here in case anyone wants to integrate it in future [4] Leth esl 14:18, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
I've been editing this article to try to bring it closer to the guidelines at WP:UKCITIES and would be interested in what other editors think is need to get it to meet the Wikipedia:Good article criteria? Obviously we need to expand the lead to summarise the article & reference (or remove) the uncited claims, but is there anything else which would be required?— Rod talk 18:20, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
The figure for the total population has previously been the subject of some toing and froing. The current citation for 27,949, valid at the time, is no longer working. Other estimates have traditionally been less 'reliable', but typically hover around 40,000. It's probably time to finally sort it out. -- zzuuzz (talk) 14:06, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
Yeovil Central: 7,230 Yeovil East: 7,300 Yeovil South: 7,802 Yeovil West: 7,280 (total so far: 29,612) Yeovil Without: 7,260 Brympton: 5,268 (Total: 42,140)
Some clarification on this matter would be helpful :) -- zzuuzz (talk) 14:51, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
Lots of people have recently been added to the notable residents section of this article. Citations are needed which verify their link with Yeovil and I would suggest that many of the people linked to Yeovil Town FC, but may not have been born in the town or have made significant contributions to it, should be kept in the football club article rather than being included in this article.— Rod talk 18:55, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
The article has "the opening sequence of the film was shot on location at Yeovil Town Station (since demolished)". Unlikely. Pictures and track plans exist, and don't match. [9] Added "cite needed". -- John Nagle ( talk) 18:18, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
Having just reverted an unregistered editor who changed the population figure for the town from 30,378 to 42,000, I've looked directly at the ONS site and can see that the original cited figure from Somerset County Council only covers part of the town (i.e. the parish) - see the map and figures here. Hence the population of the whole town is indeed higher, though whether an accurate figure can be sourced is questionable. It might be necessary to give separate figures for the different parishes which cover the town's built-up area, though these may also cover areas outside the town (such as with Yeovil Without here, which also covers the village of Yeovil Marsh). PaleCloudedWhite ( talk) 12:37, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
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Whether you like it or not: Westland Aircraft => (GKN) Westland Helicopters Ltd => Leonardo ( https://uk.leonardocompany.com/en/about-us/uk-locations/yeovil) It's way more complicated than that but the current identity is an Italian firm.
This article does not seem to mention Leonardos. They are this lot: "Leonardo UK Ltd, (“Leonardo in the UK”, the “Company”) is a private company limited by shares, registered in England and Wales under company number: 02426132, with a registered office of: One Eagle Place, London, SW1Y 6AF. VAT number: GB 849 7746 58. The Company is a member of the Leonardo Group, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Leonardo S.p.A, a publicly listed company on the Stock Exchange of Milan, registered in accordance with the laws of Italy. Registered office: Piazza Monte Grappa n. 4, 00195 Rome, Italy. Register no. and tax reference: 00401990585. VAT no. 00881841001."
Why on earth does this article not mention this? It happened years ago.
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"and was recorded in the Domesday Book as the town of Givele or Ivle" According to my mug from the now defunct Yeovil museum: in 1086 the name has been seen as Givela and Givele. Ivele is recorded as 1315. There are 69 different spellings for the name we now call Yeovil recorded on it. I can't post a pic for obvious reasons. I don't have a better source - ie one that can be linked to. Perhaps the Somerset Archive might help here Gerdesj ( talk) 01:42, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
I have no doubt that the authorities would like this scheme to be compulsory, but I do not find it is verifiable according to the current reference [1]. Apart from being specifically described as voluntary, this sentence appears to suggest it is optional:- Sgt Jackie Gold, of Avon and Somerset Police, said: "the scheme had the added benefit that people who choose to sign up will not need to carry ID with them on a night out." Is there another source elaborating how compulsory it is? -- zzuuzz (talk) 12:08, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
-- zzuuzz (talk) 12:33, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
How is "Yeovil" pronounced?
English place names are notorious for their occasionally unintuitive pronunciations... so: "Yovil" (first syllables rhymes with "so", second with "Bill")? "Yeevil" (rhymes with "evil", similar to "people")? Something else entirely? -- pne (talk) 11:00, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
The BBC presenter on that segment about the "ninja" pronounced it much more like yowvel with ow as in blow and vel as in shovel. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.139.86.185 ( talk) 21:10, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
Well as a resident myself i pronounce it 'Yeeohville' as though i am having a large yawn whilst i say it, anyone else feel this way inclined? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.70.230.211 ( talk) 18:36, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
I notice that there is a photograph on the Polish WP which isn't sourced from this article, so I'm linking it here in case anyone wants to integrate it in future [4] Leth esl 14:18, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
I've been editing this article to try to bring it closer to the guidelines at WP:UKCITIES and would be interested in what other editors think is need to get it to meet the Wikipedia:Good article criteria? Obviously we need to expand the lead to summarise the article & reference (or remove) the uncited claims, but is there anything else which would be required?— Rod talk 18:20, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
The figure for the total population has previously been the subject of some toing and froing. The current citation for 27,949, valid at the time, is no longer working. Other estimates have traditionally been less 'reliable', but typically hover around 40,000. It's probably time to finally sort it out. -- zzuuzz (talk) 14:06, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
Yeovil Central: 7,230 Yeovil East: 7,300 Yeovil South: 7,802 Yeovil West: 7,280 (total so far: 29,612) Yeovil Without: 7,260 Brympton: 5,268 (Total: 42,140)
Some clarification on this matter would be helpful :) -- zzuuzz (talk) 14:51, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
Lots of people have recently been added to the notable residents section of this article. Citations are needed which verify their link with Yeovil and I would suggest that many of the people linked to Yeovil Town FC, but may not have been born in the town or have made significant contributions to it, should be kept in the football club article rather than being included in this article.— Rod talk 18:55, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
The article has "the opening sequence of the film was shot on location at Yeovil Town Station (since demolished)". Unlikely. Pictures and track plans exist, and don't match. [9] Added "cite needed". -- John Nagle ( talk) 18:18, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
Having just reverted an unregistered editor who changed the population figure for the town from 30,378 to 42,000, I've looked directly at the ONS site and can see that the original cited figure from Somerset County Council only covers part of the town (i.e. the parish) - see the map and figures here. Hence the population of the whole town is indeed higher, though whether an accurate figure can be sourced is questionable. It might be necessary to give separate figures for the different parishes which cover the town's built-up area, though these may also cover areas outside the town (such as with Yeovil Without here, which also covers the village of Yeovil Marsh). PaleCloudedWhite ( talk) 12:37, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
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Whether you like it or not: Westland Aircraft => (GKN) Westland Helicopters Ltd => Leonardo ( https://uk.leonardocompany.com/en/about-us/uk-locations/yeovil) It's way more complicated than that but the current identity is an Italian firm.
This article does not seem to mention Leonardos. They are this lot: "Leonardo UK Ltd, (“Leonardo in the UK”, the “Company”) is a private company limited by shares, registered in England and Wales under company number: 02426132, with a registered office of: One Eagle Place, London, SW1Y 6AF. VAT number: GB 849 7746 58. The Company is a member of the Leonardo Group, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Leonardo S.p.A, a publicly listed company on the Stock Exchange of Milan, registered in accordance with the laws of Italy. Registered office: Piazza Monte Grappa n. 4, 00195 Rome, Italy. Register no. and tax reference: 00401990585. VAT no. 00881841001."
Why on earth does this article not mention this? It happened years ago.