How old is the town you live in?

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:04 pm

I made a little bet with myself that I probably live in

the youngest! Just turned 50. Big celebration and all.

A town of about 40,000 people, smallish for around here.

You guys? (UK'ers, feel free, ought to give me a giggle!)

:wah:

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:17 pm

I've got underpants older than that :wah:

The oldest house in our village is 1437. So thats had a few anniversaries

The church is Norman and dates from 1086 although there was a church there long before the Norman Conquest

My house is just a youngster. Built in 1895

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:22 pm

valerie;1404637 wrote: I made a little bet with myself that I probably live in

the youngest! Just turned 50. Big celebration and all.

A town of about 40,000 people, smallish for around here.

You guys? (UK'ers, feel free, ought to give me a giggle!)

:wah:

I live in one of the new towns started in the sixties the first people moved here in april 1966. Admittedly it's built round a collection of older villages that go back several; hundred years, the local pub has the date 1765 when it was opened as coaching inn now you can dine where once horses ate hay and crapped everywhere..

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:31 pm

Our pub is a 14 century building that became a pub in 1510. Its called The Ship but we havent had a river here for a few hundred years, just a little valley where it used to be

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:32 pm

The village I live in certainly predates the Doomsday Book and the Old Hall was owned by Edward IV's wife back in the 1400s.

The local city is "The fortification of King Lear" and goes back at least to Roman times.

Clodhopper · Post by **Clodhopper** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:36 pm

Kingston-upon-Thames has existed since at least 838 AD, since the first reference to Cyninges tun is dated then. Seven Saxon kings were crowned here - the coronation stone is just outside the modern Guildhall.

There was probably a settlement of some sort here back in Roman times because Kingston, until the building of the London Bridges, was the lowest crossing point of the Thames and a position of strategic importance for anyone seeking to control the movement of people.

By the time of the Domesday Book (1086) the town was well established and known for its salmon fisheries: the town coat of arms is 3 salmon.

Oh, and one of the planes that saved Britain was designed and built here - the Hurricane. (also the Sopwith Camel and the Harrier!)

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:40 pm

There is a reference in the deeds of my house that states that the first occupant of the house, built in 1895, was granted a license to sell gin

flopstock · Post by **flopstock** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:58 pm

I think we had our 150th a couple of years ago

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:16 pm

The town Hubby and I live in:

Incorporated Date:

January 1, 1970

Population in 2010 was about 175 people.

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Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:45 pm

Settled 1877

Incorporated July 17, 1922

Incorporated (city) March 21, 1946

As of the census[1] of 2010, there were 30,112 people, 9,361 households, and 7,163 families residing in the city.

Post by **LarsMac** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 5:35 pm

The town I live in now was established in 1870.

Wandrin · Post by **Wandrin** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 5:45 pm

My little town was settled in 1860 and incorporated in 1887.

Scrat · Post by **Scrat** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:20 pm

Kent Washington. Settlers first came here in 1860s. Used to be Titusville but was later renamed after Kent County in England. Not a bad place unless you don't know where to live. West Hill is still nice but Kent itself and East Hill is not very good. The Kent valley used to be mostly farming but over the years warehousing has replaced the farms. There are still a couple of farms around but nowhere near what it used to be.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent,_Washington

fuzzywuzzy · Post by **fuzzywuzzy** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 4:15 pm

I don't live in a town more like an 'area'. it's been occupied for thousands of years by the indigenious residents. but explored around the early 1800's by whites.

but the nearest towns are these two Sale, Victoria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yarram, Victoria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 4:47 pm

I live In Bristol but I don't and never will regard It as my home.

My home Is the Sussex Downs just outside of Brighton.

This Is where I was raised, where most of my family still are, and my home which has an amazing history...

Steyning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fiend · Post by **Fiend** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 10:32 pm

The modern town was founded in 1687, but there are records of a smaller settlement being mentioned in 1237, and earlier Byzantine settlement from the 5th century. There are also archaeological finds indicating that human settlements have existed here since the Neolithic period, appx year 4500 BC.

Novi Sad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I win

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:24 am

Fiend;1404802 wrote: The modern town was founded in 1687, but there are records of a smaller settlement being mentioned in 1237, and earlier Byzantine settlement from the 5th century. There are also archaeological finds indicating that human settlements have existed here since the Neolithic period, appx year 4500 BC.

Novi Sad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I win

Not in terms of being the youngest you don't but maybe in being the oldest you have a claim. What I always find amazing though is the evidence that people in my part of the world were actively trading and sharing technology with those in yours.

Ancient Scotland - Cairnpapple Hill

A very few fragments of beaker pottery and some cremated bone were found from this period.

Beaker culture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

We don't always have to go to war with each other.

Fiend · Post by **Fiend** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:31 am

gmc;1404809 wrote: Not in terms of being the youngest you don't but maybe in being the oldest you have a claim. What I always find amazing though is the evidence that people in my part of the world were actively trading and sharing technology with those in yours.

And yet, these days you can't buy good tea in Serbia, not even for ready money

It is quite amazing how far people and goods managed to travel even that long ago.

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 2:47 am

Fiend;1404810 wrote: And yet, these days you can't buy good tea in Serbia, not even for ready money

It is quite amazing how far people and goods managed to travel even that long ago.

It's quite amazing how many people just can't accept that we were actually so connected to each other and shared ideas and technology with people so far away.

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 8:18 am

Fiend;1404802 wrote: The modern town was founded in 1687, but there are records of a smaller settlement being mentioned in 1237, and earlier Byzantine settlement from the 5th century. There are also archaeological finds indicating that human settlements have existed here since the Neolithic period, appx year 4500 BC.

Novi Sad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I win

I grew up as a child in Swanscombe, where "Swanscombe Man " was found (even though it was a woman. ) We played around the sand pit while the archaeological digs were going on.

"At between 200,000 and 300,000 years old they are still the oldest skull fragments ever discovered in the UK. "

Swanscombe Heritage Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 11:42 am

Snowfire;1404818 wrote: I grew up as a child in Swanscombe, where "Swanscombe Man " was found (even though it was a woman. ) We played around the sand pit while the archaeological digs were going on.

Well If you're going to show off, I grew up In a house next to a castle :p... although a ruined one at that.... as kids, we played In the disused moat.

Bramber Castle Steyning Horsham West Sussex England English

My Father used to get so fed up with coaches of tourists and the Archi digs