Hamlets

Ok, so I'm finally going to post a couple of pics from last weekend's pub walk...this weekend has also been gorgeous, and I've been out and about, enjoying it, but nothing too major to report.

On our walk last weekend, we went through what was called a "hamlet" in our pubwalk guide, and as we went along, Nicole and I entertained ourselves by trying to come up with a definition. Rob finally interrupted and told us it had to do with what defines a city. Although in modern times, cities are generally defined by population, traditionally (or historically) in England, they've been defined by churches. That's right, churches. A town with a cathedral is a city. So Guildford is a cathedral city. Salisbury, which most likely would not qualify as a city for its population, is a city because of its cathedral. This little place we passed through on our walk had once had a chapel, but never a church, and thus it was a hamlet. Man, I love this kind of stuff! This country is just chock full of things that fascinate me...