Longden Common, Pontesbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Please standardize the birthplace of my ancestor
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@2008 rj
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I am just another User/Patrons like yourself.
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You are correct.
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Even in the "Research/Places" database in "FamilySearch", if you put in: "Longden Common, Pontesbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom", all you really get is:
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Longden, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?focusedId=3423936
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Whereas, it took me a few minutes:
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WikiPedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longden
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Longden is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England.
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Longden Common lies to the south of the village. The hamlet's main social focal point is a public house, The Red Lion.
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So, Longden Common is a hamlet, a short distance south from Longden.
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I eventually found the "Red Lion" (Pub) in the hamlet of Longden Common, in 'Google' "Maps", with the address of "The Red Lion, Longdon Common, Shrewsbury, ...":
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It looks like the "Standards" Team (ie.'Place' Names) can certainly consider adding, both, "Longden Common, Longden, Pontesbury, Shropshire, England" and, "Longden Common, Longden, Pontesbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom", as "Standards" too.
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Brett
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Again, thank you. Hope the "standards team" will standardize these two places.
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@2008 rj
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I just noticed ...
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It looks like you asked the SAME question, in the "FamilySearch Places" Group, in the "Community."FamilySearch" Forum, on 26 September 2019 at 2:58 pm (last year).
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Standardized place for Longden Common, Pontesbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom?
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And, that request was NEVER actioned.
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Brett
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😒
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That one at least does exist - see https://www.streetlist.co.uk/towns/shropshire/longden-common for instance.
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