hamlet
Let an agent handle hamlets by location, local definition, administrative status and history, and separate the play and other senses of Hamlet.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle hamlets by location, local definition, administrative status and history, and separate the play and other senses of Hamlet.
A small human settlement, smaller than a village and often without its own church or services; in some jurisdictions, such as New York State, hamlet is a specific term for an unincorporated community within a town.
What it is for: Describing small rural settlements.
It can be identify a hamlet and the authority governing it; explain what hamlet means in this country; find local history and heritage; separate Shakespeare play sense.
Distinguishing features
Very small settlement
Often no local government of its own
Legal meaning varies
Common in rural areas
What it looks like
A small cluster of houses and farms, sometimes with a chapel or pub.
How it is recognised
A handful of dwellings
No or few services
The play Hamlet is a different sense
Related models
is a kind of - category
is smaller than - comparison
is governed by - authority
is confused with - another sense
In practice
Families and kinds
rural hamlets
mountain hamlets
legally defined hamlets such as in New York or Saskatchewan
equivalent terms such as aldea or mas
Standards and regulation
Local government and planning law
National gazetteers and place name authorities
Failure modes and hazards
Assuming one legal definition applies everywhere
Confusing hamlet and village status
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Place Which hamlet.
Location identifies.
Identity
Name and area.
Identity
Identity.
- Which hamlet is meant, and in which municipality? provenance
- What are its coordinates? measurement
Population
Size.
Population
Population.
- How many people live there, according to the census? provenance
- Is it counted separately? provenance
Status Legal meaning.
Definitions vary.
Definition
Local meaning.
Definition
Local definition.
- What does hamlet mean legally or administratively in this country? provenance
- Which authority governs it? provenance
Services
Local services.
Services
Services.
- Which services, such as post, school or transport, reach it? provenance
- Who provides them? provenance
Heritage History.
Hamlets have histories.
History
Origins.
History
History.
- What is the history of the hamlet, according to local sources? provenance
- What does its name mean? provenance
Buildings
Listed buildings.
Buildings
Heritage buildings.
- Are there protected buildings or ensembles? provenance
- Who manages them? provenance
Senses Disambiguation.
Hamlet has other senses.
Play
Shakespeare.
Play
Play sense.
- Is the Shakespeare play or its character meant? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
Terms
Equivalents.
Terms
Equivalent terms.
- Which local term, such as aldea or mas, corresponds to hamlet here? provenance
- Is the translation exact? boundary
What the second pass must settle
- Should each hamlet be a separate entry?
- How should national definitions be linked?
- How should equivalent terms be mapped?