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Beyond a village(qv) comes a town.

In general (in England),

a town will generally have been deliberately "founded", and may well have a foundation charter (even if, as in the case of London, the original town has expanded to envelope local villages);
whereas a village has one church, a town will have more than one;
a town will generally not be the "property" of one noble: a noble may reside there, but it is more likely that the town is governed by a council, of aldermen.

A town may be a borough, in which case there will be land-owning inhabitants, who are burgesses.

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 Beyond a [[village]]''(qv)'' comes a '''town'''.
-In general (in England), <br>
+In general (in [[England]]),
+* a town will generally have been deliberately "founded", and may well have a foundation [[charter]] (even if, as in the case of [[London]], the original town has expanded to envelope local villages);
+* whereas a village has one [[church]], a town will have more than one;
-* a town will generally have been deliberately "founded", and may well have a foundation [[charter]] (even if, as in the case of London, the original town has expanded to envelope local villages);
+* a town will generally not be the "property" of one [[noble]]: a noble may reside there, but it is more likely that the town is governed by a [[council]], of [[alderman|aldermen]].
-* whereas a village has one church, a town will have more than one;
-* a town will generally not be the "property" of one noble: a noble may reside there, but it is more likely that the town is governed by a council, of [[alderman|aldermen]].
-A town may be a [[borough]], in which case there will be land-owning inhabitants, who are '''burgesses''
+A town may be a [[borough]], in which case there will be land-owning inhabitants, who are ''[[burgess]]es''.
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