Wikipedia map reveals most searched for celebrity in Braintree | Braintree and Witham Times – Braintree and Witham Times

The most searched for celebritiesfrom across mid Essex havebeen revealed in an interactive map.

The map links place names with their most searched-for public figure on Wikipedia.

It includes a wide-reaching spectrum of celebrities, and counts 18th-century poets and wrestling champions among its pinpoints.

The link between the location and the celebrity ranges from their place of birth, their current home or a connection.

Produced by The Pudding, an online publication which debates culture in visual essays, the map covers villages, towns and cities across the UK.

And replacing Braintree on the map is The Prodigy.

The band hail for Braintree and was formed in1990 by keyboardist and songwriter Liam Howlett.

Lead singerKeith Flint sadly died two years ago.

Witham has been replaced on the map by singer Olly Murs.

The number one hitmaker, 37, was runner-up in the 2009 series of X Factor.

He has since gone on to have a successful recording career.

Witham was replaced by Olly Murs. Picture: PA

Halstead takes the name of Matt Cardle.

Cardle, 38, who won X Factor back in 2010 grew up in the town.

Bocking, meanwhile, has been renamedAugustine Courtauld after theyachtsmanand BritishArctic explorer who was born there in 1904.

Black Notley is replaced with John Ray theEnglish naturalist born in the village in the 17th century.

Coggeshall is given the nameDavid Nightingale Hicks after theinterior decorator and designer born in the town.

Matt Cardle features on the map

Kelvedon is renamedCharles Spurgeon after the 19th centuryParticular Baptistpreacher.

Earls Colne is replaces withHugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford, and Sible Hedingham withEdward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford.

Not surprisingly, the Queen is the most searched for person connected to London's upmarket Mayfair district, while Margaret Thatcher has the honour in Grantham, Lincolnshire, which was her birthplace.

Ed Sheeran is the most searched for person in Halifax, while its Winston Churchill with Aberdeen and Bristol.

The Bee Gees have the most searches for Manchester, whileThe Beatles are tops for Liverpool.

The Pudding map states: Person/city associations were based on the thousands of People by city or town pages on Wikipedia.

The top person from each city was determined by using median pageviews (with a minimum of 1 year of traffic).

We chose to include multiple occurrences for a single person because there is both no way to determine which is more accurate and people can 'be from'multiple places."

The People Map of the UK website is based on data collected and processed using Wikipedia from July 2015 to May 2020.

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