Template:Did you know nominations/Commissions of sewers
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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 03:18, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
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Commissions of sewers
- ... that some English mediaeval commissions of sewers had powers to imprison labourers who refused to work on flood defences? "This is reflected in the periodic issuing of supplementary commissions giving authority to coerce labour - sometimes with powers of arrest and imprisonment - for work on river-walls" from: Galloway, James A.; Potts, Jonathan S. (2007). "Marine Flooding in the Thames Estuary and Tidal River C. 1250-1450: Impact and Response". Area. 39 (3): 377. ISSN 0004-0894.
- ALT1:... that the commissions of sewers were responsible for land drainage and flood defences in England from the 13th century until their abolition in 1930? "It is as well to recall that commissioners of sewers had their origin in the thirteenth century" from: Richardson, H. G. (1919). "The Early History of Commissions of Sewers". The English Historical Review. 34 (135): 389. ISSN 0013-8266. and "The Land Drainage Act of 1930 put an end to commissions of sewers" from: Owen, A. E. B. (1967). "15. Records of Commissions of Sewers". History. 52 (174): 36. ISSN 0018-2648.
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 07:02, 31 March 2021 (UTC).
New article that was moved to mainspace on 30 March is 7,678 characters and nominated one day later. No copyvios detected and duplication detector [1] reveal no close paraphrasing issues (AGF scanned refs which can't go through Dup detector). Article are well-sourced. Main hook is 121 characters long (ALT1 is 148); both are under the 200 character max. limit and are interesting. Refs 5 and 13 (verifying the hook and ALT1, respectively) are reliable sources. QPQ done. Looks good to go! —Bloom6132 (talk) 14:41, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
