Template:Did you know nominations/Shire Oak (Headingley)
- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 18:50, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
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Shire Oak (Headingley)
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The stump of the Shire Oak, 1897
- ... that the Skyrack wapentake may have met at and derived its name from the Shire Oak (pictured)? "it is believed to have become the meeting place of the Skyrack WWapentake ... the term "skyrack" may have dervived from "shire oak" as it was customary for a wapentake to be named after its meeting place" from: Hight, Julian (2011). Britain's Tree Story. London: National Trust. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-907892-20-2.
- ALT1:... that the Original Oak and Skyrack pubs were named after the nearby Shire Oak (pictured)? "the tree gave its name to two pubs opposite the church, namely the Skyrack and the Original Oak" from: Hight, Julian (2011). Britain's Tree Story. London: National Trust. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-907892-20-2.
- ALT2:... that after the ancient Shire Oak (pictured) fell in 1941 part of it was carved into an image of the Madonna and child for a local church? "On 26 May 1941, the ancient stump collapsed during a ferocious gale and was later removed. However, a section was saved and was carved into a likeness of the Madonna and Child. It can not be seen in the Lady Chapel of nearby St Michael's Church" from: Hight, Julian (2011). Britain's Tree Story. London: National Trust. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-907892-20-2.
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 20:55, 12 December 2019 (UTC).
- Reviewing...new enough, long enough, no copyvio issues, QPQ done. Will read through carefully and complete soon. Whispyhistory (talk) 15:48, 15 December 2019 (UTC)
...Hooks in article. Offline source. Hooks are followed by inline citations. I like ALT2 most. Whispyhistory (talk) 18:03, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
