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A fact from Lassington Wood appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 May 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Lassington Wood, owned by the Guise family since the 13th century, was given to Gloucester County Borough Council in 1921?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2020/May. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lassington Wood.

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 00:38, 24 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Lassington Wood, owned by the Guise family since the 13th century, was given to Gloucester County Borough Council in 1921? "Sir Anselm Guise has given to the city of Gloucester a piece of land containing a notable old Oak tree known as teh Lassington Oak as a recognition of the long association of the Guise family with the city. John Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent, granted the Manor of Elmore to Anselm de Gyse 'to be held by him and his heirs for ever' by charter in 1274" from: The Gardeners' Chronicle: A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Horticulture and Allied Subjects. Gardeners Chronicle. 1921. p. 13.
- ALT1:... that ...? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Thomas Brodie (Royal Navy officer)

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 08:29, 13 May 2020 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

long enough, sources are good, new enough, no copyvio, passes WP:GEOLAND. Hook is borderline interesting, but I think it scrapes by on the merit of 13th century forests don't get donated often, fine work Dumelow. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 16:39, 23 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]