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) 00:38, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
... 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.
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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. Eddie891TalkWork 16:39, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
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)