Template:Did you know nominations/Queen's Oak
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:40, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
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Queen's Oak
- ... that traditionally Edward IV of England is said to have first met his wife Elizabeth Woodville under the Queen's Oak in Northamptonshire? "Queen's Oak, Potterspury, Northants. Tradition points out the exact spot of the first meeting between the lovely widow of Sir John Gray, a noted Lancastrian leader, and the youthful King Edward IV" Source: The Arboricultural Association Journal. Arboricultural Association. 1965. p. 233.)
- ALT1:... that the Queen's Oak, reputedly the meeting place of Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville, died in 1997? Source: Hight, Julian (2011). Britain's Tree Story. London: National Trust. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-907892-20-2.
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Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 17:31, 27 January 2020 (UTC).
- Reviewing...new enough, long enough, interesting. BTW...I can't see a stump in the photo. Will complete soon. Whispyhistory (talk) 18:20, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks Whispyhistory, I think the stump is the black thing at left of the image but unfortunately, I could find no better picture. I've dug out my copy of Hight's book so I can now provide the quote: "According to folklore, King Edward IV met Elizabeth Woodville beneath the shade of this tree on 13 April 1464 ... continued until 1994 when it caught fire. For three years the oak lived on, producing foliage on one branch until it finally gave up the ghost in August 1997" - Dumelow (talk) 18:43, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Dumelow:...If your earwig copyvio is working...can you send me a link to a earwig copyvio link for the article? Whispyhistory (talk) 10:16, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
- Hi Whispyhistory, there's currently a known issue with earwig for queries via Google search. You can still run it based only on the sources listed in the article though - Dumelow (talk) 10:30, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Dumelow:...If your earwig copyvio is working...can you send me a link to a earwig copyvio link for the article? Whispyhistory (talk) 10:16, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks Whispyhistory, I think the stump is the black thing at left of the image but unfortunately, I could find no better picture. I've dug out my copy of Hight's book so I can now provide the quote: "According to folklore, King Edward IV met Elizabeth Woodville beneath the shade of this tree on 13 April 1464 ... continued until 1994 when it caught fire. For three years the oak lived on, producing foliage on one branch until it finally gave up the ghost in August 1997" - Dumelow (talk) 18:43, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
...Thanks, no copyvio issues, hook in article and followed by inline citation. Plenty of references. Whispyhistory (talk) 10:41, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
