User:Rushton2010/DYK

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Did You Know[edit]

Article	Did You Know...?	Date	Views
Ashbourne Hall	... that in 1846, Ashbourne Hall and its Derbyshire estate were withdrawn from a sale and sold later in 46 lots by a local solicitor?	6 December 2010	2257
Locko Preceptory	... that Locko Preceptory is the only recorded Lazarite Preceptory in England?	12 April 2013	1274
Gresley Priory	... that Gresley Parish Church was originally an Augustinian priory, founded in the 12th century?	21 April 2013	1531
Harrington House	... that the Earl of Harrington's former London townhouse, Harrington House, is currently the official home of the Russian Ambassador to the UK?	2 May 2013	2184
St. James Priory, Derby	... that the Corporation of Derby used to pay two pounds of wax, annually, to the monks of St. James Priory, for the right to cross St. James Bridge?	9 May 2013	1729
Derby Blackfriars	... that in 1344 Derby Black Friary was ransacked by a group of over 40 men, who stole £60 worth of goods?	13 May 2013	3444
King's Mead Priory	... that King's Mead Priory was the only Benedictine Nunnery in Derbyshire?	18 May 2013	1066
Leicester Abbey	... that after Cardinal Thomas Wolsey died at Leicester Abbey in 1530, his body was put on display so it could be viewed by the people of Leicester?	25 May 2013	5786 *(1102 from Leicester Abbey; 4684 from Cardinal Wolsey)
Beeston Priory	... that in 1317, a canon from Beeston Priory had to travel to Rome to seek absolution from Pope John XXII for attacking the Bishop of Norwich with a sword?	26 May 2013	1290 *(862 from Beeston Priory; 428 from Pope John XXII)
St Helen's Priory, Derby	... that St Helen's Priory, Derby became a hospital in 1160, after the majority of its canons transferred to nearby Darley Abbey in 1157?	27 May 2013	714 *(526 from St Helen's Priory, Derby; 188 from Darley Abbey)
Rothley Temple	... that Rothley Temple was a preceptory of both the Knights Templar and the Knights Hospitallers?	30 May 2013	4254
Repton Priory	... that having paid a large fine, Repton Priory was reestablished after the first Dissolution of the Monasteries, only to be dissolved again the following year?	11 June 2013	2353
Repton Abbey	... that Repton Abbey is traditionally thought to have been founded by Saint David, and is the burial place of two Mercian Kings?	12 June 2013	2517
Norton Juxta Twycross	... that Norton Juxta Twycross's former rectory has been a zoo since the 1960s?	19 June 2013	1408
Longleat Priory	... that Longleat Priory was suppressed in 1529, seven years before Henry VIII started his Dissolution of the Monasteries?	19 June 2013	1954
Heather Preceptory	... that Heather Preceptory was founded around the turn of the 13th century by the Knights Hospitallers?	21 June 2013	1669
Garendon Abbey	... that Garendon Abbey was already partially ruinous when it was dissolved in 1536?"	24 June 2013	2038
Langley Priory	...that in the 13th century, the Benedictine nuns of Langley Priory claimed to belong to the Cistercian Order to avoid paying tax on their land?	30 June 2013	654
Garendon Hall	... that when Garendon Hall was demolished in 1964, the building's rubble was used in the construction of the M1 motorway?	30 June 2013	2054
Hinckley Priory	... that Hinckley Priory in Leicestershire, England, was an alien monastery, dependent on Lyre Abbey in Normandy, France?	30 June 2013	814
Broadholme	... that until 1989, the village of Broadholme in Lincolnshire was located in Nottinghamshire?	3 August 2013	953 *792 + 105 + 56
Broadholme Priory	... that Broadholme Priory was one of only two female houses of the Premonstratensian Order in England?	5 August 2013	1770 *832 + 938
Felley Priory	... that Felley Priory received charters of confirmation from three popes: Alexander III, Celestine III and Gregory IX?	6 August 2013	1598 *1130 + 174 + 147 + 147
Nottingham Whitefriars	... that the Prior of Nottingham Carmelite Friary was pardoned after he killed a friar during a drunken fight?	11 August 2013	766 *384 + 138 + 344
Barking Abbey	... that Barking Abbey's (pictured) former abbesses include three saints, three queens, two king's daughters, and the sister of Thomas Becket?	24 August 2013	4368 *3577 + 297 + 494
Mattersey Priory	... that Mattersey Priory's (pictured) church was destroyed by fire and was never rebuilt?	29 August 2013	5773
David Baldwin (historian)	... that British historian David Baldwin successfully predicted the location of King Richard III's remains over twenty-five years before they were discovered?	5 September 2013	4944 *3881 + 0 + 1063update with figures from both sides later

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DYK for Ashbourne Hall[edit]

On 6 December 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ashbourne Hall, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 12:20, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Search for Ashbourne in here[edit]

see here - May make front page in 7ish days Victuallers (talk) 11:17, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Locko Preceptory[edit]

On 12 April 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Locko Preceptory, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Locko Preceptory is the only recorded Lazarite Preceptory in England? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Locko Preceptory. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 00:02, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Gresley Priory[edit]

On 21 April 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gresley Priory, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Gresley Parish Church (pictured) was originally an Augustinian priory, founded in the 12th century? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gresley Priory. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

DYK for 13 Kensington Palace Gardens[edit]

On 2 May 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 13 Kensington Palace Gardens, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Earl of Harrington's former London townhouse, Harrington House, is currently the official home of the Russian Ambassador to the UK? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/13 Kensington Palace Gardens. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

— Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:03, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

DYK for St. James Priory, Derby[edit]

On 9 May 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article St. James Priory, Derby, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Corporation of Derby used to pay two pounds of wax, annually, to the monks of St. James Priory, for the right to cross St. James Bridge? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/St. James Priory, Derby. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 08:04, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Derby Black Friary[edit]

On 13 May 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Derby Black Friary, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in 1344 Derby Black Friary was ransacked by a group of over 40 men, who stole £60 worth of goods? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Derby Black Friary. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:43, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

DYK for King's Mead Priory[edit]

On 18 May 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article King's Mead Priory, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that King's Mead Priory was the only Benedictine Nunnery in Derbyshire? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/King's Mead Priory. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 18:19, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Leicester Abbey[edit]

On 25 May 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Leicester Abbey, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that after Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (pictured) died at Leicester Abbey in 1530, his body was put on display so it could be viewed by the people of Leicester? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Leicester Abbey. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Priory of St Mary in the Meadow, Beeston Regis[edit]

On 26 May 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Priory of St Mary in the Meadow, Beeston Regis, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in 1317, a canon from Beeston Priory had to travel to Rome to seek absolution from Pope John XXII for attacking the Bishop of Norwich with a sword? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Priory of St Mary in the Meadow, Beeston Regis. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

— Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:03, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

DYK for St Helen's Priory, Derby[edit]

On 27 May 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article St Helen's Priory, Derby, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that St Helen's Priory, Derby became a hospital in 1160, after the majority of its canons transferred to nearby Darley Abbey in 1157? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/St Helen's Priory, Derby. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:03, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Rothley Temple[edit]

On 30 May 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Rothley Temple, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Rothley Temple was a preceptory of both the Knights Templar and the Knights Hospitallers? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rothley Temple. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Repton Priory[edit]

On 11 June 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Repton Priory, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that having paid a large fine, Repton Priory was reestablished after the first Dissolution of the Monasteries, only to be dissolved again the following year? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Repton Priory. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

— Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:02, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Repton Abbey[edit]

On 12 June 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Repton Abbey, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Repton Abbey is traditionally thought to have been founded by Saint David, and is the burial place of two Mercian Kings? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Repton Abbey. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 19:33, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Norton Juxta Twycross[edit]

On 19 June 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Norton Juxta Twycross, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Norton Juxta Twycross's former rectory has been a zoo since the 1960s? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Norton Juxta Twycross. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Orlady (talk) 08:02, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Longleat Priory[edit]

On 19 June 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Longleat Priory, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Longleat Priory was suppressed in 1529, seven years before Henry VIII started his Dissolution of the Monasteries? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Longleat Priory. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Heather Preceptory[edit]

On 21 June 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Heather Preceptory, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Heather Preceptory was founded around the turn of the 13th century by the Knights Hospitallers? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Heather Preceptory. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Garendon Abbey[edit]

On 24 June 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Garendon Abbey, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Garendon Abbey was already partially ruinous when it was dissolved in 1536? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Garendon Abbey. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:03, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Langley Priory[edit]

On 30 June 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Langley Priory, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that in the 13th century, the Benedictine nuns of Langley Priory claimed to belong to the Cistercian Order to avoid paying tax on their land? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Langley Priory. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 02:23, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Garendon Hall[edit]

On 30 June 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Garendon Hall, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that when Garendon Hall was demolished in 1964, the building's rubble was used in the construction of the M1 motorway? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Garendon Hall. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 10:08, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Hinckley Priory[edit]

On 30 June 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hinckley Priory, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Hinckley Priory in Leicestershire, England, was an alien monastery, dependent on Lyre Abbey in Normandy, France? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hinckley Priory. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 17:54, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Broadholme[edit]

On 3 August 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Broadholme, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that until 1989, the village of Broadholme in Lincolnshire was located in Nottinghamshire? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Broadholme. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 16:04, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Broadholme Priory[edit]

On 5 August 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Broadholme Priory, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Broadholme Priory was one of only two female houses of the Premonstratensian Order in England? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Broadholme Priory. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Felley Priory[edit]

On 6 August 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Felley Priory, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Felley Priory received charters of confirmation from three popes: Alexander III, Celestine III and Gregory IX? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Felley Priory. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Alex Shih ^Talk 08:02, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Nottingham Whitefriars[edit]

On 11 August 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nottingham Whitefriars, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Prior of Nottingham Carmelite Friary was pardoned after he killed a friar during a drunken fight? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nottingham Whitefriars. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Alex Shih ^Talk 02:04, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Barking Abbey[edit]

On 24 August 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Barking Abbey, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Barking Abbey's (pictured) former abbesses include three saints, three queens, two king's daughters, and the sister of Thomas Becket? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Barking Abbey. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

DYK for David Baldwin (historian)[edit]

On 5 September 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article David Baldwin (historian), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that British historian David Baldwin successfully predicted the location of King Richard III's remains over twenty-five years before they were discovered? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/David Baldwin (historian). You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:02, 5 September 2013 (UTC)