Adlingfleet

Article summary

Adlingfleet is a drained, fertile, former marshland village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Twin Rivers, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is east-southeast of Goole town centre. Its sea wall along the far north-east is set back from the Ouse estuary leaving the largest single reedbed in England. In 1961 the parish had a population of 137. Adlingfleet is an ancient parish within the Wapentake of Osgoldcross in the historic county of Yorkshire West Riding.

Key claims

1. date of death: 1596 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of formation: 1767 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of death is "1596". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of formation is "1767". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1376804791