Brancaster

Article summary

Brancaster is a village and civil parish on the north coast of the English county Norfolk. It is about west of the town Burnham Market, north of the town King's Lynn and north-west of the city Norwich. The parish includes the villages Brancaster and Brancaster Staithe and the former parish Burnham Deepdale, all of which lie along the A149 road. The Roman settlement Branodunum is on the edge of the village Brancaster. The parish has an area of and at the 2011 census had a population of 797 in 406 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district King's Lynn and West Norfolk. It is on the North Sea coast, with the villages bordering Brancaster Manor marshes. Scolt Head Island, a barrier island designated as a National Nature Reserve within the neighbouring parish Burnham Norton, is immediately to the north of much the parish boundary.

Key claims

1. date of birth: 1777 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of death: 1218 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. date of foundation: 1892 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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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 birth is "1777". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of death is "1218". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the date of foundation is "1892". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
6. 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=1366669520