Driffield

Article summary

Driffield, also known as Great Driffield (neighbouring Little Driffield), is a market town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The civil parish is formed by the town of Driffield and the village of Little Driffield. By road, it is north-east of Leeds, east of York and north of Hull. Driffield, being near the centre of the Yorkshire Wolds, is named The Capital of the Wolds. At the 2021 census, Driffield parish had a population of 13,457, an slight increase on the 2011 UK census figure of 13,080. The town was listed in the 2019 Sunday Times report on the Best Places to Live in northern England.

Key claims

1. date of death: 0705-12-14 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of foundation: 1919 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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2. The record states that the date of death is "0705-12-14". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of foundation is "1919". What evidence would count against this claim?
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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=1378407473