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Ewshot

Ewshot is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England. It lies in the north east of the county, close to the Surrey border. The nearest towns are Fleet and Farnham. The name Ewshot comes from Old English and means 'corner or angle of land where yew trees grow'. Ewshot consists of Ewshot village proper, a later development known as Ewshot Heights plus the outlying hamlets of Beacon Hill, Warren, Dora's Green and a newer estate of large houses originally called Marlborough Hill at the top of Beacon Hill towards Farnham. It has a small village hall, a residents association and one public house, called The Windmill. The parish church, St Mary's, was founded in 1873 and built in the Early English style. The nearby Bricksbury Hill, a mile to the east, rises to above sea level.

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Ewshot is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England. It lies in the north east of the county, close to the Surrey border. The nearest towns are Fleet and Farnham. The name Ewshot comes from Old English and means 'corner or angle of land where yew trees grow'. Ewshot consists of Ewshot village proper, a later development known as Ewshot Heights plus the outlying hamlets of Beacon Hill, Warren, Dora's Green and a newer estate of large houses originally called Marlborough Hill at the top of Beacon Hill towards Farnham. It has a small village hall, a residents association and one public house, called The Windmill. The parish church, St Mary's, was founded in 1873 and built in the Early English style. The nearby Bricksbury Hill, a mile to the east, rises to above sea level.

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  1. date of foundation: 1873 — 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 foundation is "1873". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. 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=1360513241

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