Talk:Monks Bridge, River Dove

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 23:48, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

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An arch of Monks Bridge

• ... that in 1548 the parish of Egginton sold two church bells to fund repairs to the Monks Bridge (arch pictured)? " Egginton parish was at least partly responsible for its upkeep: two of its church bells were sold in 1548 to raise money for repairs" from: "Stretton: Introduction". A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 9, Burton-Upon-Trent. : Victoria County History. British History Online. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  • ALT1:... that the Monks Bridge, much of which dates to the 15th century, still carries road traffic today? "The bridge is of probable 15th century date" from: "Record Details : MST4512". Heritage Gateway. Historic England. Retrieved 24 June 2020. "Monks bridge survives as part of a slip road." from: "Stretton: Introduction". A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 9, Burton-Upon-Trent. : Victoria County History. British History Online. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  • ALT2:... that in the 14th century a chaplain at Monks Bridge, River Dove collected alms from travellers to pay for repairs to the structure?"it was known as Monk bridge in 1394 when the Crown granted a chaplain permission to collect alms for its repair. The chaplain built himself a chapel on the bridge," from: "Stretton: Introduction". A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 9, Burton-Upon-Trent. : Victoria County History. British History Online. Retrieved 24 June 2020.

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Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 07:24, 26 June 2020 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: New enough, long enough, well-written and sourced and seems free of plagiarism (Earwig at 3.8%). Hooks cited and interesting, pic also OK and QPQ has been done. Looks good to go to me. I prefer ALT0 over the other two hooks.

One minor point, I would hesitate to use bastion to describe the triangular projections in the bridge (a bastion is a polygonal projection forming part of a fortification; in this case, by drawing an analogy with military architecture the projections on the bridge are actually more similar to a redan than a bastion). I see that the term "bastion" was actually used in a source, so perhaps it can be included in the article but with an explanation on what it actually means in this case? Xwejnusgozo (talk) 10:41, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Xwejnusgozo, bastion was probably the wrong link. I hadn't come across it before by my Dictionary of Civil Engineering defines it as an outwards projection of awall, the example it gives is of a sea wall but I guess it can apply to bridge parapets too. I've removed the link and defined it in brackets in the article - Dumelow (talk) 13:20, 28 June 2020 (UTC)