Template:Did you know nominations/Church of St Thomas a Becket, Monmouth

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The result was: promoted by PFHLai (talk) 22:08, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

Church of St Thomas a Becket, Monmouth

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• ... that the Church of St Thomas the Martyr was damaged by the same fire that damaged the nearby Monnow Bridge?

Created/expanded by Philbly (talk) and GhMyrtle. Nominated by Victuallers (talk) at 23:55, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

• Note: Article has now been moved to Church of St Thomas the Martyr, Monmouth. Incidentally, the church was damaged by the fire (in 1233 - the date should perhaps be mentioned), but not destroyed. Ghmyrtle (talk) 08:01, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

• Thanks Ive changed it to damaged, your help with cleaning this article up is appreciated Victuallers (talk) 12:40, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

• I have amended the hook to avoid a redirect of the target article. Schwede66 18:23, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

Comment: It's not really surprising or interesting that it was "the same fire", as the church is very close to the bridge. I've clarified the article wording a little, to be closer to the source material, so the wording of the hook no longer really fits (and, also, duplicates the word "damaged"). What may be more interesting for the hook is that this took place in 1233, as part of a series of revolts against Henry III, in which leading English barons fought with the Welsh against the English king. I may tweak the article some more when I've checked the sources concerning the actions in Monmouth. Ghmyrtle (talk) 18:44, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

PS: How about:

ALT1 ... that the Church of St Thomas the Martyr, and the adjoining Monnow Bridge, were both damaged by fire in the Battle of Monmouth in 1233?

Ghmyrtle (talk) 22:23, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

I've made a few amendments. AGF on the offline sources but overall it looks fine. Good to go. ALT1 looks fine as well. Prioryman (talk) 14:40, 25 December 2011 (UTC)