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1607.— In Somersetshire and Gloucestershire about one hundred persons 

 perished from the inundations. 



1014.— Flood in Yorkshire after the frost broke up. 



1669.— August 18, a great torrent from Pendle Hill, floating the furniture 

 about in the houses. 



1672.— December 23rd, great flood on the Severn; height still marked at 



Worcester. 



1071.— Another great flood on the Trent, May 7 and 8. 



1083 or 4. -February 5 and 0, very destructive floods in mielland counties- 

 Bridge over the Trent at Nottingham elestroyed. 



1686.— June, a mountain flood in the " Craven" district, Yorkshire, nearly 

 destroying two to*ns. 



1689.— Incessant rain, with the exception of a few hours, from October 1 

 to 10th, causing a great flood in Norfolk, and breaking down bridges at Bungay, 

 in Suffolk. 



1093.— August 6th. Excessively wet summer from May. Whole fields of 



corn spoilt. 



1703.— Very wet September to November. 



1706.— Prodigious flood in the North of Ireland, October 7. 



1707.— Ditto, in July. 



1709.— Great flood after thaw. 



1725. — Cold and very wet from middle April to August 27th. 



1735.— Inundations general throughout England after a gale, on January 

 8th. September 7, greater flood at Coventry than for 40 years. 



1730.— July 5, highest tide in Thames for fifty years. March to July con- 

 tinued rains— in three days 5 inches fell. "The damage done almost incredible." 



1737, _ j an . g, the damage in Bristol from gale and flood £100,000. Water 

 rose 70 feet at Chepstow, and within 4 or 5 inches of the November storm of 1703. 



Sept. 28 to Oct. 3 heavy rains, causing great floods in the Eastern counties. 



1738.— Jan. 2, another severe storm at Bristol. 



1749.— August 22, the most remarkable storm remembered at Keswick, 



Cumberland. 



1750.— Sept. 2, streets in Gloucester three feet deep in water from three 



hours' violent rain. 



1752.— Dec. 30, coaches stopped by flood between Bristol and Oxford. 

 1753. —Feb. 15, great floods in North of England from sudden rain melting 



the snow. 



1768.— A remarkably wet year and bad summer. 



1770.— Nov. 18th, highest flood on Severn at Worcester and Gloucester 

 between 1672 and 1870. There is a brass plate marking its height at Worcester 

 on the steps leading to the Cathedral, which shows that it was 10 inches higher 

 than the memorable one of Dec. 23, 1672. It was caused by three days' heavy 

 rain, and its effects were terrible all over the country, Carlisle, Cheshire, and 

 the Bedford level being recorded, amongst other places, as having suffered 



