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1799.— August 21, " The greatest flood on the "Wye, Lugg, anil Time 

 ever known in summer," washing away the hay and corn out of the fields, and 

 so adding to the losses of that disastrous season when wheat was 30s. per bushel. 



1809. — January 27, the melted snow and rain, amounting to about two 

 inches in depth on level, descending suddenly by the rivers, inundatid the 

 country to as great an extent in some districts as in 1795. The "Wye was, I 

 believe, 18 inches 1. wer. The Thames was so full that no. tide was perceptible. 



1816 was a very wet, cold season. Wheat out at Christmas, and the head 

 so bad "that it would stick if thrown against a wall." The season said to be 

 as bad as in 1093. 



1821.- — This was a very wet year. The Wye was fir oded in November, and 

 rose nearly to the height of 1795. The coach could not cross the causeway at 

 Ross, on November 25th. 



1828. — Great rains every day, from July 9th to August 15th, August 

 14th the great harvest flood in Suffolk. 



1829. — Rain more or less (except on four days) from June lGth to Sept. 

 20 — ninety-six days. Bad harvest, and much corn injured. Unparalleled 

 floods in the North of Scotland. 



1830. — A very wet June. The Wye overflowed its banks, destroying the 

 crops of grass and corn which grew there. In Warwickshire, Shropshire, 

 Derbyshire, and "Worcestershire, as well as further North, inundations were 

 very extensive. Some farmers having lost their hay crops for three consecutive 

 years by floods. 



1831.— Feb. 10, great flood on the "Wye and Lugg from thawed snow. 

 Higher at Ross than at any time since, and only about one foot lower than in 

 1795. Said to be not quite so high at Hereford as November, 1824. The coach 

 was left in the Old Wilton Road, and the market women brought their wares 

 into Ross (being market-day) in boats. A man named Charles Brain was drowned 

 whilst out in a boat. 



1836. — November, great flood in Lugg, about same height as in 1831. 



1839. — Jnly 31, Lugg and Teme higher than ever known in summer. 

 Severn also very high. 



1852. — This year, the last very wet year we have had, was remarkable 

 for two most extraordinai y floods, the one on February 8th, the other on 

 November 15th. 



The former was rather the highest on the "Wye and the latter on the 

 Severn, reaching at Gloucester within one inch of 1795, whilst the "Wye at 

 Ross was as much as 18 inches short of the same mark, and no flood has since 

 approached within about two feet of the same height. The bridge over the 

 river Froome was washed away, and the mail coach drove into the chasm, 

 causing Mr. Hardwick's death by drowning. The great depth of water in houses 

 and over roads, and the expanse of country covered with water, are all fresh 

 in memory. 



