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Wettest summer since 1756 (Jones'). 



From July to January, 1764, great quantity of rain 

 (Gilbert White). 



Hay, 25. 6d. per cwt. ; butter, 6d. per Ib. ; cheese, 2\d. 

 per Ib. ; cream, 6d. per pint ; milk, $d. per gallon. A 

 notable farmer's wife would make ^5 per cow. Fat 

 pigs, 6s. 6d. per score ; yearling heifers, 355. each ( Young). 



February 13. The tide overflowed the Bishop's Walk, 

 Lambeth, so that the people were carried from house to 

 house in boats. A fall of snow took place the same day 

 which laid eight feet deep upon the high roads in the 

 midland counties. March ist. One of the most violent 

 storms of hail and rain ever remembered occurred at 

 Harrow. July 23. Hertford Church struck by lightning 

 during Divine service, but no one injured (Boyle). 

 1764 Wheat, 46^. yd. per. qr. of nine bushels (Smith). 



Wheat, 4is. $d. per qr. ( Tovey). 



Remarkable year for floods and high springs ( ). 



November 6. Shock of an earthquake felt at Oxford 

 {Boyle). 



January. Sudden rise of springs and great floods at 

 Imber and other villages on Salisbury Plain (Hoare). 



Warm winter (Penny Mag.). 



A comet (Townsend). 



January 3rd (Turner). 



At Devizes market in July wheat sold at from 345. to 

 455. per qr. ; barley, from igs. to 235. ; oats, from ijs. to 

 2 is. ; beans, from 345. to 36^. ; peas, 2%s. to 325. ; 

 vetches, 36^. to 385. (London Chronicle). 



Household bread, $d. ; wheaten bread, 6\d. the quar- 

 tern loaf. June 23. Most violent hailstorm in Middle- 

 sex with a hurricane of wind, wholly destroying the corn 

 and fruits of the earth. 



July 6. Great storm round London followed by inun- 

 dations, causing great damage in the eastern counties, 

 washing away hay, etc. (London Chronicle). 



