544 Sir J. Prestwich, Bart. — Notes on Earthquakes. 



1247. February 13. An earthquake, chiefly felt in the river Thames (London). 

 M. Park, p. .723. 



1248. December 24. A dreadful one in Somersetshire. lb., p. 756. 



1250. December 10. One at St. Albans and parts adjacent S., p. 803, and 

 Solinsh. p 243. 



1274. One in England. EoKmJhed, t^^ 277. 



1275. September 11. One all over England, chiefly in the south and western parts, 

 as Somersetshire, etc., which threw down St. Michael's Church on the Hill 

 (now called the Tor), at Glastonbury. Henr. de Knyghton, col. 2461 ; 

 Trivet An. p. 247 ; Solinsh. p. 278. 



1328. November 14. The greatest earthquake ever known in England. 



1380. May 21. An earthquake all over England, which much shook and shattered 



some of the buildings in Canterbury. Chr. W. Thorn, col. 2157. 

 1382. May. A general earthquake, very dreadful, with thunder and lightening, 



which did much mischief The Friday following one less. The Saturday 



following one felt mostly by water. Sen. de Knyghton, col. 2644; Solinsh. 



p. 440. 

 1426. September 28. A very dreadful earthquake, with thunder and lightening. 

 1563. In September. One in divers places of the realm, especially in Lincolnshire 



and Northamptonshire. Snlinshed, p. 1206. 

 1571. One in Herefordshire, which i^emoved the earth. Stow's Annual, 40 Edit., 



p. 1131. 

 1575. Eebruary 26. Great earthquakes at York, Worcester, Gloucester, Bristol, 



Hereford, and counties adjoining. Solinshed describes it, p. 1260. 

 1580. A-pril 6. A very great one in London, and almost generally throughout 



England. Solinshed describes it at p. 1311. 

 1580. May 1. One in Kent. Solinsh. p. 1313. 

 1657. July 8. One at Brickley Heath, in Cheshire (p. 395). Twenty yards of 



ground, with trees growing thereon, fell in 30 yards deep, and in place thereof 



nothing but water. 

 1665. One at Oxford, but attended with no ill effects. 



1677. One at "Wolverhampton in Co. Stafford, no ill effects., 



1 678. In Staffordshire and Derbyshire, no iU effects. 

 1680. In Somersetshire, no ill effects. 



1683. At Oxford and in Lincolnshire, no ill effects. 



1692. A great one in England, no great injury. 



1693. September. An earthquake in England, France, and Germany, 100,000 

 perished by it in Sicily, and the chief town in Jamaica was destroyed. 



1696. One at Falmouth, no ill effects. 



1703. One in the North of England, no ill effects. 



1727. In Cheshire and Wales, and almost all along the Western coast, as at 



Bristol, etc. 

 1732. In Argyleshire, Scotland, and all along the "West coast of Great Britain, but 



to no great breadth,; no ill effects. 

 1734. October 25. At Portsmouth, Milton, and most parts of Hampshire; also at 



Lewes in Sussex, and all along the coast for twenty miles ; no ill effects. 

 1736. April 3 and May 1. At Ochill Hills in Scotland, no ill effects. 

 1739. December 30. In the West Riding of Yorkshire, no ill effects. 

 1747. July 1. At TauxLton, and 40 miles round, no iU effects. 



1749. In Scotland, no ill effects. 



1750. One at London and the neighbouring parts — on February 8, and another 

 very violent one on Mai'ch 8 ; also on the 18th of the same month, one at 

 Portsmouth, Gosport, and the Isle of "Wight ; no very great injury. 



1755. Note the great one at Lisbon, the remoter effects of which were felt in this 



kingdom, as in many other distant parts. 

 1767. One in the North'of England. 

 1783. One at Oxford. 

 1786. August 11. One in Lancashire, extending from the North to the South as 



far as Manchester, where it was slightly perceived. August 11 — felt in the 



Island in "Winander Meer ; no very bad effects. 



