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siblj a local phenomenon. 1180, about the 29tli Sept., two or three 
sliocks are noted by Simon Scbard and Lycostlienes. 1185, about 
April 16th, all England, especially at Lincoln, in which the cathe- 
dral and many other buildings were overthrown. 1186, after the 
middle of September, universally throughout Europe, especially in Eng- 
land, where houses were thrown down, and in Calabria and Sicily, 
where many towns were ruined, recorded by Matthew of Paris and 
ISlatthew of AVestminster. 1199, principally in Somersetshire, per- 
sons thrown off their feet : Ymagin. Hist. Radulfi de Diceto, col. 
709. 1201, Jan. 4th, York and neighbourhood, accompanied by 
noise ; another shock on the 22nd May, at the sixth hour of tiie 
day, in Norfolk. 1202, in different parts of England. In the winter 
of 1218. 1219. 1221. 1246, June 1st, at the ninth hour, especially 
in Kent. 1247, on Feb. 13th, different parts, especially London. 
1248, Dec. 21st, Bath and AVells (also in Piedmont, Savoy, and Syria), 
the summits of the cathedral of Wells being much shaken, whilst 
the foundations were not. 1250, at St. Alban's and Hertford, accom- 
panied by subterranean noise ; pigeons and other birds frightened. 
1274, Dec. 5th, throughout England, accompanied, according to 
Matthew of Westminster, by thunder, lightning, a comet, and a 
fiery dragon ; and, in the Pays-de-Galles, according to Polydore 
Vergil, by a rain of blood. In the September of the following year 
(1275), between the first and third hours of the day, Matthew of 
Westminster says many of the most famous churches in England were 
thrown down or injured; among others, that of St. Michel-du-Mont, 
near Glaston. 1278, in Erance and England. 1284, in England. 
]298, Jan. 5th, at twilight. 1318, Nov. 14th. 1320. 1385, July 
16th, at night, followed by another earthquake during the same year. 
1426, throughout all Great Britain, the shocks, preceded by a dread- 
ful tempest, lasting for two hours, recorded in Stow's ' Annals.' 
1551, at Eeigate, Croydon, Dorking, in Surrey ; kitchen utensils 
and other movables, thrown from their places, noted in Strype's 
Memor. Eccles. In 1574, Eeb. 26th, very violent in the central 
counties, from Bristol to York, occurring between 5 and 6 p.m. ; it 
is recorded also at Gloucester, Bristol, Hereford, and neighbouring 
counties ; at Tewkesbury and some other places, plates and books 
were thrown from their places ; the people who were on their knees 
in the chapel of Norton were almost all thrown down, and the bell in 
the IMarket House of Denbigh sounded two strokes. 1575, Baker, 
in his ' English Chronicle,' says the Thames ebbed and flowed twice 
