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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the assessments had in most cases been reduced owing to flood damage. The Longchamp fee had been reduced to1/12 and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… had been recently flooded. The results of the great marine flood of 1236, when hundreds of lives were lost in Wisbech … (Hunts.), Ely, or Brandon (Suffolk). Efforts to repair the flood damage are shown by the half day's labour required in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… West spent £200 on a new sluice, which was broken by a sea flood in or before 1523, 4 but by 1566 there was a certain … by Thorney, Whittlesey and Wisbech'. 7 The great flood of 1613, probably the worst since that of 1236, 8 … numeration). Acts of P.C. 1613-14, 265-7, 299. This flood was commemorated by an inscription on the wall of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… notwithstanding creditable efforts to repair them. The flood was followed ( c. 1300) by the diversion of the Ouse. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… road and the river, with low-lying land beyond liable to flood, meant that any substantial additions had to be located …
A History of the County of Essex
… where the Colchester-Elmstead road crosses a stream. 6 A flood barrier across the river Colne, 130 m. wide with two … on Wivenhoe Sailing Club's new head- quarters below the flood barrier. 74 The names of the successful yachts …
A History of the County of Oxford
… on the eastern edge of Port Meadow all lie on patches of flood-plain gravel; the nucleus of Upper Wolvercote, around … at Wyke or Wycroft 'farm inclosure' on a patch of flood-plain gravel on the eastern edge of Port Meadow; 93 the … ground near the Woodstock road and Lower Wolvercote on the flood plain gravel near the mill. A house in the 'over town' …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and a large amount of timber. 36 Following a serious flood in the mid 13th century the buildings near the …