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was one of the areas worst affected, as the river burst its banks in several places. Some stretches of the High Street were submerged in 20 feet (6.1 m) of water. According to reports, the whole of Yarm lay underwater, every building was affected, six houses were destroyed and many more left
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the middle arch and two of the arches near the Gateshead side of the Tyne Bridge collapsed in the early hours of November 17. Like many bridges of the time there had been houses and shops on the bridge. Upstream, most of the village of
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McEwen, Lindsey J.; Withers, Charles W. J. (1989). "Historical records and geomorphological events: the 1771 'eruption' of Solway Moss".
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uninhabitable. The Shambles was washed away and the town's main church was also damaged. Nine of the townspeople also died.
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on the north bank was destroyed. In total, 25 people died and thirteen or fourteen bridges, including
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mills and houses were lost, and the river was reportedly 0.5 miles (0.8 km) wide at
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from 16 and 17 November 1771. Its cause was a sudden thaw of the ice in
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Severe flooding of many rivers in northern England in 1771
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of 1574 was swept away. Further downstream the city's
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Index


Corbridge Bridge
Tyne
Tees
Wear
Eden
Northern England
upper Teesdale
cloud burst
Pennines
Newcastle upon Tyne
Styford
Hexham Bridge
River Wear
Durham
Elvet Bridge
Prebends Bridge
Corn Mill
River Tees
Low Coniscliffe
Yarm
River Eden
Carlisle
Botcherby Mill
Solway Moss




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