Title
Abingdon Road flooding comparison 1894 - 2021
Subject
Science, technology and the environment
Description
“On 14 November 1894, Oxfordshire continued to endure the worst floods for decades, with another 1.25" of rain added to an already inundated landscape. "Jackson's Oxford Journal" pointed out that one inch of rain delivers a hundred tons of water per acre, and after a few days some places were three to four feet deep in the stuff. A fortnight previously, the valleys of the Thames and Cherwell had experienced heavy downpours, then on Sunday 10 November a beautiful day terminated in a steady downpour which lasted through the night and almost all day on Monday. Port Meadow was virtually all submerged. Fine weather on Tuesday was succeeded on Wednesday by even more violent storms than before, and basements were flooded in Grandpont, Hinksey, Osney, Jericho, the Friars, and Paradise Square. By Thursday evening the water was several inches deep in Albert Street and at the corner of Clarendon and Wellington Streets, where a man was seen paddling about in a tub.”
Contributor
14 November 1894
Publisher
Museum of Oxford
Rights
Julie Ann Godson
Source
Jackson’s Oxford Journal 1894
Creator
Julie Ann Godson
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