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1875 flooding

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1875-07
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July, Worcester: “The river rose very rapidly, the meadows on each side of it from hence to Gloucester were under water;

much hay was carried away and grass spoiled. There was a heavy spate down the Teme which overflowed its banks, as did also the Avon between Evesham and Tewkesbury…The Leam and the Avon overflowed their banks, washed away a small bridge, and flooded much adjoining land... Rugby - all the low-lying land by the river Avon is under water…”

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