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 Longsleddale |
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| Longsleddale: flood 18880000 | ||
| civil parish:- | Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | flood | |
| locality type:- | rain storm | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4904 (etc) | |
| 10Km square:- | NY40 | |
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| evidence:- | old newspaper:- Z8900705.txt |
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| source data:- | Z8900705.txt Westmorland Gazette Transcription from the Westmorland Gazette 5 July 1890 page 6:- "... The river [Sprint] is sometimes called the crazy beck, because like crazy people it bursts out wildly. One of its wildest efforts was in the autumn of 1888, when 3 1/2 inches of rain were registered in 24 hours. ... The crazy beck then became a mighty river, and in parts made a vast lake, so that passage was impossible, and one of the dalesmen said a man of war might sail for two miles, but it would have been a small man of war ship. ..." |
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