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toby webb
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Greatest Natural Disaster
« on: Sunday 07 October 07 10:31 BST (UK) »
On 26 / 27 November 1703, two weeks of unusually intense stormy weather culminated in the most devastating storm ever recorded in England. Thousands were killed and very many boats simply disappeared without trace. Daniel Defoe, in his book The Storm, records many first hand reports from various  parts and often these were from clergymen. They sometimes added notes of their own concerning natural disasters etc. to their parish records and researchers will have noticed them whilst working on their family histories. I feel that they might like to record these here for our interest helping also to paint a picture of what our ancestors in Cornwall might have experienced.
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Re: Greatest Natural Disaster
« Reply #1 on: Monday 08 October 07 21:14 BST (UK) »
You remind me of an amazing programme that i watched last year.

Following the boxing day tsunami, i saw a programme about a tidal surge/tsunami that had swept through some areas of england's west coast..sadly can't recall details, but they showed the church and level of water.
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Pascoe, Williams, Rowe, Matthews, Eddy: St Just-in-Penwith, St Keverne, Cornwall.
Varcoe, Collicoat, Chapman: Roche area,Cornwall
Cornes & Graham: Ireland/Shropshire, Barker, Palin: Shropshire
McDougall, Morren: Ireland, Earl, Redgen, Steward: Suffolk

OPC for Breage, Germoe & Godolphin Cornwall : http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~althea/index.html

Thames, New Zealand Genealogy Resources:
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~althea/index.html
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Re: Greatest Natural Disaster
« Reply #2 on: Monday 08 October 07 22:54 BST (UK) »
Thank you Althea. That was indeed a spectacular disaster which occurred in about 1607 and although many were killed, the storm of 1703/4 killed several  times more.
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