In the light of recent floods, I you might find this of interest.
“ A DISASRTOUS INUNDATION”. A flood struck the Villages of Shrewton, Maddington, Orcheston, Tilshead and Winterbourne Stoke at 5 o'clock on the evening of Saturday the 16th of January 1841,
After the 1841 flood at Shrewton and surrounding villages charity was set up called the
" Flood Charity". The appeal was launched in the national papers and from the pulpits in the South of England. So great was the response that by May the 15th a total of £4145 13s 2d. After all the money had been paid out enough was left over to build fourteen flood cottages in the area, and they can still be seen with their distinctive plagues on the wall.
The list of claimants for Shrewton includes the names;
BlAKE, BLEWD0N, CHUBB, DAVIS, FELTHAM, FULFOED, GREEN, GREY, GRANT, GUNNING, HOOPER, INGRAM, KELLOW, LEVERSUCK, LIGHT, LONG, MORE, NILES, MAGGS, MUNDAY, NEWMAN, PARSONS, PIERCE, PERRY, ROLFE, SCAMMELL, SCRUSE, SHEARGOLD, SMALL, SMALLBONE, SNOOK, SPERRING, STONE, TUNER, WATTS, WERNE,WEBB, WHEELER, WHITE, WILLIAMS, and WINDSOR.
Names from Maddington: ASHER, BAKER, BLEWDON, BRITTON, BROAD, COAL, CHANDLER, DAY, DAVIS, DOGGET, DREWETT, FRANKLIN, FULLFORD, GUNNING, HARRIS, HYTER, INGRAM. KILLFORD, KITE, LEONARD, LIGHT, LONG, LUSH, MASLIN, MERRYDEW, MILES, NICHOLAS, PRANGLE, PIRCE, ROE, ROLFE, SAINSBURY, SCOTT, SCRUSE, TITT, TURNER, WATTS, WHITEMARSH, WHITE, WILLIAMS, WINDSOR.
Claimants from Tillshead. BAKER, BUNDY, COLEMAN, FELTHAM, FOUND, GALE, GIDDINGS, HIANES, KITE, LAWS, MAGGS, MUNDY, PARHAM, SMITH.
Claimants from Winterbourne Stoke: DOUNTON. DYER, GRANT, HARDING, KELLOW, LOADER, POULDEN, and SMITH.
Claimants from Orcheston St George: HARDING, GODDARD, and HIBBERD,
Claimants from Orcheston St Mary, BROAD, DEWEY, GODDARD, LEONARD,
HAWKINS, HUTCHENS, LEMON, MILLER, SMITH, WILLIAMS
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See a report here .
