'Banks Ironmongers' Cockermouth 1966 flood level
N 54° 39.842 W 003° 21.679
30U E 476694 N 6057466
On the door surround of Bank's old fashioned ironmongers is a flood level from 13 August 1966, when the river Cocker flooded this low part of the town.
Waymark Code: WM7PWM
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/20/2009
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Cockermouth town is built around the confluence of the Cocker and Derwent rivers. Over the years, mills have used the river for power.
Bank's is a traditional ironmongers, with Georgian shop frontage.
This very small plaque is on the right hand side of the door way, visible to all passers by, marking the level the flood waters reached. The plaque is quite small, about 10 x 6 centimetres.
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