Great Flood of 1823 - The Phoenix, St John's Street, Bedford, Bedfordshire, UK
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Dragontree
N 52° 07.830 W 000° 28.900
30U E 672368 N 5778544
This important flood marker is positioned on The Phoenix public house.
Waymark Code: WM86FP
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/07/2010
Views: 4
A terracotta relief of a phoenix is displayed on the wall above the mark. It is something you can miss as it is near the busy roundabout in Bedford town so it was a surprise to find it mentioned in a local council book.
The details of the flood are recorded on the bridge at Oakley, the Three Fyshes pub at Turvey and here at The Phoenix pub. This building is about a quarter of a mile from the river so the extent of the flood can be judged by this. The river is the Great Ouse.
The plaque reads:
'HIGH WATER MARK
OF THE GREAT FLOOD
NOVEMBER 1823.'
Natural or man made event?: Natural
What type of marker?: Wall Plaque
When did this occur?: November 1823
Website related to the event..: [Web Link]
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Visit Instructions:
A picture showing the level along with any markers telling of what had occurred can be used. Better yet would be a picture of you or someone standing next to the high level mark, that would show if you would have been just wading or completely submersed.
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