Site Event/Activity record EEM14559 - 1952: HE - Exmoor Flood (Lynmouth Flood)
Technique(s)
Organisation
Not recorded.
Date
August 1952
Description
The flood occurred when 9 inches of rain fell on the Exe Plain and the Chains. This caused a rush of water down the two Lyn Rivers and the Exe and Barle. It resulted in many deaths and much damage to structures such as bridges and houses and several waterways were reordered as a result.
Sources/Archives (10)
- <1> SEM8319 Leaflet: Various. 2004. A Winsford Anthology. 23.
- <2> SEM7298 Monograph: Baker, W.T.. 1969. They Took the Lifeboat up the Mountainside and the Lynmouth Flood Disaster. West Coast Series. Book One.
- <3> SEM7299 Monograph: Prosser, T.. 2004. The Lynmouth Flood Disaster: A Village Guide.
- <4> SEM7520 Monograph: Delderfield, E. R.. 1991. The Lynmouth Flood Disaster. 10th edition.
- <5> SEM7522 Monograph: Prosser, T.. 2001. The Lynmouth Flood Disaster. Lyndale Photographic Publications.
- <6> SEM7985 Serial: Exmoor Society. 1959-present. Exmoor Review. Volume 22 (1981), "Withypool in the 1952 flood", p67-70 (H Eardley-Wilmot).
- <7> SEM8686 Monograph: Hamilton, C.M.. 1953. A history of Exford. N/A. 1st Edition. 45-7.
- <8> SEM8511 Article on website: Hesp, M.. 2017. Lynmouth Flood Disaster: How the death and destruction unfolded 65 years ago today.
- <9> SEM8781 Photograph: Unknown. 1953. Photographs of Lynmouth area after 1952 flood. N/A. B/W. Print.
- <10> SEM340787 Unpublished document: Hutchins, J.. 2020. MDE21144 - Bumsley Mill (Monument).
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Location
| Location | Various rivers across Exmoor |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | |
| Map sheet | |
| Civil Parish | WINSFORD, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET |
| Civil Parish | WITHYPOOL AND HAWKRIDGE, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET |
| Civil Parish | LYNTON AND LYNMOUTH, NORTH DEVON, DEVON |
| Civil Parish | PARRACOMBE, NORTH DEVON, DEVON |
| Civil Parish | DULVERTON, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET |
| Civil Parish | EXFORD, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET |
| Civil Parish | EXMOOR, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET |
Related Monuments/Buildings (44)
- MEM23656 1950s bailey bridge on Howetown Lane (Monument)
- MEM23706 19th Century bridge east of Simonsbath Bridge (Building)
- MEM24814 19th Century railway embankment south of Parracombe (Monument)
- MMO1952 19th Century water meadow west of West Ilkerton (Monument)
- MDE11746 Barbrook Mill (Monument)
- MSO9331 Barle Bridge, Dulverton (Building)
- MDE21089 Brendon Mill (Building)
- MEM23601 Brookwood and Winsford Stores, Edbrooke Road, Winsford (Building)
- MDE21144 Bumsley Mill or Heddon Valley Mill (Monument)
- MEM23790 Demolished country house at Combe Park (Monument)
- MEM24024 Demolished post-medieval house on Chapel Street (Monument)
- MSO9335 Dulverton (Place)
- MEM23985 Exford (Place)
- MEM23974 Forge, Barbrook (Monument)
- MDE11697 Former course of the Barbrook at West Ilkerton (Monument)
- MEM24433 Knaplock Farm, Winsford (Building)
- MDE21753 Late 19th Century hydroelectric power turbine site at Lynmouth (Monument)
- MDE11752 Lethan's or New Mill (Monument)
- MDE11745 Lynbridge Mill (Monument)
- MEM22381 Lynmouth (Place)
- MDE21399 Lynrock Mineral Water bottling plant on the East Lyn River (Monument)
- MDE20975 Manor Cottage, Lynmouth Street (Building)
- MSO10831 Marsh Bridge (Building)
- MDE1074 Medieval memorial stone at Parracombe Bridge (Monument)
- MEM23655 Medieval or post-medieval bridge at Exe Bridge (Monument)
- MSO8541 Medieval packhorse bridge near Vicarage Bridge, Winsford (Building)
- MSO10319 Methodist Chapel, Chapel Street, Exford (Building)
- MDE20865 Parracombe (Place)
- MEM24576 Post-medieval footbridge and ford at Hillsford Bridge (Monument)
- MDE21143 Post-medieval footbridge at Heddon Valley Mill (Building)
- MDE21142 Post-medieval ford north of Heddon Valley Mill (Monument)
- MDE11756 Post-medieval limekiln on the east side of the River Lyn at Lynmouth (Monument)
- MDE20890 Post-medieval sawmill at Oaklands (Monument)
- MEM24428 Rockford Lodge, Rockford (Building)
- MEM23687 Simonsbath (Place)
- MSO8673 Tarr Steps clapper bridge over the River Barle (Building)
- MEM23816 The Fox and Goose, Parracombe (Building)
- MSO10783 The Old Vicarage, Winsford (Building)
- MSO9353 Town Mills / Higher Mill, Dulverton (Building)
- MSO8542 Vicarage Bridge, Winsford (Building)
- MEM23579 Winsford (Place)
- MSO8545 Winsford Smithy Bridge (Building)
- MEM23880 Withypool (Place)
- MEM22395 Woodside, Lynmouth (Monument)
Record last edited
Feb 7 2022 9:47PM