73-558: Martin Hussingtree is a small village situated between Droitwich Spa and Worcester in the county of Worcestershire , England. It is north of another village called Fernhill Heath . It is situated on a junction of the A38 and A4538 . A public house called The Swan is located just north of the junction. Its name derives from two separate manors: Meretun (meaning farmstead by the boundary) and Husan Treo (boundary tree of lands belonging to Husa,
146-922: A 48-hour period, compared with the usual 8,000 calls a year. On 22 July, Gloucester City A.F.C. 's Stadium was flooded, and the Tewkesbury road at Longford was completely impassable by the Longford Inn. Tewkesbury was completely cut off with no road access, parts of the town were under around 3 feet (0.9 m) of water and flood waters entered Tewkesbury Abbey for the first time in 247 years. Tewkesbury's Mythe Water Treatment Works were flooded. Severn Trent Water warned that treated water would run out by early Sunday evening in Tewkesbury , Cheltenham , Gloucester and surrounding areas. Combined military and civil emergency services tried to stop floods reaching
219-665: A Sunday. Droitwich Tennis Club (f.1920), staged two notable tournament throughout its history the Droitwich Open that ran from 1928 to 1939, and the Droitwich Open Hard Courts from 1968 to 1974. Droitwich Spa is twinned with: 2007 United Kingdom floods A series of large floods occurred in parts of the United Kingdom during the summer of 2007. The worst of the flooding occurred across parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland on 14 June; East Yorkshire and
292-495: A building styled on the Roman basilica churches of Ravenna in Italy, has the feature of the interior walls being covered almost entirely of mosaic and marble designed by Gabriel Pippet . There are also a number of other chapels including Methodist, Baptist and a vibrant Salvation Army hall. In 2019 the tired 1970s Emmanuel Church building at Chawson was demolished and was replaced with
365-408: A fairly small town until the 1960s, when the population was still barely 7,000, but since then it has grown considerably from overspill from Birmingham with many housing estates being developed in the 1970s and 1980s. In 2014, new housing consent was granted to large developments at Copcut (750 houses) and Yew Tree Hill (765 houses) with a number of other in-fill developments In July 2007, Droitwich
438-679: A gas main and causing the surrounding area to be evacuated. On 1 July, a woman was pulled out of the River Severn at Jackfield on the Telford and Wrekin border near Ironbridge . By 24 July, the UK National Ballooning Championships in Ludlow had been cancelled for the first time in their 32-year history. By 21 July, flooded parts of Warwickshire included Alcester , Stratford-upon-Avon , Shipston on Stour and Water Orton . To
511-639: A later Anglo-Saxon church. St Peter's, built on the site of a former Saxon church, has parts, including the chancel, that date from Norman times, and has a memorial to Edward Winslow , one of the Pilgrim Fathers , who was born in the parish. St Nicholas was built in Victorian times near the railway station ; and the Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart and St Catherine of Alexandria , on
584-656: A lesser extent, areas of Leamington Spa and Warwick also experienced flooding. Several nature reserves in the Tame Valley , including Ladywalk and Kingsbury Water Park were badly affected, just as ground- and reedbed- nesting birds were hatching young. 200 people were forced to leave Witton Road and Tame Road in Aston , Birmingham when the River Tame flooded. Water entered the streets of Shirley , Solihull . As in Warwickshire,
657-672: A month's rainfall or more in one day. The Met Office at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire reported 4.98 inches (126.6 mm): a sixth of its annual rainfall. The college at Pershore in Worcestershire reported 5.60 inches (142.2 mm), causing the Environment Agency to issue 16 further severe flood warnings. By 21 July, many towns and villages were flooded, with Gloucestershire , Worcestershire , Warwickshire , Wiltshire , Oxfordshire , Berkshire , London and South Wales facing
730-504: A new modern hall. Droitwich leisure centre at Briar Mill has gym facilities, sports halls, a swimming pool and squash courts . There are also outside football and astroturf pitches with floodlighting. The centre also runs a squash league. Droitwich Spa Football Club was formed in 1985 and currently plays in the West Midlands (Regional) League 1st Division. Their home ground is also at Briar Mill, but due to ground grading regulations
803-717: A personal name). The village is within the area of the Hindlip , Martin Hussingtree and Salwarpe parish council . The churchyard of the Church of St Michael and All Angels contains the grave of Thomas Tomkins , a composer of sacred music in the time of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I . He was a relative by marriage of the Folliott family, who were Lords of the Manor of Martin Hussingtree for generations. His work "Galliard-the Lady Folliott's"
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#1733093344830876-420: A pleasant and popular space, with Droitwich Cricket Ground on its edge as well as a bandstand with regular performances. The Norbury Theatre hosts regular shows year-round, including an annual pantomime, and also shows films. On the outskirts of the town is the famous Chateau Impney , built in the style of a traditional French chateau , which is now a hotel, restaurant and conference centre. In Droitwich,
949-478: A slow-moving area of low pressure from the west of Biscay moved east across the British Isles . At the same time, an associated occluded front moved into Northern England, becoming very active as it did so with the peak rainfall on 15 June. Rainfall records were broken across the region, leading to localised flooding. As it weakened, the front moved north into Scotland on 16 June and left England and Wales with
1022-622: A small, unnamed brook north of Ross-on-Wye . Residents of East Bromyard were rescued after the River Frome burst its banks. On 12 June, Lostock Hall and Penwortham near Preston were hit by flash floods. On 3 July, heavy rain caused flooding in Earby and Ribchester , affecting homes and causing the Royal Lancashire Show to be cancelled on 9 July. On 4 July, the Blackburn Mela
1095-462: A temporary non-potable water supply to 10,000 homes in Tewkesbury. It was not until 7 August – 16 days after Mythe Treatment Works stopped pumping – that the tap water for the 140,000 homes affected was again declared safe to drink. In terms of casualties, a man and his 24-year-old son died from asphyxiation from carbon monoxide poisoning on 27 July when attempting to stop flooding in
1168-519: A very unstable airmass, frequent heavy showers, thunderstorms and cloudy conditions. This led to localised flash flooding and prevented significant drying where earlier rains had fallen. On 25 June, another unseasonably low pressure (993 hPa / 29.3 inHg ) depression, Cyclone Uriah, moved across England. The associated front settled over northern and eastern England and dumped more than 3.9 inches (100 mm) of rain in places. The combination of high rainfall and high water levels from
1241-625: Is affiliated to The Grand National Archery Society . Other local sports include boxing , judo, Tae Kwon Do , Karate , Ju Jitsu and tennis. Vines Park Bowling Club is a green bowling club situated by the canal in Vines Park. Bowling also available in the Lido Park Droitwich Spa Pool League is headquartered at the Fox and Goose pub on Westlands. Droitwich Spa also has a cricket club in which they support four Saturday teams and two on
1314-501: Is also a Spar on Oakland Avenue, a Tesco Express on Primsland plus a new Sainsbury's store and petrol station and Marks & Spencer 's store and petrol station being constructed. In 2019 a Lidl supermarket opened opposite Aldi, increasing the competition in the area. Banks in the town include HSBC , Santander , Lloyds and Barclays . There are a number of estate agents . HSBC closed in July 2023. Barclays bank has also closed, Papa John
1387-407: Is also the private Dodderhill School (formerly named Whitford Hall and Dodderhill), an independent school for girls from 3 to 16 years (with some boys present in the nursery school). During 2019 the school merged with Royal Grammar School (RGS) Worcester, under the name RGS Dodderhill . Droitwich children are also educated at schools outside the town including Worcester 's Royal Grammar School and
1460-414: Is now in its place. Until the late 1990s Droitwich Spa Lido was open as a public open-air salt-water swimming pool. Following its closure various schemes were proposed, with significant legal and commercial arguments as to the viability of re-building and reopening this facility. During autumn of 2006, work started on renovating the lido and it was reopened on Monday 18 June 2007. The Lido Park remains
1533-524: Is the town's weekly local newspaper. There are six churches in Droitwich including the Anglican church of St Andrew's, a Norman building where St Richard was probably baptised. The church tower was demolished in the 1920s after becoming dangerous due to land subsidence . St. Augustine 's at Dodderhill , completed in 1220 and rebuilt in the 18th century on a hill, was the site of a former Roman fort and
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#17330933448301606-654: The Atomic Weapons Establishment at Burghfield , which handles the United Kingdom's nuclear warheads, resulting in a suspension of work for almost a year. On 3 June, Stoke Goldington suffered flash flooding affecting 25 homes. Stoke Goldington was affected again on 3 July, with 10 houses being flooded. By 21 July, seventy homes and businesses were flooded by the River Ouse in Buckingham and 30 people spent
1679-498: The Dead Sea . During the Roman era the settlement was known as Salinae and was located at the crossroads of several Roman roads . Railway construction in 1847 revealed Roman mosaic pavements. In the ninth century Historia Brittonum , a text that discusses various landscape folklore across Britain, the hot spring of Droitwich Spa appears to be described in a passage that suggests that
1752-791: The King's School , Hawford Lodge, the Grange, Bromsgrove School with others typically travelling to Birmingham, Kidderminster, Hagley and Stourbridge by rail. Regional local news and television programmes are provided by BBC West Midlands and ITV Central . Television signals are received from either the Bromsgrove or Sutton Coldfield TV transmitters. Local radio stations are BBC Hereford and Worcester , Heart West Midlands , Radio Wyvern , Capital Mid-Counties , Greatest Hits Radio Herefordshire & Worcestershire , Hits Radio Herefordshire & Worcestershire , and Smooth West Midlands . The Droitwich Standard
1825-777: The M4 was closed after a landslide caused by flooding between Junctions 12 and 13 eastbound. Approximately 1,100 properties in Thatcham were affected by flash flooding. By 21 July, Newbury and Maidenhead town centres were flooded, the shopping mall in Maidenhead was closed and parts of the Glade Festival were flooded. Officials warned that the River Thames , the River Ock , and its tributaries from Charney could burst their banks. Trinity School
1898-1284: The River Idle and River Ryton respectively overtopped their banks. Many rivers burst their banks, including both the Thames and the Cherwell in Oxford and the Ock in Abingdon the Windrush in Witney and the Evenlode . By 21 July, Banbury and Witney were flooded. Oxford, particularly Botley , was flooded and some 300 people were evacuated. On 22 July, the Environment Agency warned of further flooding and 1,500 people in Abingdon were evacuated. Forty thousand sandbags were transported from Grantham in Lincolnshire to Abingdon and Oxford. By 23 July, Oxford, Abingdon, Kidlington and Bladon were affected; some 3,000 homes including
1971-674: The River Salwarpe . It is located approximately 22 miles (35 km) south-west of Birmingham and 7 miles (11 km) north-east of Worcester . The town was called Salinae in Roman times, then later called Wyche, derived from the Anglo-Saxon Hwicce kingdom, referred to as "Saltwich" according to Anglo-Saxon charters, with the Droit (meaning "right" in French) added when the town was given its charter on 1 August 1215 by King John . The "Spa"
2044-649: The Walham electricity substation in Gloucester supplying half a million people. On 23 July 50,000 Gloucestershire homes were left without electricity after a major electricity substation in Castle Meads had to be turned off. Efforts to stop flooding at Walham substation succeeded; the Castle Meads substation was repaired the next day. By 24 July, an estimated 420,000 people were without running water, including most of
2117-508: The Army was brought in to help emergency services supply the inhabitants of Upton-upon-Severn which was cut off by floodwater. On 1 June, the first day of the floods. A road in Cropthorne near Worcester was brutally forced down by a high impact of water flowing underneath the road in a pipe. The hole it made was 13 feet (4.0 m) deep and 33 feet (10 m) wide, traffic throughout the county
2190-593: The Droitwich Junction Canal built in 1854. The Junction canal linked Droitwich to the Worcester and Birmingham Canal . The canals were abandoned in 1939 but a restoration program saw them re-opened in 2011. The railway station , formerly on the Great Western Railway , is just outside the town centre with trains to Birmingham , Worcester , Kidderminster and Stourbridge . Regular buses operate from
2263-653: The June and July rescue efforts as the biggest in the UK in peacetime. The Environment Agency described the July floods as critical and expected them to exceed the 1947 benchmark . June 2007 started quietly with an anticyclone to the north of the United Kingdom maintaining a dry, cool easterly flow. From 10 June the high pressure began to break down as an upper trough moved into the area, triggering thunderstorms that caused flooding in Northern Ireland on 12 June. Later that week,
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2336-407: The June average. Some areas received a month's worth of precipitation in 24 hours. It was the UK's wettest May–July period since records began in 1776. July had unusually unsettled weather and above-average rainfall through the month, peaking on 20 July as an active frontal system dumped more than 4.7 inches (120 mm) of rain in southern England. Civil and military authorities described
2409-573: The Kassam stadium shelter while another 250 decided to stay with family and friends. Osney Mead substation, which supplies power to Oxford city centre, was threatened but did not flood. Later that evening, the Thames breached its banks at Henley . By 19 June, rain had washed away the main road at Hampton Loade and the Severn Valley Railway line from Bridgnorth was closed after numerous landslips on
2482-470: The Midlands on 15 June; Yorkshire , the Midlands, Gloucestershire , Herefordshire and Worcestershire on 25 June; and Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Oxfordshire , Berkshire and South Wales on 28 July 2007. June was one of the wettest months on record in the United Kingdom (see List of weather records ). Average rainfall across the country was 5.5 inches (140 mm); more than double
2555-617: The Raven Hotel is a wattle and daub hotel that holds a central position within the town. The Droitwich Spa pyramid of schools works on a three tier system , with one high school : ( Droitwich Spa High School ); two middle schools (Witton Middle School and Westacre Middle School); and nine first schools (Chawson, Cutnall Green, Hindlip, Ombersley, St. Peter's, St. Joseph's (a Primary School feeding into Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College, Worcester), Tibberton, Westlands—originally Boycott Farm First School—and Wychbold First Schools). There
2628-554: The Tame caused losses at a nature reserve; this time RSPB Sandwell Valley . In the Dudley borough flooding damaged local schools, shops and communities. Schools opened the doors with parts of buildings flooded with water, the damage in the West Midlands area estimated at 1.9 billion (2007 GDP). On 20 July, Swindon had a month's rainfall in less than half a day. More than 50 people were rescued from their flooded homes. By 19 June, Worcestershire
2701-946: The Worcestershire County Record Office show its presence in 1837 to 1838. An advert in the Transactions of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association (the forerunner of the British Medical Association ) in 1844, records that Martin Ricketts, of Droitwich, was the Surgeon and Sir Charles Hastings from the Worcester Infirmary was the Physician. The Old Town Hall , which is in St Andrews Street,
2774-456: The average monthly total for June for the whole UK was 2.86 inches (72.6 mm). On 27 June, the Met Office released an early warning of severe weather for the approaching weekend, stating that 0.79 to 1.97 inches (20 to 50 mm) of rain could fall in some areas, raising the possibility of more flooding within the already saturated flood plains. On 20 July, another active frontal system moved across Southern England. Many places recorded
2847-433: The brine was divided into shares, one share comprising 6,912 imperial gallons (31,420 L) which produced eight long tons (8.1 t) of salt annually in the set boiling period. When it rained, particularly in the winter when brine was not being boiled, the rain water which is less dense than saltwater, settled on top of the brine and was readily removed. Originally brine for boiling was extracted with buckets lowered into
2920-448: The brunt of the heavy rainfall. Climate researchers have suggested that the unusual weather leading to the floods may be linked to this year's appearance of La Nina in the Pacific Ocean, and the jet stream being further south than normal. England was affected by the June and July floods, with the North badly hit in June, the West badly hit in July, and many areas hit in both. It was England's wettest July on record. Gloucestershire
2993-400: The city of Hereford remains surrounded and flooded by water after the River Lugg burst its banks. On the afternoon of 24 July the Fire Service began pumping flood water out of the village, but not before 130 residents were evacuated. Houses, including the Herefordshire home of Daily Mail writer Quentin Letts , were flooded by a torrent of water gushing from what had previously been only
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3066-419: The club now plays its home games at Stourport Swifts, until the planned development of their former home at Briar Mill is complete. The club also has a junior section of Under 16, Under 18 & Under 21 sides. The Droitwich Rugby Football Club has been playing rugby union since 1972. Droitwich Archery Society, based at the Droitwich Rugby Football Ground, is a target archery club that was formed in 1967, and
3139-479: The earlier rainfall led to extensive flooding across many parts of England and Wales, with the Midlands, Gloucestershire , Worcestershire , South, West and East Yorkshire the most affected. Gales along the east coast also caused storm damage. RAF Fylingdales on the North York Moors reported rainfall totals of 4.1 inches (103 mm) in 24 hours, an estimated 3.9 inches (100 mm) in Hull and 3.0 inches (77 mm) on Emley Moor in West Yorkshire. Until 2007,
3212-415: The grounds of the old covered market, directly behind the heavily subsided High Street. In 2008, a new Aldi store opened on the small retail park by Roman Way while the new Parkridge Retail Park was opened in 2007 with two new stores, Carpetright , since closed, and Land of Leather . There was also a Horsatack Saddlery store on the same park, which was opened in 2009. The park already has DFS store. There
3285-510: The home of William Morris at Kelmscott were flooded and 600 residents were evacuated, with many taking refuge in Oxford United Football Club 's Kassam Stadium . On 24 July the Thames in Abingdon rose 3 feet (0.9 m) in less than 12 hours to a "perilously high" level and the Thames and the Severn were expected to rise to 20 feet (6.1 m) higher than normal. On 25 July residents of Osney in west Oxford were advised to leave their homes. About 30 people went to
3358-426: The lack of brine he failed to compete with the town monopoly. The underground brine reservoirs were only 200 feet (61 m) deep and in 1725 boreholes were sunk to the base of the pits, accessing brine in almost unlimited quantities and independent of the natural brine flow, and the monopoly ceased. Pumps were used to draw brine, and production increased. As a result, parts of the town succumbed to subsidence. In
3431-432: The line. Also, on 19 June/20 June, parts of the town of Shifnal near Telford , were flooded when the Wesley Brook burst its banks. Some of the residents blame Severn Trent Water for opening floodgates at Priors Lee balancing lake, however no such gates exist. Repair costs to the railway were estimated at £2 million. On 26 June, the Burway Bridge collapsed, disrupting one of the main roads into Ludlow , severing
3504-501: The main roads out the town. On 17 July, flooding affected Peterlee town centre, closing shops and a local school. A 64-year-old man hit his head and died after trying to bail out his flooded home in Alston, Cumbria . On 25 June, flooding affected properties in Coal Aston , Calow and Chesterfield town centre, and the A617 was covered by more than 2 feet (0.6 m) of floodwater causing traffic delays. On 19 July, Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service attended 1,800 calls in
3577-447: The mid-19th century, Droitwich became famous as a spa town . Unlike other places, the medicinal benefits were not derived from drinking the spa water, which is almost saturated brine, but from the muscular relief derived from swimming and floating in such a dense, concentrated salt solution, at the town's brine baths (first opened in 1830). The spa water at Droitwich is the warmest in the United Kingdom outside Bath , but it does not meet
3650-434: The most common definition of a hot spring as the water is below standard human body temperature. The original Brine Baths have long since closed, but a new brine bath (part of the Droitwich Spa private hospital) opened to the public for relaxation and hydrotherapy but this too was closed in December 2008 due to a dispute between the operator and Wychavon District Council over health and safety inspections. The salt industry
3723-512: The night in the town's Radcliffe centre, but 10 miles (16 km) away a system of balancing lakes prevented Milton Keynes from suffering significantly, apart from a flash flood of Stony Stratford High Street from the River Ouse . On 24 July, four bridges in St Neots , Cambridgeshire were shut when the river level peaked, and the Environment Agency warned residents in the St Neots, Paxton and Offords areas to expect flooding that night. By 25 July, parts of St Ives were flooded. Later
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#17330933448303796-431: The pits which were naturally replenished. Upwich, the deepest of the three pits at 30 feet (9.1 m), supplied most of the brine, while the pit at Netherwich was only 18 feet (5.5 m) deep. The Middlewich pit, located between the two, was adversely affected by brine extraction at the other two pits and fell into disuse. Steynor in the 17th century discovered the pit and set up business for himself, but eventually due to
3869-575: The population of Gloucester, Cheltenham, and Tewkesbury. Emergency services continued repair work at the Mythe water-treatment works but Severn Trent Water estimated that water supplies would not be restored for at least 14 days. 900 drinking water bowsers were brought in and the Army was mobilised to distribute three million bottles of water a day and keep the bowsers filled. Coors , Carlsberg , Scottish and Newcastle , Inbev and Greene King brewing companies offered 23 beer tankers to help supply drinking water. On 26 July Severn Trent Water organised
3942-612: The same day, the Environment Agency advised residents near the River Great Ouse that the peak had passed and further flooding was unlikely. On 15 June, heavy rainfall caused the postponement of the fourth test match between England and the West Indies at the Riverside Ground , Chester-le-Street . On 23 June, flash floods affected parts of Darlington and Stanhope Road, Northgate, St Cuthbert's Way, Parkgate and Haughton Road were closed after water levels rose by about 2 feet (0.6 m) . It has also led to Woodland Road to improve its drainage to prevent such flooding on one of
4015-399: The spa was still built up at that time: "The third marvel is a hot pool, which is in the country of the Hwicce [near Worcester] and is surrounded by a wall made of bricks and stone. Men go into it to bathe at all times, and the temperature changes for each of them as they wish: if one man wants a cold bath, it will be cold, and if another wants a hot bath, it will be hot." Droitwich remained
4088-431: The town centre to Worcester and Bromsgrove along with town services and an infrequent service (133) to Kidderminster . These are operated by various operators. 3 mi (5 km) north-east of Droitwich is the central longwave broadcasting facility for the UK, ( Wychbold BBC transmitter), which is also used for transmissions in the medium wave range; see Droitwich transmitting station . The transmitting station
4161-400: The traditional town centre around Victoria Square, leading to the St Andrew's Square shopping centre and down to the original High Street, with its local pubs and an eclectic mix of traditional shops. Farmers' markets are also held regularly in Victoria Square. In the central St Andrew's Square shopping precinct are several chain stores. On 14 July 2005, Waitrose opened a new supermarket in
4234-482: The unventilated Tewkesbury Rugby Football Club cellar. On 28 July, the body of a 19-year-old man, reported missing seven days earlier, was recovered in Tewkesbury. On 20 July flooding occurred in many parts of Greater London. Water and power supplies were not disrupted but parts of South West London were under 2 feet (61 cm) of water. Heathrow Airport cancelled 141 flights. Two of four rail lines in South Croydon were closed by landslips. The London Underground
4307-540: Was flooded after the River Severn overtopped its banks, causing the next day's Twenty20 match against Warwickshire to be cancelled. On 17 July, Tenbury Wells in Worcestershire was flooded for the second time in three weeks after a thunderstorm caused flash flooding. By 21 July the M5 was affected, compounded by the closure of the Strensham services , and the motorway was closed, stranding hundreds in their vehicles overnight. By 23 July, parts of Worcestershire were under 6 feet (2 m) of water and
4380-415: Was abolished in 1825. A local family named Wintour owned up to 25 salt evaporating pans in the area by the 1600s. Brine rose naturally to the surface at three sites along the River Salwarpe within Vines Park in the centre of Droitwich. Unusually the brine was fully saturated with sodium chloride, and was extremely valuable because it was economic to boil, and the yield of salt was high. Because of its value
4453-566: Was added in the 19th century when John Corbett developed the town's spa facilities. The River Salwarpe running through Droitwich is likely derived from sal meaning "salt" and weorp which means "to throw up" - i.e. "the river which throws up salt" - which overflows from the salt brines. The town is situated on massive deposits of salt, and salt has been extracted there since ancient times. The natural Droitwich brine contains 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 pounds per imperial gallon (0.25 kg/L) of salt, ten times stronger than sea water and rivaled only by
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#17330933448304526-423: Was affected by flooding. A 68-year-old motorist (Judge Eric Dickinson) died after becoming trapped in his vehicle in flood water near Pershore whilst attempting to cross an old ford in Bow Brook which was by then 2 m deep. The waters were still rising, endangering the confluence of the River Teme and the River Severn . On 26 June 2007 the New Road Ground , home to Worcestershire County Cricket Club ,
4599-403: Was badly affected by the flooding as well due to Vodafone's HQ nearby. Vodafone's ornamental lake overflowed due to the sudden downpour and badly damaged Trinity School's astro turf to the front of the school as well as some damage to inside the school. In Reading , rail services to the southwest were affected and westbound trains from Paddington could go no further. The flood waters affected
4672-405: Was cancelled due to ground conditions. On 18 July, Walton-le-Dale near Preston was hit by flash floods. Louth and Horncastle were severely flooded, with some roads in that area impassable. Children at a school in Horncastle were evacuated because of floods. More than 600-flood related calls occurred across the county. In Lincoln, mainly round the Stamp End area, a house called Shuttleworth House
4745-399: Was completed in 1826. In 1714 the first Turnpike in Worcestershire was opened to Worcester . A commemorative plaque was unveiled by Lt. Col. Patrick Holcroft the Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire in Victoria Square on 1 June 2014. Collectively known as the Droitwich Canal , two canals met in the town centre. These are the Droitwich Barge Canal built by James Brindley in 1771 and
4818-407: Was completely flooded with water in its insides. After power was lost in the area, more than 200 people were rescued in dinghies. On 27 June 2007, flash flooding caused extensive damage to the villages of Lambley , Woodborough and Burton Joyce . Major towns were hit including Mansfield and Hucknall but not as severely as Lambley . The same day, flooding occurred at Retford and Worksop after
4891-508: Was held up due to the collapsed main road. The site was named Cropthorne Canyon. On 15 June, the region was hit by flooding. Roads including the A63 and A1105 in Hull and schools in the region were closed, the Hull Lord Mayor's Parade was cancelled, the Festival of Football was postponed, police declared a major incident and Hessle , on the border between Hull City Council and East Riding of Yorkshire Council , suffered two square miles of severe sewage-contaminated flooding. On 25 June,
4964-413: Was hit heavily by the UK-wide flooding caused by some of the heaviest rainfall in many years. The flooding was pictured in UK-wide news, having flooded the majority of the heavily subsided high street. Many shops in the high street remained closed almost a year later. Rock salt and brine was extracted by the Romans and this continued through to the Middle Ages . A salt tax was levied by the king until it
5037-399: Was industrialised and developed in the 19th century by John Corbett who built the nearby Chateau Impney for his Franco-Irish wife in the French 'château' style. He was responsible for the redevelopment of Droitwich as a Spa. Droitwich's first workhouse was set up on Holloway in 1688 and the last finally abolished in the 1920s. Droitwich Lunatic Asylum was established in 1791. Records at
5110-529: Was severely disrupted and 25 stations were closed. By 19 June, Herefordshire was affected by flooding. The M50 motorway near Ledbury was closed on 22 July due to flooding. More than 5,200 people in and around Bromyard , Herefordshire were without clean water on 22 and 23 July after the pumps at the Whitbourne works in Herefordshire failed. Once supply was restored residents were urged by Welsh Water to boil their tap-water until further notice. The village of Hampton Bishop , 3 miles (5 km) from
5183-412: Was sited near Droitwich, which was close to UK centres of population when it was established in the 1930s. Considerable care was taken to avoid placing the masts above underground brine, due to the risk of subsidence; however, there are anecdotal reports that the huge block of underground salt was desirable by providing good grounding and increased signal strength. Droitwich shopping is mainly focused in
5256-615: Was the worst affected county – with both some minor flooding in June, and major flooding in July. Non-administrative counties and administrative counties affected by the flooding are given below. By 25 July, a number of low-lying parts adjacent to the river in Bedford and Luton were flooded and one man drowned attempting to swim across the River Great Ouse in Bedford. Parts of Felmersham and Turvey were also flooded. On 20 July,
5329-505: Was written in honour of his daughter-in-law, Isabella Folliott. [REDACTED] Media related to Martin Hussingtree at Wikimedia Commons This Worcestershire location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Droitwich Spa Droitwich Spa (often abbreviated to Droitwich / ˈ d r ɔɪ t . w ɪ tʃ / ) is an historic spa town in the Wychavon district in northern Worcestershire , England, on
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