1968 Chew Stoke flood
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Chew Stoke Flood was a heavy rain event and severe flash flood which occurred on 10 July 1968, affecting Somerset and Southwest England in particular the Chew Valley and some areas of Bristol, notably
Memorial to Old Woollard Bridge, destroyed by the flood.
Chew Stoke
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Chew Stoke is a small village and civil parish in Chew Valley, in Somerset, England, about 8 miles south of Bristol and 10 miles north of Wells. It is at the northern edge of the Mendip Hills, a regio
1968 Chew Stoke flood
…its route, including sweeping away the bridge at Pensford. On 10 July 1968, torrential rainfall, with 175 millimetres (6.9 in) falling in 18 hours on Chew Stoke, double the area's average rainfall for the whole of July, led to widespread flooding in the Chew Valley, and water reached the first floor of many…
A view of Chew Stoke
Bilbie bell and clock mechanism, kept in St Andrew's Church as a memorial to the family
The car in Chew Stoke in which a man died on 22 November 2012
Village sign in Chew Stoke