January and July Flooding
At Marston Meysey
January 07 Pictures
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July 07 Pictures
The photos below, taken by a resident (Gordon Grant), show conditions at the Southern end of the village which was worst affected by the floods with two houses inundated. The July flooding turned out to be more serious than the January events, compounded by run off from the rain sodden surrounding farmland and overflow from the neighbouring County Brook.
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Hydrology
A meeting of the ad hoc MM historical society took place at the spotted Cow on Monday evening (30/07/07) when Owen Humphrys gave an interesting and topical talk on the Hydrology of the Upper Thames with particular reference to its effects on Marston Meysey. Using old maps Owen traced the rivers and streams that were flowing in and around the parish, it was of interest to see on the 1875 OS map that many areas were marked "liable to flooding". All these rivers flow down into the infant Thames.
Discussion followed on the part played by run off from the Fairford airbase in the recent flooding in the village, plus the effect of the gravel extraction operations to the south of the village on the drainage channels. There was much speculation on what was described as a surge of water in the late afternoon of the 21st originating on the base, was this due to the base authorities releasing water from storage facilities on the airfield ?
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