Floods

Truck makes its way down Church Street during flood in 1950s

This archive contains an album of photos of flooding in East Meon in the 1950s. Most of the photographs were taken in 1953, when the river Meon burst its banks and swamped the High Street and Church Street. The flooding was largely caused by the right-hand turn which confronted the flow as it flowed down to The Cross. As a result, the river Meon later underwent signficant re-engineering, with a culvert opened beyond The Cross, joining the previous route of the river at the bridge in Workhouse Lane.

Creator

Various villagers

Date of creation

1953

Date of coverage

1953

Place

East Meon High Street and Church Street

Copyright

n/a

Reference number

EM/0001

Accession number

2013-10-001

Storage location

Format

Digital images of photographic prints

Comments about this page

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Is the photograph shown of “later floods” taken in Frogmore where flooding still occurs? If it is, then it is incorrect to imply that this is due to flooding from the River Meon, Such flooding in Frogmore is due to an inadequate system of conveying water (which flows into Frogmore from a variety of sources – but not from the river – in extreme weather conditions) into the River Meon, near the road bridge to the hamlet.
This matter was the subject of a comprehensive study for the Parish Plan of 2005, as set out in a 10 page document (which I have) on the River Meon, covering this and other aspects relevant to the river. I suggest that the website editors study the Parish Plan 2005. Happy to review the situation with the editors, but only after they have studied the said parish plan.
By David Prichard (21/08/2021)
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I believe that is what the comment on the Frogmore photo says: it even references your report!
By Ian Wesley (27/09/2021)