Lynmouth, Lynton and Lynmouth, North Devon, Devon

The view looking north-west along the East Lyn River at Lynmouth with Bevan's Lyn Valley Hotel on Lynmouth Street in the left foreground_x000D_. This photograph shows Lynmouth prior to the devastating flood of 15th August 1952. Following a period of exceptionally heavy rain, flood water and rubble was carried down to Lynmouth from the narrow valleys of Exmoor. The flood cost 34 lives and almost destroyed the village of Lynmouth. The remodelled village incorporates flood overflow systems designed to cope with one and half times the amount of water that flowed through Lynmouth on that day

Amount Bevans Cope Cost Devastating Exceptionally Exmoor Flowed Foreground X000d Incorporates Lynmouth Lynton Maybank North-west Overflow Remodelled Valleys

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