The Holmfirth floods were a number of instances when severe flooding had occurred in the Holme Valley, West Yorkshire, England affecting Holmfirth and other settlements in the valley. The earliest record dates from 1738 and the latest from 1944. The most severe flood occurred early on the morning of 5 February 1852, when the embankment of the Bilberry reservoir collapsed causing the deaths of 81 people. It is recorded as the 23rd most serious, worldwide, in terms of loss of life from floods and landslides in human history.
The Holmfirthfloods were a number of instances when severe flooding had occurred in the Holme Valley, West Yorkshire, England affecting Holmfirth and...
Holmfirth (/ˈhoʊmfɜːθ/) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It is located 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Huddersfield...
notable recorded floods that have occurred in Europe. Drought Floods Directive List of floods 2021 European floods List of flash floods Storm tides of the...
dead. List of floods List of flash floods List of natural disasters by death toll Haigh, Ivan; Nicholls, R.J. (2017). "Coastal flooding" (PDF). MCCIP...
Holmfirth Floods Huddersfield One "River Levels". Environment Agency River and Sea Levels. Retrieved 28 August 2011. "Floods". HolmfirthFloods. Retrieved...
(2002). "The Autumn 2000 Floods in England" (PDF). The Martin Centre, University of Cambridge. Retrieved 18 May 2009. "U.K. Floods, October 13–14, 2000:...
The Holmfirth branch line is a disused railway line that ran for 2 miles (3.2 km) from Brockholes to Holmfirth, in West Yorkshire, England. The line was...
anxiety of the moment: Its fall, coupled with that of the failure of the Holmfirth reservoir ... show that the practice of civil engineering is far from...
cafes and businesses had bounced back better and more flood resilient than before the Boxing Day floods 2015; Hebden Bridge also won a second award as the...
designing the clock tower for the Palace, dying in September. 5 February – HolmfirthFlood caused by collapse of the embankment at Bilberry reservoir in the West...
of York,’ Bradford, 1849. ‘“The Flood came and took them all away,” a sermon [on Matt. xxiv. 39] on the HolmfirthFlood … To which is added a detailed...
the valley bottom were affected by a number of floods that affected the Holme Valley. The HolmfirthFlood of 1852 being amongst the most severe, with a...
London. May – completion of the Trent and Mersey Canal. 21 July – HolmfirthFlood in the Holme Valley of West Yorkshire: three drowned. 16 August – American...
Known flood plains, such as Dixie Woods and Sowerby Bridge Cricket Club, were submerged to an estimated depth of 2 feet (61 cm). The floods were reported...
include USB charging and free WiFi. The Holmfirth Explorer operates hourly (two-hourly on Sunday) between Holmfirth and Wakefield via Denby Dale. It encompasses...
"Nottamun Town" 1045. "I Rode My Little Horse", "The London Rover" 1046. "Holmfirth Anthem", "Pratty Flowers", "Through the Groves", "Abroad for Pleasure"...
moorland and, above the valley, high rocky outcrops. The A635 road to Holmfirth passes to the west and north of the reservoirs. The Ashton under Lyne...
reporter on the ‘Manchester Guardian.’ His account of the great floods at Holmfirth in 1852 was widely quoted. Delicate health induced Fox to emigrate...
village itself as 2,143. The River Dearne runs through the village; in the floods of 2007 it burst its banks on two occasions and caused damage to Springfield...
Oldham and Manchester and to Huddersfield. Other bus services are to Holmfirth, Blackmoorfoot and surrounding villages. Huddersfield Narrow Canal Towpath...
Alighting at Felixstowe, Portillo hears about the floods of 1953 before travelling to Ipswich to see the new flood defences. His next stop is Melton, for the...
Manchester. The villages in the parish border the towns of Huddersfield and Holmfirth. There is a strong identity debate with Saddleworth residents who still...
trees and bushes at the edge of cultivated land, especially on hillsides. Holmfirth, Chapel-en-le-Frith suffix fold OE pen (enclosure) Dunsfold, Chiddingfold...
Henry Joseph Wilson (1833–1914), an aggressive, radical Liberal MP from Holmfirth in West Yorkshire since 1885. He was a stubborn and tireless campaigner...
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