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13th Century Flooding of Theddlethorpe and the North Sea Basin

Tue 15 Apr 25
The Village Hall will be open from 6.30pm for food and drink, with the talk starting at 7.30pm.

£3 per person

No need to book, pay at the door. Theddlethorpe Village Hall, Silver Steeet, Theddlethorpe LN12 1PA Archaeologist, aerial photographer, tutor and local history expert Simon Tomson, will give a talk on 13th Century Coastal Flooding at Theddlethorpe and the North Sea Basin. On New Year’s Day 1287 a huge storm surge is reported to have washed away much of the town and port of Dunwich in Suffolk. Across the Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire Fens, churches and villages were destroyed, and much of the lower-lying land inundated by seawater. The church of Mablethorpe St Peter was lost, torn apart by the waves. Learn more about how coastal flooding of the time shaped our history and landscape... READ MORE>

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