St Briavels - Lewis/ Whittington / Bromley / Jones families (General)

by MPGriffiths , Saturday, April 07, 2018, 11:48 (2429 days ago) @ Paulina

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1814

April

On the 14th at Tintern Parva, on the body of Mary WHITTINGTON a poor woman who was lost during the snow, on the night of 15th January last at Redbrook. Found drowned in the River Wye: Verdict: Accidental Death from suffociation and drowning.

(Mary Whttington, aged 48, buried 25 March 1814) Redbrook - burial at Newland
(wife of William)

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On the net and googling for Winter 1814 - says it was a Cold Year with a severe Winter. Probably the snowiest Winters for 300 years!!

The History of British Winters netweather.tv says:

1813-1814 was one of the coldest Winters in the CET Series

(London had 'thick' fog) - The Forest may have also!)

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1947 was the Snowiest Winter since January 1814

15 January 1814 was a Saturday